Shane Rose

Shane Rose (born 24 April 1973 in Sydney) is an Australian equestrian. A three-time Olympic medallst,[1] he started riding at the age of five at the Forest Hills Pony Club. Rose lived with his parents and three siblings in Duffys Forest, New South Wales. He was educated at Newington College Preparatory School, Lindfield (1978–83),[2] and Pittwater House.[3] Rose's love for horses continued to grow, and at 21 years of age he represented Australia in the Young Rider Trans-Tasman competition with Mr Joe Cool.

Shane Rose

Shane Rose and Statford Novalis Competing at the 2010 Melbourne 3 Day Event
Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1973-04-24) 24 April 1973 Sydney, Australia
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Equestrian
Event(s)	Eventing
Medal record Equestrian Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team eventing 2020 Tokyo Team eventing 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team eventing

As a 23 year old he was selected to represent Australia in Eventing at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. However, his horse went lame upon arrival in the US preventing him from competing. The Australian team went on to win gold.[4] Since then he has competed at many prestigious competitions around the world, including success at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where Rose and his horse All Luck were part of the team the Silver Medal for Eventing. He also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he won a team bronze and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics where he won team silver.[1]

He competed in the individual eventing and team eventing at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The team of Andrew Hoy on Vassily de Lassos, Shane Rose on Virgil and Kevin McNab on Don Quidam won silver. Riding on Virgil Rose finished inside the top 15 in the individual eventing competition.[5]

He was once kicked in the head by a horse which left him in a coma for a week.