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14-499: Halla may refer to: Halla (horse) , a show jumping horse that won a record three Olympic gold medals Halla (name) , list of people with the name HL Group , a South Korean chaebol formerly Halla Group Anyang Halla , a professional hockey team in Asia League Ice Hockey MS Halla , a ro-ro ferry in service with Seaboard during 1987 Challah ,

28-614: A fictional kingdom depicted in Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne Halla , a name given to the multiverse featured in The Pendragon Adventure by DJ MacHale Halla (Stargate) , a planet in the fictional universe of Stargate SG-1 Halla ( Dragon Age ), a white deer like creature sacred to the video games' "dalish" wood elves. See also [ edit ] Hala (disambiguation) Hallas , a surname Halle (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

42-609: A type of bread Places [ edit ] Halla, Punjab , a town in the Punjab province of Pakistan Halla, Estonia , a village in Vastseliina Parish, Võru County, Estonia Hallasan (Mount Halla), a mountain in South Korea Halla University , a Korean University Halla, an exoplanet orbiting 8 Ursae Minoris Fictional places [ edit ] Halla (fictional kingdom) ,

56-614: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Halla (horse) Halla (also listed as "Sonnenglanz") was born in the yard of Gustav Vierling in Darmstadt. Her parents were Helene, a French trotter horse of unknown breeding, and the Standardbred Oberst. Halla was first trained as a steeplechaser before she was discovered by the German Olympic committee. She

70-633: The 1960 Olympics in Rome , Halla and Winkler led the German team to another victory. Together they won a total of 125 jumping competitions. Halla retired from the sport on 25 October 1960 to begin her career as a broodmare. She had eight foals but none was a champion like herself. Halla died on 19 May 1979 at the advanced age of 34 years. International Grand Prix Wins include: 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( Italian : Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960 ), officially known as

84-542: The Games of the XVII Olympiad ( Italian : Giochi della XVII Olimpiade ) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( Italian : Roma 1960 ), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome , Italy. Rome had previously been awarded the administration of the 1908 Summer Olympics , but following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906 , the city had no choice but to decline and pass

98-709: The United Team of Germany from 1956 to 1964. Athletes from the People's Republic of China last competed at the 1952 Summer Games but had since withdrawn from the Olympic movement due to a dispute with the Republic of China over the right to represent China. The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants that each country contributed. The 1960 Summer Olympics featured 17 different sports encompassing 23 disciplines, and medals were awarded in 150 events. In

112-642: The Olympic Games for the first time. Athletes from Barbados , Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago would represent the new ( British ) West Indies Federation , competing as "Antilles", but this nation would only exist for this single Olympiad. Athletes from Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia competed under the Rhodesia name while representing the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland . Athletes from East Germany and West Germany would compete as

126-564: The deadline. This was the first of five unsuccessful attempts by Toronto to secure the Summer Olympics, the most recent being a bid for the 2008 Games . New facilities constructed in preparation for the Olympic Games. Existing facilities modified or refurbished in preparation for the Olympic Games. A total of 83 nations participated at the Rome Games. Athletes from Morocco , San Marino , Sudan , and Tunisia competed at

140-577: The honour to London . The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals at the 1960 Games. The 1st Paralympic Games were held in Rome in conjunction with the 1960 Summer Olympics, marking the first time such events coincided. On 15 June 1955, at the 50th IOC Session in Paris , France , Rome won the right to host the 1960 Games, having beaten Brussels, Mexico City, Tokyo, Detroit, Budapest and finally Lausanne. Tokyo and Mexico City would subsequently host

154-423: The penultimate fence. Winkler was thrown into the air, landed heavily back in the saddle, and tore a groin muscle. He knew that if he withdrew from the final round, the German team would be eliminated. In great pain, he rode anyway, only being able to give the slightest direction to his mount. Halla completed the course without a fault, and they earned gold in both the individual and team events. Four years later, at

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168-514: The proceeding 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics respectively. Toronto was initially interested in the bidding, but was automatically removed from consideration when it failed to return the IOC's mandatory questionnaire by the deadline. The questionnaire may have been mislaid in the confusion following the death of the Toronto bid's chief organiser, Robert Hood Saunders , in a plane crash weeks before

182-446: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Halla . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Halla&oldid=1248210395 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

196-485: Was to be used in eventing competitions, but was considered very difficult and changed riders several times. Despite her great talent, she remained unsuccessful. In 1951 she was taken over by the then rising star Hans Günter Winkler . Halla had already won back-to-back World Championships in show jumping when she and Winkler competed at the 1956 Olympics in Stockholm . During the first round, Halla took off early for

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