In which sport did Leslie Law win an Olympic gold medal for Great Britain in 2004?
Leslie Law MBE (born 5 May 1965) is a British eventer, who won the individual gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. He started riding at age 10, competing with his brother, and participated in his first accredited event in 1982. He attended Lady Hawkins' School, where his passion for riding developed further.
He was a member of the British team that won silver at the 2000 Olympic Games and bronze at the 2002 World Equestrian Games. On Shear L'eau, he won team gold at the European Championship.
The team's greatest success, however, was at the 2004 Olympics. Tenth after the dressage section, an excellent cross country still left him out of the medals, an inspired clear round in the show jumping saw him awarded the silver medal. However, amid much controversy the result was appealed, as video evidence showed that the gold medalist, German rider Bettina Hoy, had crossed the start line twice, and thus incurred twelve penalty points. By the time the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled against Hoy, promoting Law to the gold, he had returned to England and heard the news that he was Olympic Champion while competing in the Solihull Horse Trials.
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2005 New Year Honours List for services to Equestrian Sport.
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