Ian Stark

Ian Stark is a Scottish three day eventer, born in Galashiels on 22 February 1954, who worked as a clerk in the Department of Health and Social Security while making his name in the sport. He won seven European titles, six of them with the team and one individual, and was part of the world title winning team of 1986. He is remembered for a run of second places: four Olympic silver medals without a gold, with team silver in 1984, individual and team silver in 1988 and team silver in 2000. He won both the Burghley and Badminton horse trials, and in 1988 became the first man to finish first and second in the same year at Badminton. He later served as a British team selector, as head coach of the Brazilian national team and as a cross-country course designer.