Canada s most decorated show jumper has withdrawn from consideration for the Tokyo Olympics.
The Canadian Press
BRUSSELS Canada s most decorated show jumper won t compete in the Tokyo Olympics.
Eric Lamaze, owner of Olympic gold, silver and bronze medals, has withdrawn from Equestrian Canada s short list for the Summer Games.
Three years of treatment for a brain tumour, the global COVID-19 situation and the inability of Canada to send a full show jumping team to Tokyo factored into his decision. My health is something that I take very seriously, and I’ve decided that Tokyo is not the best venue for me, Lamaze said Monday in a statement.
Canadian show jumper Eric Lamaze withdraws from Tokyo short list
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Eric Lamaze is among the five showjumpers shortlisted to represent Canada individually at the Tokyo Olympics.
Last week Equestrian Canada announced the riders bidding for the one individual showjumping space available at the Games. Also on the list are Erynn Ballard, Mario Deslauriers, Tiffany Foster and Amy Millar.
Three of team Canada’s 2016 Rio Olympic squad are on the roster; Eric, Tiffany and Amy. If selected, Tokyo will be 53-year-old Eric’s fourth Games. He won individual gold and team silver at Beijing in 2008, was part of the London 2012 squad with Tiffany, and took individual bronze at Rio in 2016.
Mario, 56, represented Team Canada at the 1984 Los Angeles Games and the 1988 Seoul Games alongside Amy’s father Ian Millar, and was part of the 2018 World Equestrian Games squad in Tryon, USA, with Eric and Erynn.