Edmund Coffin
American saddlemaker and equestrian
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Full name | Edmund Sloane Coffin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Tad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | May 9, 1955 (1955-05-09) (age 69) Toledo, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edmund Sloane "Tad" Coffin (born May 9, 1955, in Toledo, Ohio) is an American saddlemaker and equestrian. Coffin won two gold medals in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal riding Bally Cor. He grew up on Long Island, then moved with his family to Strafford, Vermont, but now lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is the nephew of clergyman and peace activist William Sloane Coffin.[1]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tad Coffin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
External links
- Tad Coffin Saddles official site
- - Vermont Sports Hall of Fame Bio
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- 1912: Axel Nordlander (SWE)
- 1920: Helmer Mörner (SWE)
- 1924: Adolf van der Voort van Zijp (NED)
- 1928: Charles Pahud de Mortanges (NED)
- 1932: Charles Pahud de Mortanges (NED)
- 1936: Ludwig Stubbendorf (GER)
- 1948: Bernard Chevallier (FRA)
- 1952: Hans von Blixen-Finecke Jr. (SWE)
- 1956: Petrus Kastenman (SWE)
- 1960: Lawrence Morgan (AUS)
- 1964: Mauro Checcoli (ITA)
- 1968: Jean-Jacques Guyon (FRA)
- 1972: Richard Meade (GBR)
- 1976: Edmund Coffin (USA)
- 1980: Federico Roman (ITA)
- 1984: Mark Todd (NZL)
- 1988: Mark Todd (NZL)
- 1992: Matthew Ryan (AUS)
- 1996: Blyth Tait (NZL)
- 2000: David O'Connor (USA)
- 2004: Leslie Law (GBR)
- 2008: Hinrich Romeike (GER)
- 2012: Michael Jung (GER)
- 2016: Michael Jung (GER)
- 2020: Julia Krajewski (GER)
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