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Boyd Martin
Martin at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1979-08-20) August 20, 1979 (age 45)
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Pratoni Team eventing
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team eventing
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Individual eventing
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team eventing

Boyd Martin (born August 20, 1979) is an Australian-born American equestrian competing in the discipline of eventing.[1] He has participated in four consecutive Summer Olympic Games (in 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024) and is a two-time Pan American Games team gold medalist and individual gold medalist. He is a two-time CCI5*-L winner.[2]

Biography

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Olympic three-day event rider Boyd Martin was born to Toy Dorgan, an American speed skater, and Ross Martin, an Australian cross-country skier. His parents met at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.[3] Martin and his sister Brook were raised in Terrey Hills, New South Wales, on the outskirts of Sydney. Boyd started his riding career at the Forrest Hills Pony Club with a pony named Willy.[4]

After high school, he lived at Heath and Rozzie Ryan's Newcastle Equestrian Centre[5] for eight years, first as a working student and later running his own business. During this time, Boyd represented Australia at the Young Rider level against New Zealand on a Trans-Tasman three-day event on Brady Bunch and won the last long-format four-star event at the 2003 Adelaide CCI4* riding True Blue Toozac. He was long listed for the Australian Eventing Team for the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004, and 2008.[citation needed]

In 2006, Martin traveled to the United States to compete at the Rolex Kentucky CCI4* riding Ying Yang Yo. He and his wife, Silva, later returned a year later to the U.S. to try to compete internationally.[6] For the first three years there, Martin worked as an assistant to Phillip Dutton.[7][8] In 2010, Silva and Boyd started their own business, Windurra USA. The Martins own a farm in Cochranville, Pennsylvania; during the winters, they are based in Aiken, South Carolina.[promotion?]

International competition

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In 2009, Martin began representing the United States in international competition. He purchased his horse, Neville Bardos, for $850; Neville had been rescued from the racetrack by another trainer.[9][better source needed][10] Martin experienced a barn fire and several personal tragedies in 2011.[10] Martin and Neville finished 7th at the Burghley CCI4* (England). Neville Bardos was named the 2011 International Horse of the Year by the USEF, and The Chronicle of the Horse named Martin its 2011 Overall Rider of the Year. They were featured on the cover page of The New York Times.[11]

Martin was placed 10th at the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky, riding Neville Bardos;[12] 7th at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, riding Shamwari 4; and was a member of the U.S. Olympic Eventing Team in London in 2012, riding Otis Barbotiere. In 2015, he placed 4th individually and was a member of the U.S. team at the Pan American Games in Toronto riding Pancho Villa. The following year, Boyd competed at his second Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, riding Thoroughbred Blackfoot Mystery. He placed 16th individually and was the second highest placed U.S. athlete.

As of 2021, he has competed in three Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020, Rio 2016, London 2012), two World Equestrian Games (Tryon 2018, Normandy 2014), two Pan American Games (Lima 2019, Toronto 2015), and has made appearances on numerous teams for the U.S. In 2021, Martin won the Maryland 5 Star CCI5*-L with On Cue. He also finished 4th aboard On Cue at the 2021 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Eventing CCI5*-L before finishing inside the top twenty aboard Tsetserleg TSF at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. In 2022, Martin was selected to compete on the US Eventing Team for the FEI Eventing World Championships held in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy. Aboard Tsetserleg TSF, Martin and the team won the silver medal, earning the team's qualification to the 2024 Olympic Games[13].[citation needed]

Outside of equestrianism, Boyd is a fan of boxing, MMA and hockey.[14]

CCI5*-L results

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Results
Event Kentucky Maryland Badminton Luhmühlen Burghley Pau Adelaide
2000 5th (Flying Doctor)
2001 17th (Flying Doctor)
18th (Starkey)
2002 5th (X-Treme)
2003 1st place, gold medalist(s) (True Blue Toozac)
18th (Brady Bunch)
2005 8th (Orchard End Winston)
2006 11th (Ying Yang Yo)
2008 9th (Neville Bardos)
EL (Ying Yang Yo)
2010 4th (Neville Bardos)
11th (Rock On Rose)
12th (Remington XXV)		 7th (Remington XXV)
2011 7th (Remington XXV) 7th (Neville Bardos)
2012 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Otis Barbotiere)
8th (Remington XXV)		 RET (Ying Yang Yo)
2013 RET (Trading Aces)
2014 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Shamwari IV)
15th (Otis Barbotiere)
2015 7th (Master Frisky)
25th (Cracker Jack)
2016 6th (Blackfoot Mystery)
12th (Shamwari IV)
42nd (Steady Eddie)		 EL (Cracker Jack) 10th (Cracker Jack) 13th (Welcome Shadow)
EL (Cracker Jack)
2017 7th (Cracker Jack)
RET (Steady Eddie)		 10th (Steady Eddie) RET (Cracker Jack)
2018 11th (Tsetserleg TSF)
RET (Steady Eddie)		 WD (Shamwari IV) RET (Steady Eddie)
2019 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Tsetserleg TSF)
2021 4th (On Cue)
EL (Long Island T)
EL (Tsetserleg TSF) 		1st place, gold medalist(s) (On Cue)
2022 4th (Tsetserleg TSF)
2023 14th (Contessa)RT (Tsetserleg TSF) EL (Contessa) 4th (Luke 140), 8th (Fedarman B), 25th (Tsetserleg TSF) 9th (Tsetserleg TSF), 10th (On Cue) 8th (Fedarman B)
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

International championship results

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Results
Year Event Horse Placing Notes
2010 World Equestrian Games Neville Bardos 4th Team
10th Individual
2012 Olympic Games Otis Barbotiere 7th Team
RET Individual
2014 World Equestrian Games Shamwari IV 10th Team
7th Individual
2015 Pan American Games Pancho Villa 1st place, gold medalist(s) Team
4th Individual
2016 Olympic Games Blackfoot Mystery 6th Team
16th Individual
2018 World Equestrian Games Tsetserleg TSF 8th Team
56th Individual
2019 Pan American Games Tsetserleg TSF 1st place, gold medalist(s) Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Individual
2021 Olympic Games Tsetserleg TSF 6th Team
20th Individual
2022 World Championships Tsetserleg TSF 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team
20th Individual
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

References

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  1. ^ "Boyd Martin". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-01.
  2. ^ "Boyd Martin". usef.org.
  3. ^ "Boyd Martin". www.teamusa.com. 2024-08-02. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  4. ^ "The Story of Willy". 26 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Heath Ryan | Ryans at Newcastle Equestrian Centre".
  6. ^ "Boyd Martin". US Equestrian. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  7. ^ "Boyd Martin, horse save each other's lives". NBC. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  8. ^ "Home". phillipdutton.com.
  9. ^ "Neville Bardos". Windurra, LLC. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  10. ^ a b "Horse Heroes: Neville Bardos". USEA : United States Eventing Association Inc. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  11. ^ Pilon, Mary (13 January 2012). "Fire Survivor and a Possible Olympian: A Horse Named Neville". The New York Times.
  12. ^ "Competition results". FEI Database. 25 September 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  13. ^ Spickard, Sally. "The Pratoni Review with Bobby Costello: What Went Right for Team USA, and How to Keep the Party Going - Eventing Nation - Three-Day Eventing News, Results, Videos, and Commentary". eventingnation.com. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  14. ^ "Q&A with Boyd Martin". NBC. 19 July 2016.
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