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Born in Halifax , Nova Scotia , Millar is an eight-time winner of the Canadian Show Jumping Championship and has captured six Spruce Meadows Derbys. With his horse, Big Ben (1976-1999), Millar won more than 40 Grand Prix titles worldwide and the Show Jumping World Cup two years in a row. At the Pan American Games in August 1987, Ian Millar became the second Canadian to win an individual Gold Medal . He holds the North America n record for Grand Prix and Derby wins. He has been a member of every Canadian Equestrian Team at the Show Jumping World Championships team since 1972. At Athens in 2004, Millar became an 8-time Olympian , competing in every Olympic Games since 1972. He holds the record for competing in more Olympics than any other Canadian athlete. In 1986 he was made a Member of the Order Of Canada and in 1996 was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall Of Fame . Ian Millar operates "Millar Brooke Farms" near the small town of Perth, Ontario , and continues to win in the Grand Prix ring. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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