Andrew Nicholson is a New Zealand horseman who has competed at six Olympic Games. Nicholson's greatest success at international level has been in Three-Day Event Teams. He won a gold medal at the 1990 World Equestrian Games in Stockholm, a silver at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and a Bronze at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He is infamous for his ride on Spinning Rhombus at Barcelona. With the New Zealand team having seven rails in hand to win the Gold medal his horse knocked down nine rails to drop New Zealand to second behind arch-rivals Australia. Nicholson competed at the 2010 WEG and received a bronze medal. Olympic record: 1984: Individual 28th on Kahlua; Team 6th 1992: Individual 16th on Spinning Rhombus; Team Silver 1996: Individual retired on Buckley Province; Team Bronze 2000: Selected but did not compete as horses were not fit 2004: Individual 61st; Team 5th 2008: Individual, eliminated in cross-country; Team 5th 2012: Individual, 4th; Team 3rd Nicholson and Mark Todd were the first New Zealanders to compete at six Olympic Games. 

August 1st, 1961 in Te Awamutu (Age 63)