TINNEY Stuart

Australia
Equestrian
7 Dec 1964
56
Male
MUNDUBBERA, QLD
 
Australia
SYDNEY, NSW
 
Australia

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
EQU Equestrian Eventing Team
AUS
Australia
 2
Eventing Individual  

Schedule

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Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocationEventing IndividualEventing Team
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA223
2004Athens, GRE386
2000Sydney, NSW, AUS-1

World Equestrian Games
YearLocationEventing IndividualEventing Team
2014Normandy, FRA11-
2010Lexington, KY, USA814
2002Jerez de la Frontera, ESP164
1998Rome, ITA8-

CCI5*-L
RankEventYearLocation
2Eventing Individual2019Adelaide, SA, AUS
3Eventing Individual2017Adelaide, SA, AUS
6Eventing Individual2016Adelaide, SA, AUS
RTEventing Individual2018Adelaide, SA, AUS


Legend
DS - Not Started, DSQ - Disqualified, RT - Retired, WD - Withdrawn, EL - Eliminated
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Athlete, Breeder, Business Owner, Coach, Horse Trainer
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Wife Karen, daughters Jaymee and Gemma
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English
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Tinney Eventing [Sydney, NSW, AUS]
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His daughters Gemma and Jaymee have competed in eventing at elite level in Australia. His wife Karen is an equestrian coach. (Facebook page, 03 Jun 2021; tinneyeventing.com, 31 May 2021; horsemagazine.com, 30 Aug 2015)
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He began riding at age eight, mustering cattle on properties around Gladstone, QLD, Australia. (Athlete, 04 Aug 2005)
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His father Brian introduced him to the sport. "Most of my very early years were mustering and bull riding, which I did not like too much. Then I picked up Pony Club and that was an ideal fit for me and I went on from there. Pony Club was the first structural path I took, then official eventing followed, but I always wanted to ride for Australia." (horsedeals.com.au, 16 Jul 2018)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tinneyeventing.com, 25 Mar 2020)
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He received the 2019 Rider of the Year award from Equestrian New South Wales in Australia. (tinneyeventing.com, 16 Mar 2020)

In 2017 he was inducted into the Equestrian Australia Hall of Fame. (equestrianlife.com.au, 24 Mar 2017)

He was inducted into the New South Wales [NSW] Hall of Champions in 2013. (equestrian.org.au, 24 Jul 2013)

He received the Anna Savage Medal for Best and Fairest Rider in Australia in 1997, 2000, 2007, and 2010. (tinneyeventing.com, 17 Dec 2019; equestrian.org, 11 Nov 2011)

He was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2003. (Facebook page, 11 Jul 2017)

He was presented with the Medal of the Order of Australia [OAM] in 2000. (Facebook page, 11 Jul 2017)

General Interest

General
STABLES
He and his wife Karen run Tinney Eventing in Sydney, NSW, Australia, where they coach riders and train and trade horses for eventing. (Facebook page, 03 Jun 2021; tinneyeventing.com, 31 May 2021)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He served as chef d'equipe of the Australian eventing team at the 2018 World Equestrian Games [WEG] in Tryon, NC, United States of America, and the 2019 Oceania Championships in New Zealand. "Being on the other side of the fence certainly makes you appreciate how much the chef does and how much organisation is involved. It's been exhausting at times but very rewarding." (equestrian.org.au, 12 May 2019; olympics.com.au, 18 Sep 2018; equestrian.org.au, 22 Aug 2018; equestrianhub.com.au, 17 Aug 2018)

AUTHOR
He has written a book about cross-country riding called 'Making the Time'. (discoverhorses.com, 31 May 2012; The Horse Magazine, 04 Aug 2005)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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