Clarke Johnstone
Clarke Johnstone (born 26 April 1987) is a New Zealand equestrian, competing in eventing.
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| Born | 26 April 1987 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Equestrian | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Eventing | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Johnstone was born in 1987 in Dunedin[1] and grew up on a farm in Otago.[2] From 2000 to 2004, he attended John McGlashan College in Dunedin.[3] In 2008, he obtained a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Otago.[2] After university, he moved to Matangi near Hamilton in the Waikato, but lived in England between May 2011 and 2013 lived in England in preparation for the London Olympics.[4]
Johnstone took up horse riding aged 12 when his sister talked him into it.[2] At the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky, he won the bronze medal with the eventing team alongside Andrew Nicholson, Mark Todd, and Caroline Powell. At the 2011 CHIO Aachen in Germany, he won the silver medal in the team event alongside Nicholson, Powell, and Jonathan Paget.
Johnstone missed out on selection for the 2012 Summer Olympics; his main horse — Orient Express — was injured and he thus was not chosen. He did get a call for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he finished sixth in the individual and fourth in the team event.[5] Since 2014, his horse has been Balmoral Sensation.[4]
CCI 4* results
Johnstone achieved the following CCI 4*:
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| Event | Kentucky | Badminton | Luhmühlen | Burghley | Pau | Adelaide | ||||||
| 2006 | 13th (Oakley Vision) | |||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | did not participate | |||||||||||
| 2009 | 6th (Orient Express) EL (Oakley Vision) | |||||||||||
| 2010 | did not participate | |||||||||||
| 2011 | 17th (Incognito) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | did not participate | |||||||||||
| 2015 |  (Balmoral Sensation) | |||||||||||
| 2016 | 5th (Balmoral Sensation) | |||||||||||
| 2017 |  (Balmoral Sensation) | |||||||||||
| EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew | ||||||||||||
References
- "Clarke Johnstone". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Clarke Johnstone". Equestrian Sports New Zealand. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- Carruthers, Tiny; Button, Angela (29 June 2016). "JMC Old Boys are Rio bound". John McGlashan College. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- James, Emma (28 July 2016). "Waikato's Clarke Johnstone selected for Rio Olympics". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Clarke Johnstone". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2018.