Mac Cone (born August 23, 1952, in

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Situated along the Mississippi River, it had a population of 633,104 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Tenne ...

, United States) is a Canadian citizen who competes in

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. At the

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in Beijing, Cone won the

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as part of the Canadian team in team jumping, together with Jill Henselwood,

Eric Lamaze Eric Lamaze (born April 17, 1968) is a Canadian showjumper and Olympic champion. He won individual gold and team silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, riding Hickstead. Lamaze has won three Olympic medals, as well as four Pan American Games medal ...

, and

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. He rides a 12-year-old

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named Ole. Mac also rides an 8-year-old Dutch Warmblood named Unanimous. Unanimous is by Andiamo and is owned by Southern Ways Limited and the Unanimous Group. Mac Cone is the only rider to have ridden as a member of both the

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and the

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. He currently lives in King City, Ontario, Canada where he coaches at the Southern Ways equestrian facility.

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1952 births Living people Canadian male equestrians Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Canada Olympic silver medalists for Canada Sportspeople from King, Ontario Sportspeople from Memphis, Tennessee Olympic medalists in equestrian Canadian show jumping riders Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics American emigrants to Canada Pan American Games silver medalists in equestrian Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Equestrians at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian sportsmen 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub