Nick Skelton is a British former show jumping rider who competed at seven Olympic Games and retired in 2017 at age 59. He won three golds, three silvers and three bronzes at the European Show Jumping Championships over 26 years, and holds the British show jumping high jump record set in 1978. In 2012, at age 54, he won Olympic team gold with Great Britain, and four years later he won individual Olympic gold at the 2016 Rio Games, after which he and his horse Big Star retired together.
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Career HighlightWon an Olympic gold medal as part of the Great Britain team at the 2012 London Games at age 54, in the swansong of his career. 1 Classification
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Which horse did Nick Skelton ride to his Olympic gold medals?
He rode Big Star to team gold in 2012 and individual gold in 2016.
Nick Skelton rode Big Star to both of his Olympic golds. Olympedia lists Big Star with him for the Great Britain team gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics and for the individual jumping gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Nicholas David Skelton (born 30 December 1957, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England) is a British former equestrian who competed in show jumping.
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His most notable successes occurred in back-to-back Olympic Games in the swansong of his career.
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His most notable successes occurred in back-to-back Olympic Games in the swansong of his career.
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His most notable successes occurred in back-to-back Olympic Games in the swansong of his career.
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His most notable successes occurred in back-to-back Olympic Games in the swansong of his career.
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Nicholas David Skelton (born 30 December 1957, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England) is a British former equestrian who competed in show jumping.
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Nicholas David Skelton (born 30 December 1957, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England) is a British former equestrian who competed in show jumping.
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