67-year-old Hiroshi Hoketsu, a dressage rider for the Japanese equestrian team
The Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn was 64 when he won a gold medal in shooting during the 1912 Stockholm Games. Hiroshi Hoketsu is a Japanese equestrian who finished 9th in the Dressage Team Grand Prix and 35th in the Dressage Individual Grand Prix at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was 67 years old.
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The actual answer is 'Captain Canada' Ian Millar, who is savouring his 10th Summer Olympics in London 2012. He was 25 years old when he first took part in the Olympics at 25 in 1972. At 65 years old this may unfortunately be this talented equestrian's last trip to the Olympics; but I for one hope that he continues and ends up as also the oldest person to compete in the Olympics! He'd only have to compete in 2 more Olympic Games to get that title as well!
the oldest athlete competing at the Beijing Olympics in August is 67-year-old Hiroshi Hoketsu, a dressage rider for the Japanese equestrian team. His first Olympics was in 1964, where he placed 40th in the show jumping competition. It's been 44 years since Hoketsu's Olympic debut, and in that time he's been busy running large pharmaceutical companies, including the Japan division of Johnson & Johnson, prior to his retirement in 2002.
A British Equestrian is a person who rides horses in Britain.
Horseowner or equestrian.
The oldest person to ever compete in the Olympics was Robert Tait McKensie of Canada who was 81 years, 64 days old when he competed in Art Competitions at the 1948 Games in London. Art Competitions was a 'sport' that had events of architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpturing. Medals were awarded based on how the 'work' was inspired by sport.
The word equestrian refers to a person skilled in equitation, or horseback riding.
An Equestrian portrait would be either a portrait of a horse, a jockey or other person riding a horse, or a rider ON a horse.