Thomas Gayford

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Olympic medal record
Equestrian
Competitor for Canada
Gold	1968 Mexico City	Team jumping

Thomas Gayford (born November 21, 1928) is a Canadian equestrian.

He was a member of the Canadian Equestrian Team for show jumping from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, and later coached equestrian sports.^[1] At the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, he represented Canada. He then won a gold medal in 1959 at the Pan-America Games, and his team won many international events also. At the 1971 Olympic games, Gayford was team captain. In 1968, he won a gold medal with the Canadian team at the Olympics in Mexico City.^[2] In 1972, he was three times the individual high-jumping champion at the New York International Horse Show. Gayford was chef d'équipe of the Canadian national jumping team after 1978, and designed the 1976 Montreal Olympic equestrian course.

References

↑ "Thomas Gayford". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
↑ "Captain Canada wins medal on ninth try". The National Post. Retrieved 2008-10-17.

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Name	Gayford, Haley
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Short description	Equestrian
Date of birth	1928-11-21
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