Editing Mark Phillips (section)

==Equestrian career==
[[File:Mark Phillips 1973.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Mark Phillips in 1973]]
Phillips was a reserve member of the British equestrian team for the [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Olympics]]. He was part of the British [[three-day event]] teams that won a world title in 1970, a European title in 1971, and Olympic gold medals in [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972]]; individually, he finished in 35th place in 1972. At the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Olympics]], his horse sustained a pulled muscle and could not complete the individual three-day event, but Phillips won a silver medal with the British team. Phillips was a four-time champion at the [[Badminton Horse Trials]], in 1971 and 1972 on ''Great Ovation'', in 1974 on ''Colombus'', and in 1981 on ''Lincoln''. It was through his equestrian activities that he met Princess Anne, the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]], whom he married. Their own daughter [[Zara Tindall|Zara Phillips]] later won a silver medal in the [[Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics|three-day event]] with the British team at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympics]] in [[London]].<ref name=sr>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ph/mark-phillips-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040948/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ph/mark-phillips-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Mark Phillips|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=16 May 2018}}</ref>

In 1998 Phillips designed the cross-country venue for the [[Red Hills Horse Trials]], a qualifying event for the [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympics]] located in [[Tallahassee, Florida]], United States. He is now a regular columnist for ''[[Horse & Hound]]'' magazine. He also remains a leading figure in British equestrian circles and serves as ''Chef d'Equipe'' of the [[United States Eventing Association|United States Eventing Team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usef.org/media/press-releases/7987_phillips-and-ransehousen-named--usef-coaches-of-the-year|title=Phillips and Ransehousen Named 2011 USEF Coaches of the Year|publisher=United States Equestrian Federation|date=18 January 2012|access-date=16 May 2018|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415075012/https://www.usef.org/media/press-releases/7987_phillips-and-ransehousen-named--usef-coaches-of-the-year|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://useventing.com/news/captain-mark-phillips|title=Captain Mark Phillips|publisher=United States Eventing Association|access-date=16 May 2018|archive-date=17 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517082139/http://useventing.com/news/captain-mark-phillips|url-status=dead}}</ref>