Cindy Ishoy, the legendary dressage equestrian, was named to her fifth Olympic team this year. It's her first Games since the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. She was also at Seoul in 1988 where she won a team bronze and placed fourth in individual dressage. She made her Olympic debut at age 20 in Munich in 1972 where she was the youngest equestrian competitor and was named to the 1980 team that did not go to Moscow. She also attended the 1968 Mexico Olympics as a groom for veteran rider Christilot Boylen.
In 1979 she became the first Canadian to win an international dressage event and was second in 1988 at a World Cup competition. She also competed at three world championships highlighted by a seventh place in 1986.
Ishoy has faced some tough challenges in her career. After establishing herself among the world's best at the Seoul Olympics, Ishoy's star horse Dynasty died suddenly at his peak in 1989 from colic at age 12. Since 2000, she's been aboard Proton a 10-year-old German-bred gelding discovered by her husband Neil. Ishoy and Proton won the Olympic trials this year.
