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Andrew Hoy

1959 - Today

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Andrew James Hoy, (born 8 February 1959) is an Australian equestrian rider. He has won six Olympic medals: three gold, two silvers and one bronze. He has competed in eight Olympic games, from 1984 to 2020 with the exception of 2008,[] which is an Australian record; and at the 2020 Summer Olympics he was 62 years old, making him Australia's oldest ever male Olympian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew Hoy has received more than 231,550 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Andrew Hoy is the 2,860th most popular athlete (down from 1,772nd in 2019), the 552nd most popular biography from Australia (down from 384th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Australian Athlete.

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  • 20

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  • 3.24

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  • 3.06

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Andrew Hoy ranks 2,860 out of 6,025. Before him are Yipsi Moreno, Sandra Chick, Kim Soo-nyung, Sergey Belyayev, Kaija Parve, and Herman Frazier. After him are Attila Horváth, Kirk Baptiste, Tapio Sipilä, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Harvey Glance, and Colin Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Andrew Hoy ranks 704. Before him are Jody Watley, Jill Bolte Taylor, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Dagmar Lurz, Paul Attanasio, and Göran Hägglund. After him are Nikolay Chernetskiy, Ralph Northam, Ben Elton, Alain Bondue, Mark Meadows, and Pamela C. Rasmussen.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Andrew Hoy ranks 552 out of 1,143. Before him are Snowy Baker (1884), Alex Brosque (1983), Morgan Davies (2001), Richard Flanagan (1961), H. V. Evatt (1894), and Angus Sampson (1979). After him are Warren Ellis (1965), Cody Simpson (1997), Orianthi (1985), Ben Williams (1977), Vince Grella (1979), and Bella Heathcote (1987).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Andrew Hoy ranks 35. Before him are June Maston (1928), Tim Forsyth (1973), Jenny Lamy (1949), Kate Allen (1970), Nathan Deakes (1977), and Robert de Castella (1957). After him are Marlene Mathews (1934), Tony Madigan (1930), Brenda Jones (1936), Chilla Porter (1936), Jessica Watson (1993), and Steve Hooker (1982).

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