Vicky Latta
| Vicky Latta | |
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| Full name | Victoria Latta |
| Born | 10 June 1951 (age 74) Auckland, New Zealand |
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Victoria Latta (born 10 June 1951 in Auckland), known as Vicky or Vicki, is a New Zealand horsewoman who won two medals at the Olympic Games.[1]
Latta's first major international performance was 11th at the 1990 World Equestrian Games in Stockholm riding Chief. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona she was in the New Zealand team which gained the Silver medal. In the individual event Latta, riding Chief, knocked down one rail in the showjumping to slip to fourth place behind fellow-New Zealander Blyth Tait. At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta Latta, riding Broadcast News, was in the team which won the Bronze medal despite a serious fall during the cross-country which caused her to fail to finish the event.
Biography
[edit | edit source]While at school Latta won a place at the Royal Ballet School. She later qualified as lawyer before taking equestrianism seriously. After retiring from competitive eventing following the 1996 Olympics Latta returned to the law profession and gained a master's degree. She is also a member of the International Olympic Academy.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Victoria Jean Latta at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Vicky Latta at Olympic.org (archived)
- Vicky Latta at OlympediaLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Vicky Latta at the New Zealand Olympic CommitteeLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Victoria Latta (and here) at FEILua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- New Zealand event riders
- 1951 births
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- Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand
- Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand
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- Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century New Zealand lawyers
- Sportspeople from Auckland
- Olympic medalists in equestrian
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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