Mac Cone

{{short description|Canadian equestrian}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|birth_date=August 23, 1952

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|medaltemplates={{MedalSport|Equestrian}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

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{{MedalSilver|2008 Beijing|Team jumping}}

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Mac Cone (born August 23, 1952, in Memphis, Tennessee, United States) is a Canadian citizen who competes in show jumping.

{{cite web

| url = https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/CAN/Mac+Cone/211655

| accessdate = 2008-08-18

| title = Mac Cone

| work = Beijing Olympics

| publisher = Yahoo! Sports }}

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Cone won the silver medal as part of the Canadian team in team jumping, together with Jill Henselwood, Eric Lamaze, and Ian Millar.

{{cite news

| title = Silver medal for equestrian team

| url = http://www.yorkregion.com/article/79781

| work = yorkregion.com

| date = 2008-08-18

| accessdate = 2008-08-18 }}

He rides a 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding named Ole.{{cite news |title=Olympic Heroes |page=14 |work=Markham Economist and Sun |date=2008-08-23 }} Mac also rides an 8-year-old Dutch Warmblood named Unanimous. Unanimous is by Andiamo and is owned by Southern Ways Limited and the Unanimous Group.

Mac Cone is the only rider to have ridden as a member of both the Canadian Equestrian Team and the United States Equestrian Team. He currently lives in King City, Ontario, Canada where he coaches at the Southern Ways equestrian facility.

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