Editing Akhal-Teke (section)

==Uses==
[[File:Merv.jpg|thumb|Akhal-Teke under saddle]]
[[File:Dirkhan.jpg|thumb|[[Free jumping]] Akhal-Teke]]
The Akhal-Teke, due to its natural athleticism, can be a [[sport horse]], good at [[dressage]], [[show jumping]], [[eventing]], [[Horse racing|racing]], and [[endurance riding]]. A noted example was the Akhal-Teke stallion, ''Absent'', who won the [[Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Grand Prix de Dressage]] at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]], while being ridden by [[Sergei Filatov]]. He went again with Filatov to win the [[Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics|bronze individual medal]] in [[Tokyo]] in the [[1964 Summer Olympics]], and won the [[Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Soviet team gold medal]] under Ivan Kalita at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] in [[Mexico City]].<ref>[http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/eventresultpagegeneral/?athletename=&country=&sport2=31517&games2=&event2=&mengender=true&womengender=true&mixedgender=true&goldmedal=true&silvermedal=true&bronzemedal=true&worldrecord=false&olympicrecord=false&teamclassification=true&individualclassification=true&winter=true&summer=true&searchpageipp=10&searchpage=3 Olympic Games Medals, Results, Sports, Athletes|Médailles, Résultats, Sports et Athlètes des Jeux Olympiques] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408213910/http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/eventresultpagegeneral/?athletename=&country=&sport2=31517&games2=&event2=&mengender=true&womengender=true&mixedgender=true&goldmedal=true&silvermedal=true&bronzemedal=true&worldrecord=false&olympicrecord=false&teamclassification=true&individualclassification=true&winter=true&summer=true&searchpageipp=10&searchpage=3 |date=April 8, 2014 }}</ref> However, by today's studbook standards he wouldn't be admitted as Akhal-Teke, owing to the Thoroughbred ancestry of his dam Bakkara.<ref>[http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/index.php?query_type=horse&h=BAKKARA&g=5&cellpadding=0&small_font=1&l= All Breed Database]</ref>

In 2009, an Akhal-Teke named Almila carried the French poet [[Laurence Bougault]] on a trek alone from [[Isfahan]] in Iran to [[Paris]] by way of [[Turkey]], [[Greece]] and [[Italy]]. Her trip covered 6,500 kilometres (4,000&nbsp;mi) in less than six months.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Match|first=Paris|title="Je pense avoir rempli ma mission d'amazone de la paix"|url=https://www.parismatch.com/Vivre/Voyage/Laurence-Bougault-Je-pense-avoir-rempli-ma-mission-d-amazone-de-la-paix-142676|access-date=2020-12-01|website=parismatch.com|date=September 17, 2009 |language=fr}}</ref>