Tim Price
Timothy Price (born 3 April 1979) is a New Zealand equestrian, competing in eventing. He is married to Jonelle Price (née Richards), also a New Zealand eventing rider. They are both competing at top international level. Price was born in Oxford, Canterbury, New Zealand and educated at Rangiora High School. He travelled to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as part of the reserve for individual and team eventing. Jock Paget withdrew on 5 August 2016 after his horse, Clifton Lush, cut its cheek at the Rio stable and did not recover in time for the event. Price and his horse Ringwood Sky Boy subsequently replaced Paget. He competed at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics in individual and team eventing.
 Price at the Badminton Horse Trials 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Timothy Price | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 April 1979 | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Equestrian | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Eventing | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Timothy Price (born 3 April 1979) is a New Zealand equestrian, competing in eventing. He is married to Jonelle Price (née Richards), also a New Zealand eventing rider. They are both competing at top international level.
Price was born in Oxford,[1] Canterbury, New Zealand and educated at Rangiora High School.[2] He travelled to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as part of the reserve for individual and team eventing.[3][4] Jock Paget withdrew on 5 August 2016 after his horse, Clifton Lush, cut its cheek at the Rio stable and did not recover in time for the event. Price and his horse Ringwood Sky Boy subsequently replaced Paget.[5]
He competed at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics in individual and team eventing.[1]
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| Event | Kentucky (USA)
late April |
Badminton (UK)
early May |
Luhmühlen (Germany)
June |
Burghley (UK)
early September |
Maryland (USA)
early October |
Pau (France)
late October |
Adelaide (Australia)
early November | ||||
| 2002 | 9th (Desamoray) | ||||||||||
| 2003 | 43rd (Desamoray) | ||||||||||
| 2004 | 48th (Desamoray) | ||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | did not participate | ||||||||||
| 2008 | 20th (Vortex) | ||||||||||
| 2009 | 20th (Vortex) | RET (Vortex) | 20th (Vortex) | ||||||||
| 2010–2012 | did not participate | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Event first held in 2021 | 30th (Ringwood Sky Boy) | |||||||||
| 2014 | 9th (Ringwood Sky Boy) EL (Wesko) |
 (Wesko)
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EL (Ringwood Sky Boy) | ||||||||
| 2015 |  (Wesko)
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15th (Ringwood Sky Boy) | 15th (Bango) | (Ringwood Sky Boy)
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 (Wesko)29th (Lord of the Owls) |
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| 2016 | EL (Bango) | EL (Ringwood Sky Boy) | 4th (Ringwood Sky Boy) | 4th (Ringwood Sky Boy) 21st (Bango) |
EL (Xavier Faer) | ||||||
| 2017 | 36th (Ringwood Sky Boy) | (Xavier Faer)
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5th (Ringwood Sky Boy) 18th (Xavier Faer) |
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| 2018 | 12th (Ringwood Sky Boy) | (Ringwood Sky Boy) 10th (Bango) |
EL (Ascona M) | ||||||||
| 2019 | (Xavier Faer)
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9th (Ringwood Sky Boy) RET (Bango) |
(Ascona M)
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5th (Bango) EL (Ringwood Sky Boy) RET (Xavier Faer) |
6th (Ascona M) EL (Wesko) |
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| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | (Wesko)
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Cancelled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | (Xavier Faer)
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Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 ("replaced" by Bicton 5*: 9th (Ringwood Sky Boy) |
(Xavier Faer)
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(Falco)
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Cancelled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2022 | 20th (Ringwood Sky Boy) | (Vitali) 17th (Bango) RET (Polystar I) |
(Coup de Cœur Dudevin)
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| 2023 | 7th (Vitali) WD (Coup de Cœur Dudevin) |
4th (Vitali) | 34th (Viscount Viktor) WD (Happy Boy) |
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| EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew | |||||||||||
International championship results
[edit]| Results | |||||||||||
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| Year | Event | Place | Horse | Placing | Notes | ||||||
| 2013 | World Young Horse Championships | Le Lion d'Angers | Bango | 12th | CCI2* | ||||||
| 2014 | World Equestrian Games | Caen | Wesko | 14th | Team | ||||||
| RET | Individual | ||||||||||
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro | Ringwood Sky Boy | 4th | Team | ||||||
| EL | Individual | ||||||||||
| 2016 | World Young Horse Championships | Le Lion d'Angers | Kincooley Cruising | 20th | CCI2* | ||||||
| 2018 | World Equestrian Games | Tryon | Cekatinka | 7th | Team | ||||||
| 8th | Individual | ||||||||||
| 2019 | World Young Horse Championships | Le Lion d'Angers | Happy Boy |
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CCI3* | ||||||
| 2020 | Olympic Games | Tokyo | Vitali | 5th | Team | ||||||
| 24th | Individual | ||||||||||
| 2022 | World Eventing Championships | Pratoni | Falco |
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Team | ||||||
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Individual | ||||||||||
| EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew | |||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "PRICE Tim". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Mr and Mrs Price a first for Kiwi eventing team". Stuff. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ "Tim Price". Equestrian Sports New Zealand. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Tim Price". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: NZ's eventing medal hopes take hit as Jock Paget out of Olympics". Stuff. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
External links
[edit]- Tim Price (and here) at FEI
- Tim Price at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Tim Price at Olympics.com
- Tim Price at Olympedia
- Tim Price at InterSportStats
- Official website of Tim & Jonelle Price
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