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Williams, John
- 2004 U.S. Olympic Team member
- 2003 Advanced Division V/ Pine Top Farm Advanced Horse Trials, 1st place/Sloopy
- 2002 World Equestrian Games, team gold, Carrick
- 1991 Pan American Games, U.S. team member
- Became a member of the U.S. National team member at the age of 23
- Has been repeatedly named among the top ten in the USCTA Rider of the Year rankings
- Won the intermediate CCI National Championships at Radnor in 1988
- Along with being a great eventer John is also a "R" Eventing course designer. Williams is building a reputation as a designer of cross-country courses for eventing testing. He has created courses in Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, New York and New J
- The gelding, Carrick, was purchased for $12,000 in 1996. He easily would fetch more than six figures were he for sale today
- Williams and his wife, Ellen, who is a groomer, are the sole caretakers of all of their horses
- Grew up in Mendon and competed in cross country skiing and track and field at Honeoye Falls-Lima
- The New York native graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology for American Craftsmen, where he studied woodworking and furniture design at the School for American Crafts.
In 2002, John showed his professionalism and dedication in helping the U.S. team when its first world championships since 1974 despite an emotional effort in the individual competition by placing fourth, just barely out of the medal positions.
“Each horse has a personality of its own — no two horses ride the same,” Williams said. “Some horses are independent thinkers. They take a lot of finessing to convince them to do what you want them to. Other horses might go out of their way to do what you want them to do. It really varies.” DemocrateandChronicle.com
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Born: 4/4/1965
Hometown: Middleburg, VA
Sport: Equestrian
Event: Eventing
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