Anton Ebben

Anton Ebben

Anton Ebben in 1980
Personal information
Born	22 December 1930 Tilburg, the Netherlands
Died	4 February 2011 (aged 80) 's-Graveland, the Netherlands
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Horse riding
Medal record Representing the  Netherlands Show Jumping World Championships 1978 Aachen Team European Show Jumping Championships 1977 Vienna Team 1977 Vienna Individual

Antonius "Toon" Ebben (22 December 1930 – 4 February 2011) was a Dutch equestrian. After acting as a groom for Max and Ernest van Loon at the 1952 Summer Olympics he started competing himself, riding Kairouan in the 1950s–60s and later Jumbo Design (born 1969).^[1] At the 1976 Summer Olympics he finished 25th and 12th in the individual and team mixed jumping events, respectively. Next year he won a bronze and a gold European medal in these events. In 1978 Ebeen earned a silver medal in the team jumping, on Jumbo Design,^[2] and was named a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.^[3]

Ebben retired in 1986. He died in 2011 after a long illness.^[3] Since 2012, a jumping competition Anton Ebben Memorial is held in Amsterdam.^[4]

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