# Wendy Schaeffer > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wendy_Schaeffer > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wendy_Schaeffer.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Schaeffer > Source revision: 1353317582 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Australian equestrian (born 1974) This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "Wendy Schaeffer" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Wendy Schaeffer Personal information Born (1974-09-16) 16 September 1974 (age 51) Adelaide, South Australia Sport Country Australia Sport Equestrian **Wendy Lynn Schaeffer** (born 16 September 1974) is an Australian [equestrian](/source/Equestrianism) and Olympic champion. She is a recipient of the [Medal of the Order of Australia](/source/Medal_of_the_Order_of_Australia), and inductee of the [Sport Australia Hall of Fame](/source/Sport_Australia_Hall_of_Fame). ## Career Schaeffer was born in [Adelaide, South Australia](/source/Adelaide%2C_South_Australia) on 16 September 1974.[1][2] Riding the horse Sunburst,[3] she won a team gold medal in [eventing](/source/Eventing) for Australia at the [1996 Summer Olympics](/source/1996_Summer_Olympics) in [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta),[1][2] along with team members [Phillip Dutton](/source/Phillip_Dutton), [Andrew Hoy](/source/Andrew_Hoy) and [Gillian Rolton](/source/Gillian_Rolton).[4] Schaeffer had the best performance (lowest penalty) among all competitors in the team eventing, with no penalties in the show jumping round.[4][5] Schaeffer was awarded the [Medal of the Order of Australia](/source/Medal_of_the_Order_of_Australia) in 1997, and was inducted into the [Sport Australia Hall of Fame](/source/Sport_Australia_Hall_of_Fame) in 2002.[5] The book *An Eventful Life – Life Stories of Eventing Champions* from 2010, written by Alison Duthie, treats the biography of Wendy Schaeffer and four other Australian Olympic equestrians, [Megan Jones](/source/Megan_Jones_(equestrian)), [Sonja Johnson](/source/Sonja_Johnson), [Shane Rose](/source/Shane_Rose), and [Stuart Tinney](/source/Stuart_Tinney).[6] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-awr_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-awr_1-1) Henningham, Nikki. ["Schaeffer, Wendy (1974-)"](https://www.womenaustralia.info/entries/schaeffer-wendy/). *The Australian Women's Register*. Retrieved 13 June 2024. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sports-ref_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sports-ref_2-1) ["Wendy Schaeffer"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054941/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/wendy-schaeffer-1.html). *SR/Olympic Sports*. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/wendy-schaeffer-1.html) on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Sunburst"](https://www.olympedia.org/horses/2387). *[Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)*. Retrieved 13 June 2024. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-1996-team_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-1996-team_4-1) ["Team, Open"](https://www.olympedia.org/results/185436). *[Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)*. Retrieved 13 June 2024. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sahof_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sahof_5-1) ["Wendy Schaeffer"](https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/wendy-schaeffer/). Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 September 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["An Eventful Life - The book"](https://www.an-eventful-life.com.au/eventful-life-book). Retrieved 13 June 2024. ## Further reading - Duthie, Alison (2010). *An Eventful Life – Life Stories of Eventing Champions*. Palmer Higgs Publishing. ## External links - [Wendy Schaeffer](https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/wendy-schaeffer/) at the [Australian Olympic Committee](/source/Australian_Olympic_Committee) - [Wendy Schaeffer](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/11452) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) - [Wendy Schaeffer](https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/wendy-schaeffer/) at the [Sport Australia Hall of Fame](/source/Sport_Australia_Hall_of_Fame) v t e Olympic equestrian champions in team eventing 1912: Nordlander, Adlercreutz, Casparsson, Åminne (SWE) 1920: Mörner, Lundström, von Braun, Dyrsch (SWE) 1924: van der Voort van Zijp, de Mortanges, de Kruijff, Colenbrander (NED) 1928: de Mortanges, de Kruijff, van der Voort van Zijp (NED) 1932: Thomson, Chamberlin, Argo (USA) 1936: Stubbendorf, Lippert, von Wangenheim (GER) 1948: Henry, Anderson, Thomson (USA) 1952: von Blixen-Finecke, Stahre, Frölén (SWE) 1956: Weldon, Rook, Hill (GBR) 1960: Morgan, Lavis, Roycroft (AUS) 1964: Checcoli, Angioni, Ravano (ITA) 1968: Allhusen, Meade, Jones (GBR) 1972: Meade, Gordon-Watson, Parker, Phillips (GBR) 1976: Coffin, Plumb, Davidson, Tauskey (USA) 1980: Blinov, Salnikov, Volkov, Rogozhin (URS) 1984: Plumb, Stives, Fleischmann, Davidson (USA) 1988: Erhorn, Baumann, Kaspareit, Ehrenbrink (FRG) 1992: Green, Rolton, Hoy, Ryan (AUS) 1996: Schaeffer, Rolton, Hoy, Dutton (AUS) 2000: Dutton, Hoy, Tinney, Ryan (AUS) 2004: Boiteau, Lyard, Courrèges, Teulère, Touzaint (FRA) 2008: Thomsen, Ostholt, Dibowski, Klimke, Romeike (GER) 2012: Auffarth, Jung, Klimke, Schrade, Thomsen (GER) 2016: Laghouag, Lemoine, Nicolas, Vallette (FRA) 2020: Collett, McEwen, Townend (GBR) 2024: Canter, McEwen, Collett (GBR) Authority control databases: People Australian Women's Register This article about an Australian Olympic medalist is a stub. 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