Olympedia – Kevin Freeman

Growing up in the American Northwest, Kevin Freeman had to travel to Canada or California to find eventing competition. His first international success came in 1963 when he won a gold medal in the team event (with Michael Page and the non-Olympian William Hoggard) and a silver medal in the individual event at the Pan American Games. At the Olympics Freeman won three silver medals between 1964 and 1972.

Freeman, who worked in the family farm machinery manufacturing business, was educated at Cornell. He was a member of the US Equestrian Association Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1991. Freeman also organized the Freeman Farms Horse Trials in Oregon.