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Daniel William Meech (born 19 November 1973) is a New Zealand equestrian. Meech was born in
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in 1973. He received his education at Lindisfarne College and at
Hastings Boys' High School Hastings Boys' High School is a boys' secondary school in Hastings, New Zealand. The school is part of the Super 8. The school was founded in 1904 as Hastings High School. In 1922, it became Hastings Technical School under the leadership of Wi ...
. Aged 20, he relocated to Germany for an apprenticeship with German showjumper
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. Meech competed in individual jumping at the
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in
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, and is New Zealand Olympian number 730. He competed in
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and team jumping at the
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in
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, In Athens, he was third going into the final round and would have won gold by dropping one bar, but he dropped three bars and came in 12th place. Meech was nominated for the
2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
in
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, but his horse Sorbas was injured and he was replaced by
Kirk Webby Kirk Webby (born 30 September 1970) is a New Zealand equestrian. He competed in show jumping at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With m ...
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* * 1973 births Living people New Zealand male equestrians Olympic equestrians for New Zealand Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics People educated at Lindisfarne College, New Zealand People educated at Hastings Boys' High School Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{NewZealand-equestrian-bio-stub