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 Nicholson and Nereo at the Staircase during the cross-country phase of the 2010 Badminton Horse Trials | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Equestrian | ||
Representing New Zealand | ||
Olympic Games | ||
 | 1992 Barcelona | Team eventing |
 | 1996 Atlanta | Team eventing |
| 2012 London | Team eventing |
| World Championships | ||
 | 1990 Stockholm | Team eventing |
| 2010 Lexington | Team eventing |
| 2010 Lexington | Individual eventing |
Andrew Clifton NicholsonONZM (born 1 August 1961 inTe Awamutu) is a New Zealand horseman who has competed atsix Olympic Games (though selected for seven).
Born and raised in theWaikato, Nicholson moved toEngland in the 1980s to further his equestrian career. He currently works there as a horse trainer.
Nicholson's greatest success at international level has been inThree-Day Event teams. He won a gold medal at the 1990World Equestrian Games inStockholm, a silver at the 1992 Olympics inBarcelona and a bronze at the 1996 Olympics inAtlanta. He is known for his ride on Spinning Rhombus at Barcelona. With the New Zealand team having seven rails in hand to win the Gold medal, his horse knocked down nine rails. Instead of withdrawing, he kept the New Zealand team intact (his withdrawal would have instantly eliminated the entire team by dropping completing member numbers below the minimum required) to take the silver medal behind arch-rivalsAustralia. Nicholson competed at the 2010 WEG (world equestrian games) and received a bronze medal.
In the2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, Nicholson was appointed anOfficer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to equestrian sport.[1]
Nicholson andMark Todd were the first New Zealanders to compete at six Olympic Games.
Nicholson's best individual results have been atBurghley which he has won five times on;
After winning Burghley 2012, Nicholson went on to win:
He also won theBadminton Horse Trials with Nereo in 2017, after 36 completions.
In 2019, Nicholson was an inaugural inductee into theEquestrian Sports New Zealand Hall of Fame.[2]
| Results | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Kentucky | Badminton | Luhmühlen | Burghley | Pau | Adelaide | ||||||
| 1995 | 13th (Jagermeister II) RET (Spinning Rhombus) |  (Buckley Province) | ||||||||||
| 1996 | 8th (Buckley Province) 12th (Cartoon II) | |||||||||||
| 1997 | 32nd (Cartoon II) | |||||||||||
| 1998 | 14th (Cartoon II) 40th (Jagermeister II) |  (Hinnegar)8th (Merillion) | ||||||||||
| 1999 | did not participate | |||||||||||
| 2000 | (Mr Smiffy) | |||||||||||
| 2001 | did not participate | |||||||||||
| 2002 | 9th (New York) 10th (Mr Smiffy) | |||||||||||
| 2003 | 11th (Fenicio) 13th (Mr Smiffy) | (Lord Killinghurst) | ||||||||||
| 2004 |  (Lord Killinghurst)22nd (Flush Banker) | (Lord Killinghurst) 16th (Mr Smiffy) | ||||||||||
| 2005 | 5th (Lord Killinghurst) EL (Fenicio) | 14th (Duddles) | (Lord Killinghurst) 8th (Duddles) | |||||||||
| 2006 | 14th (Lord Killinghurst) | 13th (Henry Tankerville) | ||||||||||
| 2007 | 5th (Lord Killinghurst) 8th (Henry Tankerville) | 4th (Lord Killinghurst) RET (Silbury Hill) | 6th (Ginger May Killinghurst) | |||||||||
| 2008 | RET (Armada) RET (Silbury Hill) | 8th (Armada) RET (Muschamp Impala) | 4th (Henry Tankerville) EL (Muschamp Impala) | |||||||||
| 2009 | 23rd (Armada) | 21st (Armada) EL (Nereo) | 13th (Armada) EL (Avebury) | |||||||||
| 2010 | 11th (Nereo) 27th (Avebury) | 4th (Mr Cruise Control) 10th (Armada) | 14th (Armada) 22nd (Avebury) | 9th (Mr Cruise Control) | ||||||||
| 2011 | 10th (Avebury) 12th (Nereo) | 10th (Armada) 14th (Mr Cruise Control) | (Nereo) 8th (Avebury) | (Mr Cruise Control) 23rd (Armada) RET (Henry Tankerville) | ||||||||
| 2012 | 7th (Qwanza) RET (Calico Joe) | 4th (Calico Joe) 21st (Shady Grey) 26th (Mr Cruise Control) | (Avebury) 13th (Calico Joe) | (Nereo) 7th (Mr Cruise Control) | , | |||||||
| 2013 | (Quimbo) (Calico Joe) | (Nereo) 11th (Avebury) | (Mr Cruise Control) 6th (Rathmoyle King) EL (Qwanza) | (Avebury) (Nereo) 7th (Calico Joe) | 5th (Mr Cruise Control) 26th (Quimbo) RET (Viscount George) | |||||||
| 2014 | 21st (Avebury) | RET (Quimbo) EL (Nereo) | (Avebury) | |||||||||
| 2015 | 6th (Nereo) 22nd (Calico Joe) | 22nd (Qwanza) | ||||||||||
| 2016 | 5th (Qwanza) 7th (Perfect Stranger) | (Nereo) | ||||||||||
| 2017 | (Nereo) 12th (Qwanza) | 19th (Teseo) | 8th (Nereo) EL (Qwanza) | RET (Qwanza) EL (Jet Set) | ||||||||
| 2018 | WD (Nereo) | (Swallow Springs) WD (Jet Set) | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 4th (Swallow Springs) | |||||||||||
| EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew | ||||||||||||
| Results | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Event | Horse | Placing | Notes | ||||||
| 1984 | Olympic Games | Kahlua | 6th | Team | ||||||
| 28th | Individual | |||||||||
| 1990 | World Equestrian Games | Spinning Rhombus | | Team | ||||||
| 4th | Individual | |||||||||
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Spinning Rhombus | | Team | ||||||
| 16th | Individual | |||||||||
| 1994 | World Equestrian Games | Jager Meister | 6th | Team | ||||||
| 48th | Individual | |||||||||
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Jager Meister | | Team | ||||||
| Buckley Province | EL | Individual | ||||||||
| 1998 | World Equestrian Games | New York | 5th | Individual | ||||||
| 2002 | World Equestrian Games | Fenicio | 5th | Team | ||||||
| 9th | Individual | |||||||||
| 2003 | World Cup Final | Fenicio | | |||||||
| 2003 | Asian Pacific Games | Duddles | | Team | ||||||
| 9th | Individual | |||||||||
| 2004 | World Cup Final | Flush Banker | 14th | |||||||
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Fenicio | 5th | Team | ||||||
| 60th | Individual | |||||||||
| 2006 | World Young Horse Championships | Armada | 23rd | CCI** | ||||||
| 2006 | World Equestrian Games | Lord Killinghurst | 6th | Team | ||||||
| 23rd | Individual | |||||||||
| 2007 | World Young Horse Championships | Mr Cruise Control | 4th | CCI* | ||||||
| Avebury | 4th | CCI** | ||||||||
| Nereo | 41st | CCI** | ||||||||
| 2008 | World Young Horse Championships | Tristar II | 7th | CCI* | ||||||
| Mr Cruise Control | 11th | CCI** | ||||||||
| 2008 | World Cup Final | Henry Tankerville | 26th | |||||||
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Lord Killinghurst | 5th | Team | ||||||
| EL | Individual | |||||||||
| 2009 | World Young Horse Championships | Qwanza | 6th | CCI* | ||||||
| Tristar II | 14th | CCI** | ||||||||
| 2010 | World Young Horse Championships | Quimbo | | CCI** | ||||||
| Qwanza | 16th | CCI** | ||||||||
| 2010 | World Equestrian Games | Nereo | | Team | ||||||
| Individual | |||||||||
| 2012 | Olympic Games | Nereo | | Team | ||||||
| 4th | Individual | |||||||||
| 2013 | World Young Horse Championships | Jet Set | | CCI* | ||||||
| Tilikum | 13th | CCI** | ||||||||
| 2014 | World Young Horse Championships | Swallow Springs | 9th | CCI* | ||||||
| Jet Set | 6th | CCI** | ||||||||
| 2014 | World Equestrian Games | Nereo | 14th | Team | ||||||
| 8th | Individual | |||||||||
| 2017 | World Young Horse Championships | As Is | 7th | CCI* | ||||||
| Yacabo BK | | CCI** | ||||||||
| EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew | ||||||||||
| International | |
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| National | |
