Peter Charles

Peter Charles medal table
Show jumping
United Kingdom ; Ireland (from 1992 to 2007)
Olympic games
gold	2012	Team (with vindicat )
European championships
gold	1995	Show jumping, singles

Peter Charles , MBE (born January 8, 1960 in Liverpool , North West England ) is a British show jumper .

In March 2013 he is number 144 in the world rankings.

Career

In 1992, he took the Irish to citizenship and thus rode in the Olympics in 1992 in Barcelona and 1996 in Atlanta for Ireland. In 2007, he took back British citizenship.

At the European Championships in 1995, when he rode for Ireland, he won individual gold and secured the Irish team the first gold medal in 30 years.

At the Olympic Games in London in 2012 , he won the gold medal with the British team, in the individual he was 65th.

Private

Charles is an amateur golfer and was on the podium at the 2009 Portuguese Pro / Am Championship alongside professional golfer David Howell and soccer player Stephen Penny.

Horses (excerpt)

current:

• Odie de Frevent (* 2002), Selle Français , bay mare, father of mother: Jalisco B
• Nevada (* 2009), Selle Français , chestnut stallion, father: Rosire, mother's father: Benroy

former competition horses:

• Vindicat W (* 2002), KWPN , bay gelding, father: Guidam, mother's father: Libero H, 2008 - 2012, now ridden by Jessica Springsteen .
• Kruger
• Benetton de Lomprez

successes

Championships and World Cup

• Olympic games
  • 1992 , Barcelona: with Kruger 14th place with the team and 40th place in the individual
  • 1996 , Atlanta: with Benetton de Lomprez 8th place with the team and 11th place in the individual
  • 2012 , London: with Vindicat 1st place with the team and 65th place in the individual
• World Equestrian Games
  • 1994, The Hague: 9th place with the team and 51st place in the individual with Impulse
  • 1998, Rome: with T'Aime 8th place with the team and 16th place in the individual
  • 2002, Jerez de la Frontera: with Corrada 7th place with the team and 10th place in the individual
• European championships
  • 1995, St. Gallen: 1st place in the individual with La Ina

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2013 New Year's Honors . Retrieved December 29, 2012. 
2. ↑ Bruce Springsteen's daughter Jessica buys London Olympics showjumping champion (9/2012)
3. ↑ Olympic gold horse Vindicat goes to Jessica Springsteen (9/2012)