John Williams (equestrian)
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Equestrian | ||
Representing  United States
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2004 Athens | Team Eventing
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| World Equestrian Games | ||
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2002 Jerez | Team Eventing |
John Williams (born April 4, 1965) is an American
Williams was born in Mendon, New York, and attended the Rochester Institute of Technology's School for American Craftsman, where he graduated after studying furniture design and woodworking. Williams now resides in Floyd, Virginia.
Williams trained with many great eventers, including Jack Le Goff, James C. Wofford, and David O'Connor (equestrian). Williams is a USEF ‘S’ licensed Course Designer and Technical Delegate for Eventing and also a licensed FEI Course Designer and Technical Delegate. John has designed courses throughout the US, Canada, and Central and South America.
Career highlights
2004
- Olympic Games, bronze medal, individually 28th place (Carrick)
2002
- Team gold at the World Equestrian Games, individually 4th, Jerez, Spain
- 2nd Rolex Kentucky Three DayEvent CCI**** (Carrick)
- 6th MBNA Foxhall Cup CCI*** (Sloopy)
2001
- 4th Morven Park Spring Horse Trials
- 12th Rolex Kentucky Three DayEvent CCI**** (Carrick)
1999
- Selected to compete in Olympic Test Event, Sydney, Australia
1998
- 5th Radnor CCI**
1997
- Long-listed, European Championships
1996
- 2nd National Intermediate Championships, Radnor CCI**
1995
- 1st Mid-Atlantic Horse Trials Series
- 3rd National Intermediate Championships, Radnor CCI**, PA 3rd/
1994
- 3rd National Intermediate Championships, Radnor CCI**
- Winner National DeBroke Championships
- Long-listed, World Championships
1993
- 4th Rolex Kentucky Three DayEvent, CCI***
1992
- Long-listed, Olympic Games
1991
- Pan American Games Three-Day Event Championship, Chatsworth, GA
1988
- 1st Intermediate CCI National Championship at Radnor
External links
- About.com page Archived 2005-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- United States Olympic Committee web page
- Photo & more stats.
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