Karen O'Connor
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This article is about the American equestrian. For the political science professor, see Karen O'Connor (professor).
| Olympic medal record | |||
| Equestrian | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | Team three-day event | |
| Bronze | 2000 Sydney | Team three-day event | |
Karen Lende O'Connor is an American equestrian rider. She was born February 17, 1958. Joanne and Phillip Lende were her parents and she has two brothers, Steven and Chip. She grew up in Bolton, Massachusetts.
Karen got her first horse, Midnight, for her 11th birthday, and began eventing through Pony Club. She later owned a Connemara named Erin's Shamrock, who took her to her first Three-Day Event with him at Radnor, and up to the Advanced Level. Karen started competing internationally in 1979, when she was only 21 years old.
[edit] Accomplishments
- 2003
- Individual Silver, Pan American Games, Fair Hill, Maryland
- Joker's Wild
- Fair Hill International CCI***
- 1st Grand Slam
- 2001
- Foxhall Cup CCI***
- 1st Prince Panache
- 2000
- Team Bronze Olympic Games, Sydney, Australia
- Prince Panache
- Rolex Kentucky CCI****
- 3rd Prince Panache
- 1999
- Rolex Kentucky CCI****
- 1st Prince Panache
- 2nd Regal Scot
- 1998
- Team Bronze World Equestrian Games, Rome, Italy
- Prince Panache
- Badminton CCI****
- 5th
- Rolex CCI****
- 5th
- 1997
- Rolex CCI****
- 1st Worth the Trust
- Member USET, European Open Three Day Event Championship, Burghley, Great Britain
- 1996
- Team Silver Olympic Games, Atlanta, U.S.A.
- Biko
- 1995
- Badminton CCI****
- 3rd Biko
- Checkmate CCI***
- 3rd
- European Open Three Day Event Championship, Italy
- 8th
- 1994
- World Equestrian Games, The Hague, The Netherlands
- 11th individual
- Burghley CCI****
- 5th Prince Panache
- 1993
- Punchestown CCI***, Ireland
- 1st Shannon
- 3rd Enniskerry
- 1991
- Rolex Kentucky CCI***
- 1st Mr. Maxwell
- Burghley CCI***
- 3rd Mr. Maxwell
- 1989
- Fair Hill CCI***
- 1st Nos Ecus
- 1988
- Member USET Three Day Squad, Olympic Games, Seoul, Korea
- 1986
- Member USET Squad, World Championship, Gawler, Australia
- 1985
- Chesterland CCI***
- 1st Castlewellan
- 1984
- Boekelo CCI***, Holland
- 1st The Optimist
- 1979
- Badminton CCI****
- 10th March Brown
