Francis Weldon
British equestrian
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Great Britain | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1956 Stockholm | Team eventing |
 | 1956 Stockholm | Individual eventing |
| European Championships | ||
| 1953 Badminton | Team eventing |
| 1954 Basel | Team eventing |
| 1955 Windsor | Individual eventing |
| 1955 Windsor | Team eventing |
 | 1953 Badminton | Individual eventing |
| 1954 Basel | Individual eventing |
| 1959 Harewood | Individual eventing |
| 1959 Harewood | Team eventing |
| 1962 Burghley | Team eventing |
Francis William Weldon MVO MBE MC (2 August 1913 – 21 September 1993) was a British equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, and received an individual bronze medal.[1] He became European champion in 1953, 1954 and 1955.
Weldon was a lieutenant colonel in the British Army and was Officer Commanding, the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery.
References
- ^ "Frank Weldon". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
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- 1912:
Nordlander, Adlercreutz, Casparsson, Åminne (SWE) - 1920: Mörner, Lundström, von Braun, Dyrsch (SWE)
- 1924:
van der Voort van Zijp, de Mortanges, de Kruijff, Colenbrander (NED) - 1928: de Mortanges, de Kruijff, van der Voort van Zijp (NED)
- 1932:
Thomson, Chamberlin, Argo (USA) - 1936:
Stubbendorf, Lippert, von Wangenheim (GER) - 1948: Henry, Anderson, Thomson (USA)
- 1952: von Blixen-Finecke, Stahre, Frölén (SWE)
- 1956:
Weldon, Rook, Hill (GBR) - 1960:
Morgan, Lavis, Roycroft (AUS) - 1964:
Checcoli, Angioni, Ravano (ITA) - 1968: Allhusen, Meade, Jones (GBR)
- 1972: Meade, Gordon-Watson, Parker, Phillips (GBR)
- 1976:
Coffin, Plumb, Davidson, Tauskey (USA) - 1980:
Blinov, Salnikov, Volkov, Rogozhin (URS) - 1984: Plumb, Stives, Fleischmann, Davidson (USA)
- 1988:
Erhorn, Baumann, Kaspareit, Ehrenbrink (FRG) - 1992: Green, Rolton, Hoy, Ryan (AUS)
- 1996: Schaeffer, Rolton, Hoy, Dutton (AUS)
- 2000: Dutton, Hoy, Tinney, Ryan (AUS)
- 2004:
Boiteau, Lyard, Courrèges, Teulère, Touzaint (FRA) - 2008: Thomsen, Ostholt, Dibowski, Klimke, Romeike (GER)
- 2012: Auffarth, Jung, Klimke, Schrade, Thomsen (GER)
- 2016: Laghouag, Lemoine, Nicolas, Vallette (FRA)
- 2020: Collett, McEwen, Townend (GBR)
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