Boyd Martin
Boyd Martin and Otis Barbotiere competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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Boyd Martin (born August 20, 1979) is an American equestrian. Competing in eventing, he participated at two Summer Olympics (in 2012 and 2016).
Olympic three-day event rider Boyd Martin was born to Toy Dorgan, an American speedskater, and Ross Martin, an Australian cross-country skier. His parents met at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. Martin and his sister Brook were raised in Terrey Hills, New South Wales, on the outskirts of Sydney. Boyd started his riding career in Forrest Hills Pony Club, with a pony named Willy.
The day after he finished high school he moved into the bunkhouse at Heath and Rozzie Ryan’s Newcastle Equestrian Centre, and stayed there for the next eight years, first as a working student and later running his own business. Heath Ryan imprinted hard work and horsemanship on Martin and was a huge influence on his early career. During this time represented Australia at the Young Rider level against New Zealand on a Trans-Tasman three-day event on Brady Bunch, and won the very last long-format four-star event at the 2003 Adelaide CCI4* riding True Blue Toozac. He was long listed for the Australian Eventing Team for the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Hong Kong 2008. To maintain his horses Martin supplemented his income by selling school books for the family business, picking grapes at the local wineries in the early morning, and selling holiday packages as a telemarketer.
In 2006 Martin traveled to the US to compete at the Rolex Kentucky CCI4* riding Ying Yang Yo, and fell in love with eventing in the U.S. He then returned to Australia to liquidate most of his assets before he and his wife, Silva (née Stigler), moved to the U.S. in 2007 to pursue their dreams of competing internationally. They both walked away from a very successful business and lifestyle in Australia, starting over from the beginning to build a business in the United States.
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