{{short description|American equestrian}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Conrad Homfeld | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|December 25, 1951}} | birth_place = Pinehurst, North Carolina, U.S. | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Equestrian}} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalOlympics}} {{MedalGold | 1984 Los Angeles | Team jumping}} {{MedalSilver |1984 Los Angeles |Individual jumping}} {{MedalWorldChampionships}} {{MedalBronze | 1978 Aachen | Team Jumping }} {{MedalGold | 1986 Aachen | Team Jumping }} {{MedalSilver | 1986 Aachen | Individual Jumping }} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup}} {{MedalGold | 1980 Baltimore | Individual Jumping }} {{MedalGold | 1985 Berlin | Individual Jumping }} }} '''Conrad Homfeld''' (born December 25, 1951, in Pinehurst, North Carolina)<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/conrad-homfeld-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000400/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/conrad-homfeld-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Conrad Homfeld |accessdate=May 19, 2015}}</ref> is an American show jumping competitor and Olympic champion.
==Olympics== Homfeld qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal instead.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Caroccioli|first1=Tom|last2=Caroccioli|first2=Jerry|title=Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=Highland Park, IL|isbn=978-0942257403|pages=243–253}}</ref> At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Homfeld won the gold medal as part of the United States team in Team jumping, with the horse Abdullah.<ref name=db-olymp-1984EQU>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=21&sp=EQU "1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Equestrian"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827162406/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=21&sp=EQU |date=August 27, 2008 }} – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 27, 2008)</ref> He received a silver medal in Individual jumping. He later transitioned to a career in show jumping course design.
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