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Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
About Matthew Ryan (equestrian)
- Matthew Morgan "Matt" Ryan, OAM (born 3 June 1964 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Olympic-level equestrian rider.
- He is a triple Olympic gold medalist who competed for Australia.
- Matt has three older brothers, including the internationally successful eventer and dressage rider, Heath Ryan.
- In 1984.
- he travelled to Britain to train with the great Richard Meade, before returning home the following year, and then went back to the UK in 1989 to set up a stable. He has won three Olympic gold medals, two at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and one at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
- Additionally, he finished 8th at the 1992 Badminton Horse Trials, was selected for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics (but had to withdraw a few days before competition due to horse injury), and was the reserve rider for the 2004 Athens Olympics.
- Matt has a daughter called Millie and a dog called Wombat.
- A few of his other major Badminton Horse Trials results are: 2nd 1995 Kibah Tic Toc, 4th 2007 Bonza Katoomba, 8th 2008 Bonza Puzzle.
- One of his up-and-coming young horses is Bonza Kingscanyon, who is being campaigned at novice level. Ryan was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2000.Ryan appeared in Episode 4 Series 4 of the British reality TV show, The Hotel, as a guest on a family holiday in Torquay, UK where he opened the beach party.
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