# Conrad Homfeld

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{{short description|American equestrian}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Conrad Homfeld
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|December 25, 1951}}
| birth_place = [Pinehurst, North Carolina](/source/Pinehurst%2C_North_Carolina), U.S.
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| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | [Equestrian](/source/Equestrianism)}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalGold | [1984 Los Angeles](/source/1984_Summer_Olympics) | [Team jumping](/source/Equestrian_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Team_jumping)}}
{{MedalSilver |1984 Los Angeles |[Individual jumping](/source/Equestrian_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Individual_jumping)}}
{{MedalWorldChampionships}}
{{MedalBronze | 1978 Aachen | Team Jumping }}
{{MedalGold | 1986 Aachen | Team Jumping }}
{{MedalSilver | 1986 Aachen | Individual Jumping }}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Cup](/source/Show_Jumping_World_Cup)}}
{{MedalGold | 1980 Baltimore | Individual Jumping }}
{{MedalGold | 1985 Berlin | Individual Jumping }}
}}
'''Conrad Homfeld''' (born December 25, 1951, in [Pinehurst, North Carolina](/source/Pinehurst%2C_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](/source/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](/source/1980_Summer_Olympics_boycott) in Moscow, Russia. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a [Congressional Gold Medal](/source/List_of_Congressional_Gold_Medal_recipients) 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](/source/1984_Summer_Olympics) in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), Homfeld won the gold medal as part of the United States team in [Team jumping](/source/Equestrian_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics), with the horse [Abdullah](/source/Abdullah_(horse)).<ref name=db-olymp-1984EQU>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=21&sp=EQU "1984 Summer Olympics &ndash; Los Angeles, United States &ndash; Equestrian"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827162406/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=21&sp=EQU |date=August 27, 2008 }} &ndash; ''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.

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Olympic champions – Equestrian team jumping}}
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Category:1951 births
Category:Living people
Category:American male equestrians
Category:Equestrians at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in equestrian
Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Congressional Gold Medal recipients
Category:Sportspeople from Houston
Category:Sportspeople from Texas
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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