Sally Dorothy Ann Clark (née Dalrymple, born 11 April 1958) is a New Zealand equestrian who won a silver medal at the
Olympic Games. She was born in
Palmerston North.
Clark's international eventing career began in 1987 as part of the New Zealand Trans-Tasman Trophy team. She was short-listed for the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
in
Seoul but her horse Sky Command died. Clark had to wait 8 years to attend the Olympic Games and finished second to team-mate
Blyth Tait
Robert Blyth Tait (born 10 May 1961) is a New Zealand equestrian. Tait has competed at four Olympics and has won four medals, one of only four New Zealanders to do so.
Tait's first success at international level was at the 1990 World Equestrian ...
in the individual
Three Day Event. She won Gold with the New Zealand team the following year at the
World Equestrian Games
The FEI World Equestrian Games are the major international championships for equestrianism, and are administered by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI). The games have been held every four years, halfway between sets of consecutive ...
in
Rome.
In 1999 she appeared on a postage stamp issued in
Senegal.
Stamp featuring Clark
Colnect,com, Retrieved 8 April 2016
References
New Zealand event riders
1958 births
Living people
Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand
Olympic equestrians for New Zealand
New Zealand female equestrians
Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Palmerston North
Olympic medalists in equestrian
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
20th-century New Zealand women
21st-century New Zealand women
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