Edmund Sloane "Tad" Coffin (born May 9, 1955, in

Toledo, Ohio Toledo ( ) is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is located at the western end of Lake Erie along the Maumee River. Toledo is the List of cities in Ohio, fourth-most populous city in Ohio and List of United Sta ...

) is an American saddlemaker and

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. Coffin won two

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s in the

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riding Bally Cor. He grew up on

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, then moved with his family to

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, but now lives in

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. He is the nephew of clergyman and peace activist

William Sloane Coffin William Sloane Coffin Jr. (June 1, 1924 – April 12, 2006) was an American Christian clergyman and peace activist. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church, and later received ministerial standing in the United Church of Christ. In his young ...

References

External links

Tad Coffin Saddles official site

1955 births American event riders American male equestrians Equestrians at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in equestrian Sportspeople from Toledo, Ohio Sportspeople from Vermont Living people Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1975 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in equestrian Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-equestrian-bio-stub