Fouaad Mirza — Meet India's only participant in equestrian at Tokyo Olympics.
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He is India's first equestrian to make it into the Olympics in more than 20 years.
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He's only the third Indian equestrian ever to qualify for the Olympics.
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Mirza qualified for the Tokyo Games as per the rankings issued by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI).
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He is the third Indian individual equestrian to participate at the Olympics after Indrajit Lamba (1996 Atlanta) and Imtiaz Anees (2000 Sydney).
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Mirza became the first Indian to win an Asian Games individual medal in an equestrian event since 1982 at Jakarta 2018.
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Mirza bagged a silver medal with a jumping score of 26.40 while Japan’s Oiwa Yoshiaki clinched the gold with a score of 22.70.
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Mirza's both the horses' Seigneur Medicott and Dajara have qualified for the event.
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Mirza is in some bright company while preparing for Tokyo. He is based in Bergedorf, North-West Germany, and is training under German equestrian legend Sandra Auffarth.
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