And we'll soon find out who made the cut for the U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team that goes to Rio. The association was officially incorporated on 31 December 1925, and since then Britain has established itself as one of the top showjumping countries in the world. After which, of course, Irelands first ever equestrian Olympic medal, won by Cian OConnor, was lost in a doping scandal. Irish riders have improved their positions on the latest Longines World Jumping rankings released today, with Ireland consolidating their strong position with 8 riders inside the top 50. I am sure the film was Blue Hawaii, but it was the b movie that excited me. Anky van Grunsven first met Bonfire when he was just two and a half years old. How about going right back to the 1930s/1940s when the sport was getting going? I can remember (but not who, might have been Ted Edgar or Harvey or even an owner) actually going abroad to buy a show jumper and everyone thought they were mad and it would never catch on! Smith was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and still maintains his stables at Craiglands Farm, High Eldwick, Bingley, near Bradford. Despite all that happened before, I would love to be chef dequipe to the Irish senior show jumping team again, he said, recalling a dramatic few months in 2004 when he was hired, fired and then re-instated in the lead up to the Athens Olympics. He was bred by Oliver Anderson in Norfolk in 1950 and prior to David Broome having him he was owned & ridden by Elizabeth Anderson. Are your brains ticking away? Nine years on, and it seems to Eddie that the Irish governing body for equestrian sport, Horse Sport Ireland, has once again shown their lack of judgement in the appointment of a new Irish coach to replace the outgoing Robert Splaine. Few things in sports are as awe-inspiring as the high jump. He and the stallion Totilas (nicknamed . In 2012, the pair took home team and individual gold at the Olympic Games. Impossible, too, to understate the contributions made by Hickstead founder the Late Douglas Bunn, multiple trophy-winning Great Britain chef d'equipe the Late Ronnie Massarella, in addition to all the owners and sponsors that have helped retain this country's seat at showjumping's top table for so long. "I'm ecstatic about winning the silver (medal)," he said. Mr Cripps soon realised that he owned a good jumping pony. Werth was born on July 21, 1969, in Issum, Germany, and began riding when she was just five years old. After graduating from Dartmouth, Audrey relocated to Belgium to focus on the European circuit. Steffen Peters was born in Wesel, Germany on September 18, 1964, and became an American citizen in 1992. He stood out from the ranks of showjumpers because of his broad accent and blunt manner. Povarnistyn also is unique jumper because it appears that his first major international competition was at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal. The pair was the runner-up at the 2019 World Cup Finals. Standing just 6-foot-1, Steve Smith has owned the British records for indoor and outdoor high jump since the early 1990s. Silnov's one big advantage seemed to be his height, at 6-foot-6, because his career seemingly materialized out of nowhere. Many in the track and field community look at this gold medal with an asterisk since the greatest high jumper of all time, Cuba's Javier Sotomayor, was in his prime but didn't compete because of his country's boycott. Smith was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and still maintains his stables at Craiglands Farm, High Eldwick, Bingley, near Bradford. Died: Jan. 5, 2004, (age 66, Inglewood, California), Olympics: Melbourne 1956 (Gold), Rome 1960 (DNM). No Chinese high jumper has medaled since Jianhua. 2. In 2016, Verdades and Graves took home bronze in team dressage at the Olympics. He really looked tiny amongst the other showjumpers, but had a horses head. Best career jump: 7 feet, 10 1/4 inches (1990), Olympics:Moscow 1980 (Did Not Medal), Seoul 1988 (DNM), Barcelona 1992 (DNM). Dressage has become a popular sport and a fan favorite to watch at the international level. These include the famous horseback riders in all types of equestrian contests from show jumping to cross country to dressage. Best career jump: 7 feet, 4 1/2 inches (1972). In 1989 Smith was honoured for being the first man to have jumped in 100 Volvo World Cup Qualifying Rounds. Who could ever forget the great combination of Eddie Macken and Boomerang as they blazed a storm on the world show jumping circuit in the 1970s? 1998: Di Lampard, Great Britain's current showjumping performance manager, wins Hickstead's Queen Elizabeth II Cup for a second time with Abbervail Dream. 1978: Nick Skelton breaks the British high jump record, setting new figures of 7ft 7in at Olympia with the appropriately-named Lastic. She was feted on her return to Britain and named Sportswoman of the Year. It seemed the natural thing to graduate to horses, Marion recalls. Best career jump: 7 feet, 10 1/4 inches (2014), Olympics: London 2012 (DNM), Rio de Janeiro 2016 (DNM). Thank you so much for those, it was great to see the old man again (Nizefela) I looked after him in his retirement,a great horse and so was his rider. I remember going to the cinema as a Christmas treat from the yard owners where I worked when still a schoolgirl. Best career jump: 7 feet, 9 1/2 inches (1996), Olympics: Seoul 1988 (DNM), Barcelona 1992 (Bronze), Atlanta 1996 (Silver). For fictional horses, see: List of fictional horses. He was the smallest and among the greatest. Andriy Protsenko has been competing professionally since he was 19 years old, but he has come up just short in the Olympics, including a heartbreaking finish in the 2016 Olympics when he finished in fourth place. Middleburg. There have been several famous dressage riders and horses that have risen to the top to become the best this equestrian sport has to offer. At the 2015 World Cup Final, they won gold and received the highest dressage score ever at 94.3%. There were altitude problems, but Stroller was also suffering a decayed and split upper tooth. Over 90 percent of medal winners since 1972 have used it in the Olympics. Elegant and graceful, dressage is the ultimate test between horse and rider. Harvey Smith (1974) Harvey John Smith (born 29 December 1938) is a former British show jumping champion. Though he retired from riding competitively last autumn after a remarkable career which spanned almost 50 years, Eddie is constantly on the move. He was in search of a young horse for one of his show jumping clients, most of which are based along the west coast of Canada, right down to San Diego, California. Affectionately known as Blueberry, he was imported to England to train with Carl Hester and is owned by Hester, Roly Luard, and Anne Barrott. 1994: John Whitakers top horse Milton retires having become the first showjumper to win 1m in prize money. A strong minded horse starting life in the States, and ended up being David Broome's Sunsalve. Best career jump: 8 feet, 1/2 inch (1993), Olympics: Barcelona 1992 (Gold), Atlanta 1996 (DNM), Sydney 2000 (Silver). BritishShowjumpingcelebrated its 90th birthday on New Years Eve and what nine decades years it has been with numerous medals and superstars created. Here, a who's who of the well-connected riders on the show-jumping circuit. The 19-year-old daughter of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs made headlines this month at the Longines Global Champions Tour of Miami Beach. Verdades was inducted into the Equus Foundation Horse Stars Hall of Fame in 2016. She was pregnant with her first child at the 2004 Olympic Games and a few weeks after giving birth to her second child in 2007, she won the European Championships. Steve Guerdat of Switzerland, pictured here with mare Bianca. Stroller was second in the Hickstead Derby in 1968, and third in 1970, that year achieving an astounding victory in Germanys formidable Hamburg Derby. ..i remember dundrum i think he was small as well.. . There were individual Olympian feats to savour as well, notably that of the mighty Stroller, a 14.2hh pony ridden to silver medal success by Marion Coakes at Mexico City 48 years ago; Ann Moore's 1972 silver with Psalm; Broome's two bronze (1960 and 1968) and one for Peter Robeson at the Tokyo 1964 Games. Edward Gal (born 4 March 1970 in Rheden) is a Dutch dressage rider. Valegro is a dark bay Dutch Warmblood gelding that was born on July 5, 2002, in the Netherlands. The black mare is owned by Christine and Frank Arns-Krogmann, leased by Madeleine Winter-Schulze, and ridden by Isabell Werth. Amateur Showcase: Hunter/Jumper Attorney Maddy Thatcher Has 5 Questions With: Breakthrough Grand Prix Winner Pablo One To Watch: Merguerian Turned Bolting Lesson Pony Into Salvino Out Of Contention For FEI World Cup Final. At 18, the daughter of millionaire Murray Kessler, CEO of Lorillard Tobacco Company, was the youngest show jumper ever to compete in the Olympics (she's on the .css-gegin5{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#9a0500;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-gegin5:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}Short List for 2016, too). With precision and athleticism, dressage requires excellent communication between horse and rider. All in the Family (1971-1979) A working class man constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day. The Chronicle of the Horse . Since then, his success in dressage continues on. Canada has been my home for twelve years now it really is a great place to live, but I am away too much these days to enjoy it.. Best career jump: 7 feet, 10 inches (1985), Olympics: Los Angeles 1984 (Gold), Seoul 1988 (DNM), Barcelona 1992 (DNM). Competing first for Yugoslavia and then for Serbia on the international stage, Topic has had one of the longest careers in high jump history and participated in six consecutive Olympic games from 1992 to 2012. Valegro retired in 2016 after giving a performance at the London International Horse Show. Valegro made his dressage debut with Charlotte Dujardin and in 2011 they won their first international title. Terry was appointed to the Judges panel in 1965 and was responsible for the Area 16 timing equipment from 1970 to 1980. Barshim has trained in Poland and Sweden with his coach, Stanislaw Szczyrba, who won a bronze medal in the pole vault at the 2000 Olympics. It just so happens that was the first national network meteorologist position. The pair continued on their winning ways and in 2015 they took home gold at the Pan American Games. . Incredibly Nick, John and Michael are still going strong, and they have been joined by the likes of Scott, Ben Maher and Laura Renwick, to name a few. The Leading Pony Show Jumper of the Year Showjumping - Denis Lynch This is the biggest junior competition at HOYS. 1978: Nick Skelton breaks the British high jump record, setting new figures of 7ft 7in at Olympia with the appropriately-named Lastic. Bought as a junior show jumping pony for a Hampshire farmers daughter, Marion Coakes, the amazing Strollers rise to international fame summed up every schoolgirl riders dream. Snowman. Hollis Conway is one of just three Americans to medal twice in the Olympics, along with Dwight Stones and John Thomas. In 1990, after retiring from competition, Harvey joined with wife and trainer Sue Smith, a former showjumper herself, to form a racing team at their Yorkshire base, Craiglands Farm. >. The expression "Doing a Harvey Smith" entered the English language for giving a V sign.[1]. Crumbs, that takes me back! While travelling between shows, Eddie relies on his second wife Kathi (whom he married in 2008) to run their New Kells Farm, a 10-acre facility in Langley, south east of Vancouver. The 23-year-old Stanford grad is on the USEF's Short List for the U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team. Household names Back in the 1970s, showjumpers were household names, with the likes of Harvey Smith, David Broome, Nick Skelton and the Whitaker brothers taking centre stage. This list includes actual horses that exist in the historical record. Best career jump: 7 feet, 8 inches (1984), Olympics: Munich 1972 (Bronze), Montreal 1976 (Bronze), Los Angeles 1984 (DNM). Now 21, the Professional Children's School grad splits her time between her hometown of Lexington, KY and outposts of her family's Kessler Show Stables in Guttecoven, The Netherlands and Wellington, FL. We earn from qualifying purchases. 2015: World number one Scott Brash makesshowjumpinghistory by winning Rolex Grand Slam, landing a 1million bonus. Anyone else remember it? JavaScript is disabled. I was so fortunate to know most of them before I left England in 1980 and move to the United States. He cleared the wall at 6ft 8in, and only put a brick out at 6ft 10in, to win jointly with Alwin Schockemhle on Athlet, a great puissance specialist. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Incredibly Nick, John and Michael are still going strong, and they have been joined by the likes of Scott, Ben Maher and Laura Renwick, to name a few. true : false; oldScrollY = window.scrollY; " Across iconic venues like Olympia, Hickstead and Wembley, through such prestigious events as Horse of the Year Show, the Royal International and London International, to household names - David Broome, Harvey Smith, John Whitaker, Nick Skelton, Pat Smythe and Scott Brash - and wonder-horses of iconic repute - Milton, Ryan's Son, Foxhunter, Beethoven and Hello Sanctos to name just a few - a truly inspirational tale has unfolded. Age: 38; Birthplace: London, . In addition to her Olympic wins, she has won over 40 medals at the World Equestrian Games, European Championships, and World Cup Finals. This ended their chances of an Olympic medal and Totilas was out from competing for two years. The team went on to compete at the 1996 Olympics winning silver in both team and individual. The mass TV audience made an idol of a pony with an easy-to-remember name bearing no commercial pre-fix one lesson British show jumping forgot. Smith became so famous that he embarked on a brief, but unsuccessful, singing career. Then, in 2016, the pair took home team bronze at the Olympic Games. The best high jumper of the modern era, Derek Drouin is still the reigning Olympic champion after bringing home a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics. Peters has won multiple medals at the Pan American Games, including four gold medals. Van Grunsven was born on January 2, 1968, in Erp, Netherlands, and began riding dressage at the age of 12. In 1992, at the Barcelona Olympics, Beerbaum and his horse Classic Touch took home the individual gold medal. I suppose that is why they started buying from the continent as the horses were purpose bred to jump the tracks. Hennadiy Avdyeyenko was a virtual unknown when he showed up to the World Championships in 1983 representing the Soviet Union, but he walked away with a gold medal and shocked the international track and field community. Developed by The Web Developer LLC. The 24-year-old daughter of Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa grew up riding on her family's 300-acre Stone Hill Farm in Colts Neck, New Jersey. The pair was set to compete at the 2012 Olympics but Rath fell ill and Totilas received an injury. It's hard to envision he wouldn't have medaled in one if not both of those. Davis grew up in the mountains above Los Angeles "with horses in my front yard," she says, and began riding as soon as she could walk and taking lessons at age five. 2015: World number one Scott Brash makes showjumping history by winning Rolex Grand Slam, landing a 1million Euros bonus for grand prix successes at Geneva, Aachen and Spruce Meadows. Just the next year, they took home another gold at the Olympic Games in individual and a silver in team dressage. Stefan Holm grew up idolizing fellow Swedish high jumper Patrik Sjoberg the only high jumper to medal in three different Olympics but Holm did what Sjoberg never could when he brought home a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. She then opened up her own dressage barn in 2004 in Rheinberg/Niederrhein, Germany. In the 1960s and 1970s, showjumping was a hugely popular sport on television and, along with the likes of David Broome, he was a household name. Born in 1970, this guy has achieved wonders and has made the impossibles possible. Wessig's world record stood for three years, and his Olympic record stood for eight years. Mutaz Essa Barshim is a rare high jumping talent. The Puissance is probably the most famous show jumping competition in the world; designed to push both horse and rider to their limits. In 2014, they took the world by surprise by coming in second in the Grand Prix at the United States Dressage Festival of Champions. With so much international experience, it is not surprising Eddie is keenly-sought after as a coach. Silnov was implicated as one of the major figures in Russia's ongoing doping scandal in 2019, while serving as his federation's vice president, and received a four-year ban. Plus I am simply too busy teaching clients and conducting clinics across Canada and the States.. In March she ranked 27th at the 2016 World Cup Final in Gothenburg, Sweden; she is ranked 7th in the Longines Western European League. 1961: The first Hickstead Derby takes place at the All England Jumping Course in West Sussex, a venue founded by the late Douglas Bunn. The 27-year-old daughter of actor Tom Selleck not only rides, she operates her own stable Descanso Farm in California. Funny how we remember the names from years ago - I can hardly name a show jumper, horse or rider, now. For her services to equestrianism, Dujardin was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2013 and Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2017. Troubled by his bad tooth, in the Olympic team class Stroller put in the only refusal of his life, fell after a second refusal, and was eliminated on time. He became an NCAA champion at Texas State and was one of the favorites at the 1992 Olympics before a knee injury set him back, and he finished in eighth place. Van Grunsven was born on January 2, 1968, in Erp, Netherlands, and began riding dressage at the age of 12. High jumpers continue to raise the bar on the world's biggest stages. His career was often controversial: in 1971 he was disciplined (overturned on appeal) after he gave a "V sign" to the judges following a near-perfect round which won him the British Show Jumping Derby for the second year in succession; this act also earned him a 'tongue-in-cheek' part in an advert for Victory V sweets with the slogan 'They've got a kick like a mule!' Best career jump: 7 feet, 10 1/4 inches (2000), Olympics: Sydney 2000 (DNM), Athens 2004 (DNM), Beijing 2008 (DNM). He still resides at Hesters stable and enjoys going on regular hacks. 1989: Great Britain win fifth Aga Khan Trophy in eight years at the Dublin Horse Show under the late Chef d'Equipe Ronnie Massarella's masterful direction. Originally, van Grunsven began riding show jumping. Gerd Wessig came out on top in one of the greatest high jump duals in track and field history, edging defending Olympic champion Jacek Wzsola in the finals of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. Eddie Kidd: A stunt-double for multiple James Bond actors and a world record-holder for jumping over lines of buses, Kidd . .css-1du65oy{color:#323232;display:block;font-family:NewParis,Georgia,Times,serif;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0.3125rem;margin-top:0;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;-webkit-font-smoothing:auto;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-1du65oy:hover{color:link-hover;}}@media(max-width: 48rem){.css-1du65oy{font-size:1.0625rem;line-height:1.2;}}@media(min-width: 40.625rem){.css-1du65oy{font-size:1.0625rem;line-height:1.2;}}@media(min-width: 64rem){.css-1du65oy{font-size:1.3125rem;line-height:1.2;}}T&C Culture Watch: On the Agenda for March 2023, How to Watch Rihanna's Super Bowl Halftime Show, No Crypto Advertisements at the 2023 Super Bowl. Van Grunsven competed at every Olympics from 1988 and 2012. Holm, just 5-foot-11, said he got the inspiration to be a high jumper watching Sjoberg on television in the 1988 Olympics. The pair crossed the finish in 51.86 seconds. I remember seeing it like I saw it yesterday, but cannot remember the name, nor anything about it in Google. 2012: Great Britain team of Nick Skelton, Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Peter Charles end 60-year wait for Olympic glory by winning team gold at London Games. Competing for East Germany, Wessig had to become the first person to set a high jump world record in the Olympics to beat Poland's Wzsola. I can remember the D'Inzeos brothers from Italy (forgive spelling) they were such stylish riders and their horses went smoothy round whereas the Brits could be a bit rough and ready. Privacy Policy | Registered office: Meriden Business Park, Copse Drive,Meriden, West Midlands, CV5 9RG, British Showjumping National Training Centre, Qualifying Dates, Venues and Qualified Riders, Selection Policies, Viewing Shows & Team Dates, Retraining of Racehorses National Recognition Awards, Para Equestrian League (Graded Competition). Then, from 2017-2019 Weihgold and Werth took home a total of five gold medals from the European Championships and World Cup Finals. Charles Dumas was the first person to clear 7 feet in the high jump and won a gold medal at the 1956 Olympics while he was a freshman at Compton College just one year after he shocked the U.S. track and field community by winning a national championship at the 1955 AAU meet. He was The Netherlands national champion an impressive nine times. 1952: Her Majesty The Queen grants her Patronage to the British Show Jumping Association, while Great Britain's team of Harry Llewellyn (Foxhunter), Duggie Stewart (Aherlow) and Wilf White (Nizefela) win team gold at Helsinki Olympics. Recently she's been training with Eric van der Vleuten in Someren, a town in the southern Nethe. The d'Inzeos (fabulous riders BTW) usually rode Irish horses especially sourced for them and fantastic horses they were too. When Hemingway, the high jumper, did finally get his chance on the big stage, he came through in a huge way with a silver medal, then dropped one of the great Olympic quotes in history. The German rider originally focused on riding show jumping and eventing, but made the switch to dressage after meeting Dr. Uwe Schulten-Baumer. Voronin competed in three consecutive Olympic games for Russia and probably had his best shot to medal in 2000, when he was coming off back-to-back gold medals in the 1999 World Championships and 2000 European Indoor Championships. If you want to know the impact doping has on track and field, just look at how it impacted the career of former Kansas State star Erik Kynard. Marion recalled: When we sailed over the last fence, having completed the only clear round of the day, the crowd of 25,000 went crazy. Best career jump: 7 feet, 11 1/4 inches (1987), Olympics: Los Angeles 1984 (Silver), Seoul 1988 (Bronze), Barcelona 1992 (Silver). Learn More. Schulten-Baumer, a dressage trainer, formed a close bond with Werth. In 12 years of international competition, he's never come in first place but has several runner-up finishes, most notably at the European Championships in 2014 and the European Indoor Championships in 2019. To finance her and her sisters riding, Dujardins mother would buy and sell ponies. Abdullah bin Mutaib bin Abdullah Al Saud is a Saudi show jumping rider and a member of House of Saud. Yet, Irelands loss has been to the advantage of Eddies Canadian and American clients who would be hard pressed to find another coach with half a decades worth of his knowledge and experience. She won a total of nine medals: three gold medals, five silvers, and one bronze. Where the heck is Captain Cholly-Sawcut??? He first began training in America in 1984 before opening up his barn in the states in 1991. Best career jump: 7 feet, 10 1/4 inches (2005), Olympics: Sydney 2000 (DNM), Athens 2004 (Gold), Beijing 2008 (DNM). He has also taken home a gold medal at the 2009 World Cup Final with Ravel. What's more amazing about the gold medal win for Klyugin is that was his final time to medal in an international competition. Together, they went on to win silver medals as well at World Cup Finals, World Equestrian Games, and gold at the Pan American Games. Roman wet down the jumping area in Poland ahead of the trip to the Olympics and made Jacek train on it for several days. Sjoberg holds a unique piece of history despite never winning a gold medal in the Olympics as the only high jumper to medal in three different Olympic Games. 2012: Thanks to Nick Skelton, Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Peter Charles Britain wins showjumping gold at the London Olympics. Can anyone .. please, please, please .. go far enough back [early 60's I believe]. With Rio Olympics taking place this summer, can British showjumpers retain their gold medal? Bertram Allen has climbed three places to number 18 as the Wexford 21-year-old continues his reign as Ireland top . Best career jump: 7 feet, 10 inches (1984), Olympics: Los Angeles 1984 (Bronze), Seoul 1988 (DNM). Equestrian Harry de Leyer purchased an unremarkable farm horse off a slaughter-bound truck for a paltry $80 and began using him to teach riding lessons to his children. 29. Sweden's Patrik Sjoberg is one of the most consistent high jumpers of all time. When she was 15, her parents bought a foal from the Netherlands named Verdades. Barshim could join Patrik Sjoberg as the only high jumper in Olympic history to win three Olympic medals, although Sjoberg never won gold. That doesn't take away from high jump history, and the future remains bright. When I came out of juniors at 16, Dad wanted to sell Stroller. Yuri Tarmak (or Juri, depending on what part of the world you're in) was a second-generation track and field star in the Soviet Union, following in the footsteps of his father, Aadu Tarmak, a champion discus thrower. There has been considerable success at the highest level of all, with Olympic gold for the 1952 team of Harry Llewellyn, Duggie Stewart and Wilf White being unforgettably replicated on home soil at Greenwich Park 60 years later by Skelton, Brash, Ben Maher and Peter Charles. Matthias Alexander Rath became his rider and together they took home team silver for Germany at the 2011 European Championships. Bonfire also won multiple medals at the World Equestrian Games and World Cup Finals. The rest of Thomas' career would be somewhat defined by his failure in the Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in 1960 and a silver medal in 1964 despite being the odds-on favorite both years. He has been described as the greatest ski jumper to have never won an individual Winter Olympics medal. Stroller was imported as a job-lot from Ireland by the Sussex dealer Tommy Grantham. When not on the international competition circuit or in Wellington, Florida, Bloomberg is at home on her farm in North Salem, New York. Irish show jumping great Eddie Macken talks about his career, retirement and move to Canada. Famous daredevil drivers and stunt show stars from the past 100 years. As we mention in our ultimate fans guide to Charlotte Dujardin, she took up dressage after encouragement from her trainer Debbie Thomas. We had completed the 50th clear round ever achieved on the course and it was the first by a woman rider.. When rain hit the day of the high jump finals in 1976, only Jacek was prepared for it. Shows in the '70s, like All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Maude, and Sanford and Son changed the face of television by including social commentary in between the laughs-a-minute. Vyacheslav Voronin was always among the world's best high jumpers throughout his lengthy career. He finished sixth in 1988 and 27th in 1992. Pat Smythe and Dawn and Jill Palethorpe were part of that generation. Smith found his groove over the next few years and placed in the top three in his next four major international competitions. This year she spent 12 weeks. Best career jump: 7 feet, 7 inches (1975), Olympics: Montreal 1976 (Gold), 1980 Moscow (Silver). 1994: Milton retires having become the first Showjumper to win 1m in prize money. 1968: Marion Coakes and the sensational 14.2hh pony Stroller win individual silver medal at the Mexico Olympics. 1970: David Broome becomes Britain's first showjumping world champion, winning gold at La Baule in France with Beethoven. That's incredible. However, Eddie is fortunate to have the help of his son Stevie (one of two sons, along with Jamie, from his first marriage to Susanne) who lives in Holland, and his friend Robert Daly in Ireland, in sourcing suitable horses. Harvey John Smith (born 29 December 1938) is a former British show jumping champion. 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