Ian millar biography

Ian Millar, a member of the Canadian equestrian team since , has become one of the most decorated and renowned Canadian competitors in the sport. On the national level he has captured ten Canadian Show Jumping Championships (, , , , and ) and won more grand prix and derby events than any North American. In the international field his greatest successes have come at the Pan American Games, where he has won one gold (), four silver (, , , and ), and one bronze medal () in team jumping events and two gold (, ) and one bronze medal () in individual competitions. He had wins at the and World Cup Finals with his most famous horse, Big Ben, becoming the first ever tillägg to finish first in back-to-back World Cup standings with the same horse.

Millar is perhaps best known, however, for attending a record ten editions of the Olympic Games since , being absent only from the Summer Olympics due to Canada’s bojkott. His only medal, silver in the team jumping tournament, came at the Summer Oly

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Ian Millar

Equestrian (Retired)

Business Administration – Class of

College was not one of young Ian Millar’s first priorities. In his teens, the future Olympic equestrian didn’t even want to finish high school. “I was totally horse-crazy. inom just wanted to be in the barn all day,” he recalls with a hearty laugh.

It was Millar’s good fortune that his parents were adamant he get an education. They were fully supportive of his wish to ride. But their support was contingent on his commitment to post-secondary. Algonquin College – then known as the Eastern Ontario Institute of Technology, or EOIT &#; was offering the practical education Millar thought would serve him well.

“A good friend of mine, John Woods, said EOIT was the way to go. I thought, ‘OK, I’ll take business administration and then figure my life out.’”

Millar more than figured it out. Today he is among the most honoured champions in his field. He competed as a tillägg in 10 Olympic Games, breaking the world record for m

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Ian Millar

Biography

At London , Ian Millar set a record by becoming the first athlete in any sport, from any nation, to compete in 10 Olympic Games. It was in London that he achieved his best-ever individual Olympic performance with a top finish riding Star Power. Millar captured his first Olympic medal at Beijing , taking silver in the team event at age  First named to the Canadian Equestrian Team in , Millar made his Olympic debut at Munich and competed at each Games thereafter, aside from the boycotted Moscow , for which he was named to the team.

Millar’s Pan American Games record is also impressive with 10 medals won, including two individual gold and two team gold, in 10 Pan Am appearances. In and , Millar and legendary partner Big Ben became the first-ever horse and rider combination to win back-to-back World Cup Finals. At the end of the season, Millar became a nine-time Canadian show jumping champion riding Star Power. The title came hot on the heels of Milla