Conrad Homfeld (born December 25, 1951, in

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) is an American

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competitor and Olympic champion.

Olympics

Homfeld qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a

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instead. At the

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, Homfeld won the gold medal as part of the United States team in Team jumping, with the horse

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."1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Equestrian"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 27, 2008) He received a silver medal in Individual jumping. He later transitioned to a career in show jumping course design.

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* 1951 births Living people American male equestrians Equestrians at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in equestrian Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Congressional Gold Medal recipients Sportspeople from Houston Sportspeople from Texas 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-Olympic-medalist-stub