Leslie Law

Leslie Law ( born May 5, 1965 in Hereford ) is a British eventer. He is Olympic champion and three-time European champion.

1990 Law played his first international competitions, but only towards the end of the decade, he achieved a breakthrough with the world leaders. At the European Championships in 2001 in Pau, he won the gold medal with the British team. He repeated in 2003 and 2005 in Punchestown in Woodstock this success. In 2002 he was. At the World Equestrian Games in 2002 in Jerez de la Frontera third in the team standings

Laws greatest achievement is winning the gold medal in the individual competition at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Before the final show jumping he was still in fifth place, but could be improved with two clear passages first to second place. The German rider Bettina Hoy, who had become the first, was relegated to ninth place, as they had triggered the timing too early. After the International Sports Court had upheld the decision of the Jury Law was awarded the gold medal. Hoy's transfer back also affected the team title from The British team, which also belonged Law, won silver instead of bronze.