Ben Maher

Ben Maher (2012)

Benjamin Maher , MBE (usually shortened to Ben Maher ; born January 30, 1983 in London ) is a British show jumper .

Career

Maher started riding when he was eight and is considered one of the best show jumpers in Great Britain. Maher has been a member of British Nations Cup teams on several occasions .

At the 2008 Summer Olympics he took part in show jumping on the mare Rolette . With the British team, he finished fifth and 19th in the individual.

A year later, Maher was again a member of the British championship team and finished 15th in the individual ranking at the European Championships in Windsor. With the British team, he finished sixth in the team classification.

In February 2012 he was ranked 30th in the show jumping world rankings. At the Olympic Games in London in 2012 , he won gold in the team competition on Tripple X and finished ninth in the individual competition. At the European Championships in 2013 he won the individual silver medal with Cella and the gold medal with the team.

Web links

Ben Maher with Tripple X (2013)

Commons : Ben Maher  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• benmaher.co.uk - Ben Maher's website
• Ben Maher in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2013 New Year's Honors . Retrieved December 29, 2012. 
2. ↑ The FEI's equestrian success database ( memento of the original from June 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ FEI Rider's Biography: Ben Maher  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ current FEI world ranking list show jumping ( memento of the original from February 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.