Bertie Hill

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Bertie Hill
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1956 StockholmTeam eventing
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1953 BadmintonTeam eventing
Gold medal – first place1954 BaselTeam eventing
Gold medal – first place1954 BaselIndividual eventing
Gold medal – first place1955 WindsorTeam eventing
Bronze medal – third place1955 WindsorIndividual eventing
Bertie Hill riding Stella at the 1952 Olympics

Albert "Bertie" Edwin Hill (7 February 1927 5 August 2005) was a British equestrian who competed at three Olympic Games.[1]

After serving in the Home Guard during the Second World War, Hill became an amateur jockey in point-to-point racing. He went on to represent Britain in three-day eventing, winning a gold medal at the 1956 games in Stockholm along with a host of other international trophies.

In the 1960s, Hill and his wife opened a riding school at Rapscott on Exmoor, training a number of future international riders including Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips.

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