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mark during the cross-country phase of burghley horse trials 2010 todd and major milestone at the dairy farm mark james todd cambridge , new zealand 200px eventing 1 march 1956 mark todd major milestone dairy farm burghley 2010.jpg mark todd -lrb- equestrian -rrb-
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mark todd -lrb- equestrian -rrb-

sir mark james todd -lrb- born 1 march 1956 -rrb- , is a new zealand horseman noted for his accomplishments in the discipline of eventing , voted rider of the 20th century by the international federation for equestrian sports , -lrb- fédération equestre internationale -rrb- .
he won gold medals at los angeles -lrb- 1984 -rrb- and seoul -lrb- 1988 -rrb- olympics , the badminton horse trials on four occasions , the burghley horse trials five times , and as a member of new zealand 's eventing team he won gold medals at the world championships in 1990 and 1998 -lrb- rome -rrb- , plus 20 or more other international events , and numerous other international individual and team titles .
in 1988 , he was announced the new zealand sportsperson of the year , winner of the supreme halberg award .
in the same year he was inducted into the new zealand sports hall of fame .
todd and fellow equestrian andrew nicholson , are the first new zealanders to have competed at six olympic games .
on 25 april 2011 , todd completed a fourth badminton victory riding nzb land vision , becoming the oldest winner of the event .
by winning his fifth olympic medal at the 2012 olympics , todd equaled the olympic record for the longest gap between first and last olympic medals , 28 years .
the 2012 games were todd 's sixth having previously competed in 1984-1992 , 2000 and 2008 .
