Michael Plumb

Michael Plumb, formally John Michael Plumb, is an American three day eventer, born in Islip, New York, on 28 March 1940. He rode at seven Olympic Games, in 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984 and 1992, and would have ridden at an eighth in 1980 had the United States competed. He won six Olympic medals, a record for an American equestrian when he won them: team silver at three successive Games from 1964 to 1972, a team gold and individual silver in 1976, and a team gold in 1984. He also won two team and one individual gold at the Pan American Games, was on the winning team at the 1974 World Championships where he took individual silver, and was voted United States Combined Training Association rider of the year ten times.