South Australian Gold Medal Eventing rider Wendy Schaeffer joined fellow Atlanta Olympians Andrew Hoy, Phillip Dutton and Gill Rolton in the Hall of Fame. Wendy was part of the Gold Medal winning Australian Team at Atlanta 1996where she would have won the Individual Gold but for a change of rules before Atlanta. Wendy’s most recent success is a win in the Mitsubishi Adelaide International Horse Trials CCI**** competition, the only 4-star Three-Day Event in the Southern Hemisphere.

The glamorous induction ceremony took place at the Crown Palladium Ballroom in Melbourne. As part of The Sport Australia Hall of Fame objective to preserve and promote Australia’s sporting heritage and traditions, this year also saw the introduction of an Award for Teams that have made a significant contribution to Australian Sport. Among the initial 14 teams recognised was the Rome 1960 Olympic Games Three-Day Event Equestrian Team. Bill Roycroft was the only representative able to attend the occasion.

Other equestrian personalities present at this year’s ceremony were dual Gold Medallist Phil Dutton who was inducted last year but received the award in person tonight, triple Gold medallist Andrew Hoy, and dual Gold Medallist Gill Rolton. They were joined by Associate Hall of Fame Members Wayne Roycroft (Coach) and Denis Goulding (Team Vet) and family and friends of the inductees.

EFA President Russ Withers who was also in attendance remarked: "This is a wonderful recognition of Equestrian sport and its international successes. The sport has been moving forward for the last 40 years. I am sure that the contributions that all of the Hall of Fame members have made, will continue to have an impact on our competitive performance."