Richard Davison

Richard Davison (born 20 September 1955) is an Olympic standard dressage rider. Davison is a four-time Olympian having represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games in London in 2012, Athens in 2004, Sydney in 2000 and Atlanta in 1996. He was the British Team captain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He is a World and European Championship team medallist. He remains one of Britain's most successful dressage competitors, having competed over four decades. He has made an extensive contribution to the sport during his career, not only as a rider, but also as a trainer and team manager. His knowledge and experience has helped steer dressage from being barely known among the general public to becoming the sport of the 'dancing horses' that Britain celebrated during London. In 2022 he won team silver at the FEI World Championships on Bubblingh, a horse owned by Gwendolyn Sontheim and which he had bred out of a mare which he had also competed for her at the 2002 World Championships and on whom he had won team bronze at the 2003 European Championships.