Who was the first United States equestrian to win an individual Olympic gold medal?
William Steinkraus, who started riding for the United States Equestrian Team in its second year, rode on five Olympic teams before his retirement in 1972. In the 1968 Olympics held in Mexico City, Steinkraus and the Princess de la Tour d’Auvergne’s great horse Snowbound won the individual gold medal. In 1972, the same year Germany’s Liselott Linsenhoff won her individual gold in dressage, two-thirds of Britain’s gold medal eventing team members were women. Mary Gordon-Watson on Cornishman IV and Bridget Parker on Cornish Gold teamed with individual gold medalist Richard Meade on Laurieston for the title. Gordon-Watson was just out of the individual medals, finishing fourth. Q: In what Olympic Equestrian discipline has the U.S. won the most gold medals? A: Three-day eventing. Army teams earned the top prize in 1932 and 1948. The U.S. Equestrian Team, which took over the responsibilities of fielding squads starting with the 1952 Olympics, won in 1976 and 1984. The first U.S. individual g
