Francis Weldon
Francis William Weldon MVO MBE MC (2 August 1913 – 21 September 1993) was a British equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, and received an individual bronze medal.[1] He became European champion in 1953, 1954 and 1955.
Weldon was a Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army and was Officer Commanding, the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery.
References
- ↑ "Frank Weldon". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
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- 1912: Sweden (Nordlander, Adlercreutz, Casparsson, Horn af Åminne)
- 1920: Sweden (Mörner, Lundström, von Braun, Dyrsch)
- 1924: Netherlands (van der Voort van Zijp, de Mortanges, de Kruijff, Colenbrander)
- 1928: Netherlands (de Mortanges, de Kruijff, van der Voort van Zijp)
- 1932: United States (Thomson, Chamberlin, Argo)
- 1936: Germany (Stubbendorf, Lippert, von Wangenheim)
- 1948: United States (Henry, Anderson, Thomson)
- 1952: Sweden (von Blixen-Finecke, Stahre, Frölén)
- 1956: Great Britain (Weldon, Rook, Hill)
- 1960: Australia (Morgan, Lavis, Roycroft)
- 1964: Italy (Checcoli, Angioni, Ravano)
- 1968: Great Britain (Allhusen, Meade, Jones)
- 1972: Great Britain (Meade, Gordon-Watson, Parker, Phillips)
- 1976: United States (Coffin, Plumb, Davidson, Tauskey)
- 1980: Soviet Union (Blinov, Salnikov, Volkov, Rogozhin)
- 1984: United States (Plumb, Stives, Fleischmann, Davidson)
- 1988: West Germany (Erhorn, Baumann, Kaspareit, Ehrenbrink)
- 1992: Australia (Green, Rolton, Hoy, Ryan)
- 1996: Australia (Schaeffer, Rolton, Hoy, Dutton)
- 2000: Australia (Dutton, Hoy, Tinney, Ryan)
- 2004: France (Boiteau, Lyard, Courrèges, Teulère, Touzaint)
- 2008: Germany (Thomsen, Ostholt, Dibowski, Klimke, Romeike)
- 2012: Germany (Auffarth, Jung, Klimke, Schrade, Thomsen)
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