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{{short description|Canadian equestrian}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|birth_date=August 23, 1952
|birth_place=
|medaltemplates={{MedalSport|[[Equestrianism|Equestrian]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Equestrian at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
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{{MedalSilver|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Team jumping|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]].<ref>
{{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]] }}</ref>
At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing, Cone won the [[silver medal]] as part of the Canadian team in [[Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Team jumping|team jumping]], together with [[Jill Henselwood]], [[Eric Lamaze]], and [[Ian Millar]].<ref>
{{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 }}</ref>
He rides a 12-year-old [[Dutch Warmblood]] [[gelding]] named Ole.<ref>{{cite news |title=Olympic Heroes |page=14 |work=[[Markham Economist and Sun]] |date=2008-08-23 }}</ref> 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|King City]], Ontario, Canada where he coaches at the Southern Ways equestrian facility.
==References==
*[http://www.olympic.ca/EN/2007rio/2007_handbook/details.php?lastname=Cone&firstname=Mac Profile]
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[[Category:1952 births]]
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[[Category:Canadian male equestrians]]
[[Category:Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:Olympic equestrians for Canada]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Canada]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from King, Ontario]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Memphis, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in equestrian]]
[[Category:Canadian show jumping riders]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:American emigrants to Canada]]
[[Category:Pan American Games medalists in equestrian]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada]]
[[Category:Equestrians at the 2007 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen]]
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