Sam Griffiths Explained

Sam Griffiths is an Australian Eventing rider from Pearcedale in Victoria. 2017 saw him as the Ambassador to the Mitsubishi Motors Adelaide International Horse Trials. 4th individually at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and part of the Bronze medal winning team. He won the 2014 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials riding Paulank Brockagh who he later went on to ride in the FEI World Equestrian Games. Winner of the 2014 Event Rider of the Year L'Année Hippique Awards. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Individual and Team eventing, but fell during the cross-country event and did not finish.[1] [2] He was originally selected as the second reserve rider, but entered the team when two other Australian horses were unable to compete.[3] Now based in the UK competing himself and training other riders.

CCI5* Results

Results
EventKentuckyBadmintonLuhmühlenBurghleyPauAdelaideBicton
2004 6th (Private Colin)
34th (Chamois IV)
17th (Private Colin)
200515th (Connigar Bay)
200626th (Connigar Bay)8th (Connigar Bay)
2007WD (Connigar Bay)11th (Connigar Bay)
200826th (Connigar Bay)
2009 (Happy Times) (Happy Times)
2010 Did not participate
2011 4th (Happy Times)16th (Happy Times)
2012 9th (Happy Times)
2013 15th (Happy Times)
43rd (Paulank Brockagh)
12th (Happy Times)
13th (Paulank Brockagh)
2014 (Paulank Brockagh) (Happy Times)
201510th (Paulank Brockagh)
RET (Happy Times)
9th (Paulank Brockagh)
27th (Happy Times)
201629th (Paulank Brockagh)RET (Happy Times)
201734th (Paulank Brockagh)8th (Paulank Brockagh)
201815th (Paulank Brockaugh)
2019RET (Billy Liffy) 7th (Paulank Brockagh)
202113th (Gutera Cher)
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

Notable Horses

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081116/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/sam-griffiths-1.html Olympic results
  2. News: Equestrian hopes seem forlorn after falls on Greenwich course. 31 July 2012.
  3. Griffiths still in shock at London call-up. Steve. Larkin.