{{Short description|Australian equestrian (born 1964)}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2024}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name=Stuart Tinney |image= Stuart TINNEY (AUS) - PLUTO MIO (14924009289).jpg |caption= Stuart Tinney riding Pluto Mio at the [[2014 World Equestrian Games]] |birth_date={{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|12|7}} |birth_place=[[Mundubbera]], [[Australia]] |death_date= |death_place= |show-medals=yes |medaltemplates= {{MedalSport | [[Equestrianism|Equestrian]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}} [[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]] {{MedalGold|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]|[[Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Team eventing|Team eventing]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Team eventing|Team eventing]]}} }} '''Stuart Brian Tinney''', {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}}<ref name="oam">{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886955|title=TINNEY, Stuart Brian, OAM|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=23 December 2013}}</ref> (born 7 December 1964 in [[Mundubbera]]) is an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]]-level [[equestrianism|equestrian]] rider, who competes for Australia. He won a team gold medal at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]], a team bronze medal at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]], and also competed at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]].
Tinney competed at four [[World Equestrian Games]] (in [[1998 World Equestrian Games|1998]], [[2002 World Equestrian Games|2002]], [[2010 World Equestrian Games|2010]] and [[2014 World Equestrian Games|2014]]). He finished 4th in the team eventing competition at the 2002 World Games. His best individual placement is 8th place from 2010.
In 2008, Tinney competed in Europe in an attempt to make selection for the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing Olympics]], but did not make the Australian team. In 2009, Tinney won the Olympic level CCI**** class at the Australian International 3 day event with Vettori. He also came 7th with Ari de Gwaihier. The Australian International 3 day event is one of only 6 CCI**** competitions in the world and the only one on the Southern Hemisphere.
After 12 years of absence, Tinney made his Olympic return in [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016]], when he won a team bronze medal and placed 22nd individually.
Tinney received an [[Australian Sports Medal]] and a Medal of the [[Order of Australia]] in 2001 for his 2000 gold medal.<ref name="oam"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/970529|title=Tinney, Stuart: Australian Sports Medal|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=23 December 2013}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/stuart-tinney/|title=Stuart Tinney|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame|accessdate=25 September 2020}}</ref>
== Notable Horses ==
* '''Jeepster''' – 1987 Bay Gelding ** 1998 World Equestrian Games – Individual Ninth Place ** 2000 Sydney Olympics – Team Gold Medal ** 2004 Athens Olympics – Team Sixth Place, Individual 38th Place * '''Ava''' – 1992 Bay Mare (Aachen) ** 2002 World Equestrian Games – Team Fourth Place, Individual 16th Place * '''Vettori''' – 1996 Gray Warmblood Cross Gelding (Voltaire) ** 2009 Adelaide CCI**** Winner ** 2010 World Equestrian Games – Individual Eighth Place * '''Panamera''' – 1999 Bay Warmblood Mare (Staccato x Lunchtime) ** 2011 Adelaide CCI****Winner * '''Pluto Mio''' – 1998 Gray Hanoverian/Thoroughbred Gelding (Daley K x Al Mundhir) ** 2014 World Equestrian Games – Individual 11th Place ** 2016 Rio Olympics – Team Bronze Medal, Individual 22nd Place
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==External links== * [https://www.tinneyeventing.com/ Official site] {{Footer Olympic Champions Team Eventing}}
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