Antonius "Toon" Ebben (22 December 1930 – 4 February 2011) was a Dutch equestrian. After acting as a groom for

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and Ernest van Loon at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

, Ebben began competing himself, riding ''Kairouan'' in the 1950s–60s and later ''Jumbo Design'' (born 1969). At the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

he finished 25th and 12th in the individual and team mixed jumping events, respectively. The following year he won a bronze and a gold European medal in these events. In 1978 Ebeen earned a silver medal in the team jumping, on ''Jumbo Design'', and was named a Knight of the

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. Ebben retired in 1986. He died in 2011 after a long illness. Since 2012, a jumping competition known as the ''Anton Ebben Memorial'' has been held in Amsterdam.

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1930 births 2011 deaths Dutch male equestrians Equestrians at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for the Netherlands Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau Sportspeople from Tilburg Equestrians from North Brabant 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-equestrian-bio-stub