Other royalty who competed in unconventional Olympic sports include two Princes who represented Lichtenstein in the downhill alpine skiing. The shooting events have been popular with members of the ruling family of Dubai, one of the United Arab Emirates.
Royal participation in the Olympic Games is not confined to equestrian and sailing events. Members of royal and princely houses and their future consorts have participated in a diverse range of sports including bobsledding, golf, shooting and skiing, raising the profile of a broad range of Olympic sports.
He won the gold medal in sailing Dragon class at the Summer Olympics in Rome. There have been royal spectators present throughout the sailing events of the London Olympic Games. Princess Anne and King Constantine presented the medals to the winners. King Constantine not only presented sailing medals as a longstanding member of the International Olympic Committee but as one of the most successful royal athletes at the modern Olympic Games.
And to hear the national anthem of your country, and you know you are not doing it for yourself, you are doing it for your country, is very important. Prior to the First World War, European aristocrats involved in Olympic yachting events included members of the Swiss Pourtales family including Helene de Pourtales, the first female Olympic medalist in As King, Olav remained an active sailor into his old age.
His son Harald, the current King of Norway, also competed in Olympic yachting events as Crown Prince in , and In common with the Norwegian royal house, Olympic sailing is a family affair within the Spanish royal family.
Her brother, Felipe, Prince of the Asturias, is the most successful Spanish royal Olympic sailor, placing sixth in the Soling Class event at the Barcelona Olympics.
The Chakri dynasty of Thailand also boasts an Olympic level sailor. Prince Birabongse was also a Formula One race car driver, making him one of the rare athletes to compete in both the Olympics and the Formula One Championships.
The sailing competitions are the Olympic events that have attracted the greatest number of royal athletes in the past century. The presentation of the Olympic sailing medals by the former King Constantine of Greece is the latest example of longstanding royal involvement in Olympic yachting and sailing. For further information about royal athletes at the Modern Olympic Games, see my recent article in the Kingston Whig Standard.
The royal family has been in the stands at Greenwich Park yesterday and today supporting her quest for Olympic Gold. The crowd are amazing. Zara is not the only royal athlete in the Olympic equestrian events.
In contrast to Team Great Britain, which has received twenty seven medals in Olympic history, Saudi Arabia has never received a medal in this event and is not a favourite in the Games.
The Opening Ceremonies at the Stockholm Olympics, the first Games to feature the full programme of dressage, show jumping and eventing. Zara Phillips, Prince Abdullah bin Miteb and Prince Faisal Al Shalan are following in a one hundred year old tradition of royal participation in the equestrian events at the modern Olympic Games. Although an eclectic collection of equestrian events took place at the Paris Olympics including polo and mail coach racing, the Stockholm Olympics were the first Games to feature the full modern program of dressage, show jumping and eventing.
As in London in , there were multiple royal athletes in the Stockholm equestrian events. When the games began we passed whole days in the Stadium, a splendid structure put up for the occasion. The Russian contingent, with the exception of the Finnish group, did not distinguish itself in anything, and the officers, although they were all good horsemen, won no prizes.
However, nothing happened to my brother and only one of his companions had a bad fall. That year, he was also the Spanish Olympic team's flag bearer. She was the first woman to carry the national flag of the UAE at the games.
The Oxford-educated daughter of King Hussein of Jordan is also an equestrian. She represented the country in the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Urdangarin competed on the Olympic handball team for his native Spain at the , , and Summer Olympic games. The team won bronze medals in and Infanta Christina competed in sailing at the Olympic Games in Seoul, though she did not win any medals. The Eton-educated Thai prince was on his country's sailing squad at four Olympic games: Melbourne , Rome , Tokyo , and Munich The Scene.
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It read: "I and the whole nation will be cheering you on and proudly supporting you from home". She then arrived at the ceremony though not actually by jumping out of a helicopter as the video depicted and officially opened the Games. FB Tweet More. Pinterest Email Send Text Message. Melbourne Cup Olympics Day 6 - Cycling - Track. Continued on next slide. Credit: Getty. Great Britain's Zara Phillips riding Hig. AUS: Sydney Olympics Prince Albert of Monaco. Replay gallery.
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