Karen Stives

{{short description|American equestrian}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport | [[Equestrianism|Equestrian]]}} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[Equestrian at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalGold | [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Team eventing|Team eventing]]}} {{MedalSilver | 1984 Los Angeles | [[Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Individual eventing|Individual eventing]]}} {{MedalBottom}}

'''Karen Elizabeth Stives''' (November 3, 1950 – August 14, 2015) was an American [[eventing]] competitor and Olympic champion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/horsenews/2015/08/uset_benefactor_equestrina_kar.html|title=USET benefactor, equestrian, Karen Stives passes away|date=August 17, 2015|publisher=[[NJ.com]]|access-date=18 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=SR/>

==Olympics== Stives qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics]] in Moscow, Russia. She was one of 461 athletes to receive a [[List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients|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 Summer Olympics|1984 Olympic Games]] in [[Los Angeles]], Stives anchored the United States team that received a gold medal in [[Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Team eventing]], and also an individual silver medal.<ref name=SR>{{cite sports-reference|title = Karen Stives|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/karen-stives-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045123/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/karen-stives-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = April 18, 2020|access-date = August 18, 2015}}</ref><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=2008-08-27 }} – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 28, 2008)</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=karen-e-stives&pid=175511668&fhid=15200 Karen Stives' obituary]

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