Jim Elder

Jim Elder is a Canadian retired businessman and former equestrian, born in Toronto on 27 July 1934 and appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1983. He competed at six Olympic Games between 1956 and 1984 and won one gold and one bronze medal, missing the 1964 and 1980 Games because Canada did not send eventing and jumping teams. He started competitive jumping at sixteen in 1950 and in 36 years of competition also won five Pan American medals and a world title. He was Canada's flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the 1972 Munich Olympics. He has been inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, Canada's Walk of Fame, the Canadian Eventing Hall of Fame and the Jump Canada Hall of Fame. After the University of Toronto he ran a refrigeration company, and he co-founded the Toronto Polo Club. His brother Norman Elder was an explorer and Olympic rider.