| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Equestrian | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | Team three-day event | |
| Bronze | 2000 Sydney | Team three-day event | |
| Equestrian | |||
| Pan American Games | |||
| Silver | 2003 Fair Hill | Individual eventing | |
| Gold | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Team eventing | |
| Gold | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Individual eventing | |
| World Championships | |||
| Bronze | 1998 Rome | Team eventing | |
Karen Lende O'Connor is an American equestrian rider. She was born February 17, 1958. Joanne and Phillip Lende were her parents and she has two brothers, Steven and Chip. She grew up in Bolton, Massachusetts. Karen got her first horse, Midnight, for her 11th birthday, and began eventing through Pony Club. She later owned a Connemara named Erin's Shamrock, who took her to her first Three-Day Event with him at Radnor, and up to the Advanced Level. Karen started competing internationally in 1979, when she was only 21 years old. In 1993, Karen married her longtime boyfriend David O'Connor, in Virginia. Together they formed the famous O'Connor event team. Karen's latest business venture is a partnership with Equestrian Services, LLC to exclusively offer the world’s first branded equestrian facilities and amenities for residential communities and resorts worldwide (similar to what Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer have done). The Oaks of Lake City is hosting the Inaugural Gold O'Connor Signature Equestrian Facility. It is due to open spring 2008.
Accomplishments
- 2007
- Rolex Kentucky Three Day
- 3rd Theodore O'Connor
- 15th Upstage
- 2007 Pan American Games
- Theodore O'Connor: Team and individual gold medals
- 2006
- FEI World Equestrian Games
- Team 4th place, 42nd individually Upstage
- Rolex Kentucky Three Day
- 12th Upstage
- Jersey Fresh CCI***
- 9th Theodore O'Connor
- 2005
- Rolex Kentucky Three Day
- 7th Upstage
- Jersey Fresh CCI***
- 3rd Joker's Wild
- 2004
- Rolex Kentucky Three Day
- 12th Upstage
- 15th Bally Mar
- 17th Grand Slam
- Fair Hill International CCI***
- 8th - Joker's Wild
- 2003
- Individual Silver, Pan American Games, Fair Hill, Maryland
- Joker's Wild
- Fair Hill International CCI***
- 1st Grand Slam
- 2001
- Foxhall Cup CCI***
- 1st Prince Panache
- 2000
- Team Bronze Olympic Games, Sydney, Australia
- Prince Panache
- Rolex Kentucky CCI****
- 3rd Prince Panache
- 1999
- Rolex Kentucky CCI****
- 1st Prince Panache
- 2nd Regal Scot
- 1998
- Team Bronze World Equestrian Games, Rome, Italy
- Prince Panache
- Badminton CCI****
- 5th
- Rolex CCI****
- 5th
- 1997
- Rolex CCI****
- 1st Worth the Trust
- Member USET, European Open Three Day Event Championship, Burghley, Great Britain
- 1996
- Team Silver Olympic Games, Atlanta, U.S.A.
- Biko
- 1995
- Badminton CCI****
- 3rd Biko
- Checkmate CCI***
- 3rd
- European Open Three Day Event Championship, Italy
- 8th
- 1994
- World Equestrian Games, The Hague, Netherlands
- 11th individual
- Burghley CCI****
- 5th Prince Panache
- 1993
- Punchestown CCI***, Ireland
- 1st Shannon
- 3rd Enniskerry
- 1991
- Rolex Kentucky CCI***
- 1st Mr. Maxwell
- Burghley CCI***
- 3rd Mr. Maxwell
- 1989
- Fair Hill CCI***
- 1st Nos Ecus
- 1988
- Member USET Three Day Squad, Olympic Games, Seoul, Korea
- 1986
- Member USET Squad, World Championships, Gawler, Australia
- 1985
- Chesterland CCI***
- 1st Castlewellan
- 1984
- Boekelo CCI***, Holland
- 1st The Optimist
- 1979
- Badminton CCI****
- 10th March Brown
External links
- Official site - biography
- [1] New O'Connor Community
- [2] Official site on O'Connor Signature
