![]() Wilson and Opposition Buzz competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
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Birth name | Nicola Tweddle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Darlington, County Durham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Equestrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicola Wilson (née Tweddle) (born 1 October 1976 in Darlington) is a British equestrian rider specialising in three-day eventing. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics with her horse, Opposition Buzz, winning a silver medal.
She was given her first pony when she was three years old and later joined Hurworth Pony Club, where she competed in various pony club events and later became a member of the Bedale Hunt. Wilson studied for a degree in Sport and Business Management at Manchester University, and graduated with a 2:1 in 1999. As of 2012[update], she is 1.77 metres (5 ft 10 in) tall and weighs 64 kilograms (141 lb).
Wilson first competed internationally at the 1997 Young Rider European Championships, where she rode Mr Bumble. Riding the same horse she finished in 10th place at the 2008 Burghley Horse Trials. In 2007, she began competing on Opposition Buzz, a horse owned by Rosemary Search.
She won a gold medal as part of the British eventing team at the 2009 European Eventing Championships in Fontainebleau, France; she finished ninth in the individual event with 64.7 faults. Alongside William Fox-Pitt, Mary King and Tina Cook, Wilson was part of the British team that won the team eventing gold medal at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, United States; Wilson rode a clear round in the show jumping meaning teammate, and individual silver medallist Fox-Pitt could have afforded three fences down and Britain would still have won team gold. Wilson and Opposition Buzz finished 16th overall in the individual competition.