Mary Hanna (née Sutherland) (born 1 December 1954) is an Australian

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. She has represented Australia at six

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in the equestrian discipline of

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(Atlanta 1996 with Mosaic, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 with Limbo, London 2012 with Sancette, Rio 2016 with Boogie Woogie and Tokyo 2020 with Calanta).

Personal

Hanna was born on 1 December 1954 in Melbourne, Australia. She attended Macarthur State School in Victoria before going to high school at Presbyterian Ladies' College. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree. Her husband is Rob Hanna, Equestrian Australia chef d'equipe.

Equestrian

Hanna is an equestrian dressage competitor. She has been coached by

Kyra Kyrklund Kyra Marie Christine Kyrklund (born 30 November 1951 in Helsinki) is a Finnish dressage rider and trainer who currently lives in West Sussex. In 1991 she and "Matador II" won the World Cup Finals in Paris. She has competed in six Olympics. ...

and Clemens Dierks. Currently she is coached by Patrik Kittel. Her primary training base is in Gisborne, Victoria , Australia. Hanna competed at the

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

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and

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. In 1996, she finished twenty-fourth in the individual event. In 2000, she finished thirty-fourth in the individual event and sixth in the team event. In 2004, she finished thirty-ninth in the individual event. In 2012, she finished forty-third in the individual event and ninth in the team event. She was the last Australian competitor to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was the oldest Australian equestrian competitor at the Games. She rode Sancette. Hanna finished 3rd at the 2011 CDI3 Grand Prix held in Biarritz, France. She finished 7th at the 2012 CDI3 Grand Prix held in Compiegne, France. She finished 12th at the 2012 CDI4 Grand Prix held in Hamburg, Germany. She finished 19th at the 2012 CDI3 Grand Prix held in Mannheim, Germany. She finished 7th at the 2012 CDI3 Grand Prix held in Viduaban, France. She has qualified for the

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, where she finished 15th. At the

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held in

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, Hanna finished 10th in team dressage and 29th in individual dressage. In 2016, Hanna qualified once again for the World Cup finals in

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, where she finished 15th. Later that year she competed at the

held in

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. She placed 9th in the

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and 39th in the

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dressage competitions. At age of 61, she became the oldest Australian athlete ever to compete at the Olympics, surpassing a fellow equestrian and multiple medalist Bill Roycroft.

References

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