Sport Horse riding Name Anton Ebben | Height 1.67 m Weight 78 kg | |
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Died February 4, 2011, 's-Graveland, Netherlands |
Anton ebben memorial prize int 1m50 jump of jumping amsterdam
Antonius "Toon" Ebben (22 December 1930 ā 4 February 2011) was a Dutch equestrian. After acting as a groom for Max and Ernest van Loon at the 1952 Summer Olympics he started competing himself, riding Kairouan in the 1950sā60s and later Jumbo Design (born 1969). At the 1976 Summer Olympics he finished 25th and 12th in the individual and team mixed jumping events, respectively. Next year he won a bronze and a gold European medal in these events. In 1978 Ebeen earned a silver medal in the team jumping, on Jumbo Design, and was named a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.

Ebben retired in 1986. He died in 2011 after a long illness. Since 2012, a jumping competition Anton Ebben Memorial is held in Amsterdam.

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