We are a class of Year 4 students. Our teacher is Mrs Waters and we are part of the Middle Syndicate at Sunnybrae Normal School in Hillcrest Auckland.

Wednesday, 6 August 2008

Mark Todd


Hi my name is Annabelle. I am going to study Mark Todd, he is a famous horse rider. I picked him because I like horses and he is a horse rider. He was born in March 1956 in Cambridge, New Zealand. He grew up in the Waikato area. He is 52 years old and completing in his sixth Olympic games in Beijing 2008. He had a eight-year break and now will be in the arena on his new horse Gandalf. So far he has two olympic gold medals and 2 bronze medals. In the 1992 Olympics Mark Todd was the opening ceremony flag bearer. He competed in Los Angeles in 1984, Seoul in 1988, Barcelona in 1992, Atlanta in 1996, Sydney in 2000 and now in Beijing.

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