Andrew James Hoy, OAM[1] (born 8 February 1959) is an Australianequestrian rider. He has won six Olympic medals: three gold, two silvers and one bronze. He has competed in eight Olympic games, from 1984 to 2020 with the exception of 2008,[[2]] which is an Australian record;[3] and at the 2020 Summer Olympics he was 62 years old, making him Australia's oldest ever male Olympian.[4] After winning two medals in Tokyo, he did not rule out trying for future Olympic teams.[5]
Andrew Hoy was born in Culcairn, NSW, and spent his earlier years there. He started riding when only six-years-old.[citation needed] The rest of his life has been spent around horses. In 1978, he moved to England to train and now lives there.[citation needed]
Hoy participated in his first International Championships at the age of 19 where he represented Australia at the 1978 World Championships in Kentucky. A year later, he won his first CCI4* competition.[8]
Personal
Andrew and his ex-wife Bettina Hoy, who competed at the Olympic level for Germany, lived for 12 years in Gloucestershire, at the Gatcombe Park estate of The Princess Royal. The Hoys were the only married couple that has ever competed against each other in different teams for the same Olympic medals.[9] In January 2009, the couple moved to the DOKR (Deutsches Olympia Kommitee für Reiterei) in Warendorf, Germany. In June 2010, Hoy moved to Farley Estate in the UK, and then to Wiltshire. In November 2011, Bettina publicly announced their separation.[10] She handed her ride, Lanfranco TSF to her former husband, Andrew Hoy, under the terms of their divorce agreement.[11] In 2013, Hoy and partner Stefanie Strobl moved to Somerby, Leicestershire.[6] Hoy and Strobl have a daughter and son.[4]
Olympic results
At the 2020 Summer Olympics he rode David and Paula Evans' 12-year-old Anglo-Arab Vassily de Lassos.[12]
