James Paterson-Robinson Explained

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James Paterson-Robinson
Nationality:Australian
Birth Date:29 September 1978
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria
Height: (2012)
Weight: (2012)
Country:Australia
Sport:Equestrian
Event:Jumping
Club:Rijd Met Belied Riding Club

James Paterson-Robinson (born 29 September 1978) is an Australian equestrian. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in equestrian jumping.

Personal

Paterson-Robinson was born on 29 September 1978 in Melbourne, Victoria. He grew up in Geelong.[1] He attended high school at Geelong College before going to Marcus Oldham College for a course in Horse Business Management.[2] In 2000, he moved to Europe.[2] [1], he lives in Swolgen, Netherlands.[2] [1]

, Paterson-Robinson is tall and weighs .[2]

Equestrian

Paterson-Robinson is an equestrian jumping competitor.[2], he has been a member of Australia's national equestrian team for nine years.[2] He has been coached by Ger Poels since 2008.[2] His primary training base is located in Swolgen, Netherlands jumping.[2] He is a member of the Rijd Met Belied Riding Club in Meerlo, Netherlands.[2] Before that, he was a member of the Barwon Heads Pony Club.[1]

Paterson-Robinson finished 1st at the 2012 Bourg-en-Bresse CSI4 Grand Prix held in Bourg-en-Bresse, France.[2] He finished 4th at the 2012 Linz-Ebelsberg CSIO4 Grand Prix Table A held in Linz-Ebelsberg, Austria.[2] He finished 12th at the 2012 Lummen CSIO4 Nations Cup held in Lummen, Belgium.[2] He finished 9th at the 2012 Lummen CSI3 Grand Prix Table A held in Lummen, Belgium.[2] He finished 48th at the CSI four-star at L'Et du Grand Parquet in the 1.50m class after he had eight faults in the competition.

Paterson-Robinson attempted to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics but had problems during qualification due to an injury to his horse.[1] He has been selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in equestrian.[2] [3] [4] [5] He will be riding Lanosso at his first Olympics.[2] [1] [3] [6] [5] He finished in 41st place in the individual event.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olympian former local bound for Olympics | Geelong, VIC, Australia . Geelong Advertiser . 27 June 2012 . 2012-07-09.
  2. Web site: London 2012 - James Paterson-Robinson . Australian Olympic Committee . Australia . 29 September 1978 . 2012-07-08.
  3. Web site: Horses Aussies miss mark in France . Weekly Times Now . 27 June 2012 . 2012-07-09.
  4. Web site: Horses Australian equestrian teams named . Weekly Times Now . 13 June 2012 . 2012-07-09.
  5. Web site: Jenny Rudall . Australian teams selected for Olympics . Horse and Country TV . 2012-07-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120621074452/http://www.horseandcountry.tv/news/2012/06/20/australian-teams-selected-olympics . 21 June 2012 .
  6. Web site: Aussies name show jumpers for Olympics . Nine MSN . 19 October 2008 . 2012-07-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141027164407/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8495867 . 27 October 2014 .
  7. Web site: James Paterson-Robinson at sports-reference.com . 26 October 2014 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141009132656/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/james-paterson-robinson-1.html . 9 October 2014 .