Christopher Robin Hahn, of Lumby, BC, passed away on Saturday, August 14th, 2021 in Dauphin, Manitoba at the age of 88.
Born June 19, 1933 in Regina, SK, his first love was riding, and he often rode the two miles to school as a young boy. He got his start in the show jumping ring with his popular mount, Stack Em Upp but gravitated toward three-day eventing. He was the alternate at the 1956 Olympics in Stockholm, grooming and assistant training Canada’s bronze medal-winning team, then competed in his first Olympic Games in Mexico City in1968, finishing 8th with the team and 9th overall on a hellish course. He was a member of the Canadian team at the 1972 Munich Olympics on Lord Jim and was team captain at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in Bromont on L’Esprit. He was named Canadian Three Day Event Champion in 1967, 1969, 1971 and 1972, placed 5th with Warden at the 1967 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg, and captained the gold medal team at the 1971 Pan Am Games in Colombia. He also competed at the 1982 World Championships in Luhmuhlen, Robine was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1980, and continued to compete until the age of 79.
Robin was an accomplished equestrian, popular Level III coach, judge and trainer who helped develop horses including show jumper Branch County, who won a silver medal with Michel Vaillancourt at the Montreal Olympics and helped to create Canada’s equestrian coaching certification program. Together with partner Christine Kelly Law, they build a business training, showing, hosting events and clinics at their farm, Longhouse, in Lumby, BC. Robin also traveled the world teaching clinics and introducing hundreds of riders to the sport of eventing.
Robin leaves his longtime partner Christine Kelly Law, three children Apryl, September (aka Amber) and Jaysen, brother Alan Palmer Hahn, three grandsons and two great-granddaughters, among many other relatives and friends. In accordance with Robin’s wishes cremation will take place and a memorial will be held at a later date. Donations in his memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada.
(To read his full obit, click here.)
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