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词条 Nick Skelton
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  1. Education

  2. Life and career

  3. Major achievements

  4. Horses

  5. Career statistics

     Individual wins  Nation's Cup wins 

  6. See also

  7. References

  8. Bibliography

  9. External links

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CBE
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Nicholas David Skelton, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} (born 30 December 1957, Bedworth, Warwickshire) is a British former equestrian who competed in show jumping. He retired at the age of 59 years old, on 5 April 2017. He began riding at age 18 months and in 1975 took two team silvers and an individual gold at the Junior European Championships.

He has competed numerous times at the European Show Jumping Championships, winning three golds, three silvers and three bronzes both individually and with the British team over a 26-year time period. In 1980 he competed in the Alternative Olympics where he helped the British team to a silver medal. He currently holds the British Show Jumping High Jump record, which he set in 1978.

In 2012, at the age of 54, Skelton won the Olympic gold medal as part of the winning Great Britain team. In 2016, at the age of 58, Skelton won the Individual Olympic gold medal at his seventh Olympic Games.[1]

Education

Skelton was educated at Bablake School in the city of Coventry in Central England.[2]

Life and career

Nick Skelton began riding aged 18 months when he got his first pony, a Welsh Mountain called Oxo who was born in the same year as Skelton and lived to be 39; both Skelton's children learnt to ride on Oxo.[3]

Skelton rode in pony classes with little tuition before taking his pony to Ted and Liz Edgar for help when he was 14. He worked for and helped at The Edgars for two years before leaving school with no qualifications to work full-time for them. Skelton had plenty of early success with a horse called Maybe, but he went lame just before the Junior European Championships in 1975 and his place in the team looked lost, however O.K a reputedly ordinary horse substituted and Skelton won individual gold. After this Skelton began riding more of the Edgar horses, and in 1978 jumped just over 7-foot 7 inches to set a new British record at Olympia with Lastic. When Skelton partnered with St James the following year he broke into the senior GB team, of which he has been an integral part ever since.

In 1985 Skelton split from the Edgars and went on his own; his main horse at the time, Apollo, went with him and together they formed a partnership that won nearly all the top prizes in the sport, as well as many Championship medals.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} After Apollo, Skelton competed at the top level with many different horses before he teamed up with Dollar Girl in 1992 with the specific target of competing at the Barcelona Olympics. Despite the Olympics going badly for them, Skelton and Dollar Girl ultimately won the coveted World Cup Final in Gothenburg in 1995.

Skelton broke his neck in September 2000 which could have ended his show jumping career, but after retiring in 2001 he recovered and began competing again in 2002. Skelton returned to the saddle to partner Arko III, a horse he had been riding as a youngster before breaking his neck. Together Skelton and Arko won the British Open title in 2004 at the British Open Show Jumping Championships and many other top prizes. Their most disappointing moment came at the Athens Olympics in 2004 where they were leading until the final round.

After Arko retired, Skelton revisited an old friend and owner for support and new horses, Gary and Beverley Widdowson now own his competition horses that include Carlo 273, his European Individual Bronze medal partner, Big Star and Unique.[4]

He has written an autobiography, Only Falls And Horses,[5] and will soon{{when|date=August 2016}} publish an updated version.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}

He has two sons with his first wife Sarah Skelton (née Edwards) and both are active in horse racing.[6] Daniel is a National Hunt Trainer and Harry is a National Hunt Jockey who in 2009 became the youngest winner of The Irish Grand National on Niche Market.{{cn|date=September 2017}}

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to equestrian sport.[7][8]

Following his Olympic 2012 gold medal the post boxes in both Alcester, where he resides, and in Bedworth, where he was born, were painted gold in his honour.[9]

Skelton won gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics in the individual category. In doing so he became the oldest British Olympic gold medallist since 1908.[10] Following Skelton's success at the 2016 Rio Olympics, rail operator London Midland honoured him with a gold painted sign at Bedworth railway station.[11] Skelton received a nomination for the 2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. He received 109,197 votes, placing him third.[12] He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to equestrianism.[13]

Major achievements

Skelton has had many successes at home and abroad and has ridden on over 164 Nations Cups teams (1978–2011).{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} He has won various medals both as an Individual and as part of the teams in the Olympics, World Championships and European Championships between 1980 and 2016.

  • Olympic Games
    • 2012: London. Team Gold medal with Big Star
    • 2016: Rio. Individual Gold medal with Big Star
  • Alternative Olympic Games
    • 1980: Rotterdam. Team Silver medal with Maybe
  • World championships
    • 1982: Dublin. Team Bronze medal with If Ever
    • 1986: Aachen. Team Silver medal and individual Bronze medal with Apollo
    • 1990: Stockholm. Team Bronze medal with Grand Slam
    • 1998: Rome. Team Bronze medal with Hopes are High
  • European Championships
    • 1985: Dinard. Team Gold medal and individual 4th with St. James
    • 1987: St. Gallen. Team Gold medal and Individual Bronze medal with Apollo
    • 1989: Rotterdam. Team Gold medal with Apollo
    • 1991: La Baule. Team Silver medal with Phoenix Park
    • 1993: Gijon. Team Silver medal with Dollar Girl
    • 1995: St. Gallen. Team Silver medal with Dollar Girl
    • 2011: Madrid. Team Bronze and individual Bronze medal with Carlo 273
  • Junior European Championships
    • 1974: Lucerne. Team Silver medal with Maybe
    • 1975: Dornbirn. Team Silver medal and individual Gold medal with O.K.
  • Volvo World Cup Final
    • 1995: Gothenburg. Winner with Dollar Girl
  • Hickstead Derby
    • 1987: Winner with J Nick
    • 1988: Winner with Apollo
    • 1989: Winner with Apollo
  • King George V Gold Cup
    • 1984: Winner with St. James
    • 1993: Winner with Limited Edition
    • 1996: Winner with Cathleen III
    • 1999: Winner with Hopes are High

Skelton currently holds the British Show Jumping High Jump record, at 7 ft 7in 5/16th (2.32m) set at Olympia in 1978 with Lastic.

Horses

Top horses that Skelton has ridden include Maybe, If Ever, Apollo, St. James, Major Wager, Top Gun, Grand Slam, Phoenix Park, Dollar Girl, Limited Edition, Showtime, Tinka's Boy, Hopes are High, Russel and Arko III.

Skelton's current top flight horses are Big Star, Carlo 273 and Unique, all of which are owned by Beverley Widdowson.

Skelton won team Gold at his home Olympics in London 2012 with his horse Big Star, alongside Ben Maher, Peter Charles and Scott Brash.

Career statistics

Individual wins

YearLocationClassHorse
2016 BRA}} Rio. Brazil 2016 Olympics Big Star
2012 GER}} Hamburg, Germany GCT Grand Prix Big Star
FRA}} La Baule, France Grand Prix Carlo 273
BEL}} Antwerp, Belgium Grand Prix Big Star
USA}} Palm Beach, USA Grand Prix Big Star
2011 SWI}} St Gallen, Switzerland Grand Prix Carlo 273
2008 CAN}} CSIO Spruce Meadows 'Masters' Tournament, Spruce Meadows, Canada CN International Grand Prix Arko III
BEL}} Grobbendonk, Belgium Grand Prix Arko
2007 POR}} Estoril, Portugal Global Champions Tour Grand Prix Arko
2006 SWI}} Lucerne, Switzerland Grand Prix Arko
ITA}} Rome, Italy Grand Prix Arko
2005 GER}} Leipzig, Germany World Cup Qualifier Arko
CAN}} Spruce Meadows, Canada Grand Prix Arko
2004 GBR}} Royal International Horse Show, Hickstead, Great Britain Grand Prix Russell
GBR}} British Open Show Jumping Championships, Sheffield, Great Britain The British Open Arko
GBR}} Royal Windsor, Great Britain Grand Prix Russell
2003 NED}} Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Grand Prix Arko
2002 POR}} Portimao, Portugal Grand Prix Arko
POR}} Lizerias, Portugal Grand Prix Arko
2000 GBR}} Royal Windsor, Great Britain Grand Prix Jalisco
1999 GBR}} Royal International Horse Show, Hickstead, Great Britain King George V Gold Cup Hopes Are High
1998 ESP}} Madrid, Spain Grand Prix Showtime
ESP}} Gijon, Spain Grand Prix Hopes Are High
IRE}} Dublin, Ireland Grand Prix Hope Are High
CAN}} CSIO Spruce Meadows 'Masters' Tournament, Spruce Meadows, Canada Du Maurier Grand Prix Hopes Are High
NED}} Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Grand Prix Zalza
1997 POR}} Lisbon, Portugal Grand Prix Showtime
GBR}} Horse of the Year Show, Great Britain Grand Prix Showtime
1996 FRA}} Bordeaux, France World Cup Qualifier Dollar Girl
GBR}} Royal International Horse Show, Hickstead, Great Britain King George V Gold Cup Cathleen III
ITA}} Moorsele, Italy Grand Prix Dollar Girl
ESP}} Madrid, Spain Grand Prix Showtime
ESP}} Gijon, Spain Grand Prix Dollar Girl
GBR}} Olympia, Great Britain Masters Zalza
1995 SWE}} Gothenburg, Sweden World Cup Final Dollar Girl
ESP}} Barcelona, Spain Grand Prix Showtime
ITA}} San Marino, Italy Grand Prix Showtime
GBR}} Horse of the Year Show, Great Britain Grand Prix Showtime
DEN}} Aarhus, Denmark Masters Dollar Girl
GER}} Stuttgart, Germany Grand Prix Dollar Girl
1994 IRE}} Millstreet, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Dollar Girl
1993 FRA}} Paris, France Grand Prix Major Wager
FRA}} Paris, France World Cup Qualifier Major Wager
SWE}} Gothenburg, Sweden Grand Prix Major Wager
GBR}} Royal International Horse Show, Hickstead, Great Britain King George V Gold Cup Limited Edition
SWI}} St Gallen, Switzerland Grand Prix Dollar Girl
GBR}} Horse of the Year Show, Great Britain Everest Final Showtime
SWI}} Ascona, Switzerland Grand Prix Dollar Girl
CAN}} CSIO Spruce Meadows 'Masters' Tournament, Spruce Meadows, Canada Du Maurier Grand Prix Dollar Girl
1992 BEL}} Genk, Belgium Grand Prix Major Wager
SWE}} Gothenburg, Sweden Grand Prix Major Wager
NED}} Amsterdam, The Netherlands Masters Limited Edition
1991 GBR}} Horse of the Year Show, Great Britain Leading Showjumper of the Year Phoenix Park
GBR}} Horse of the Year Show, Great Britain Masters Phoenix Park
IRE}} Dublin, Ireland Grand Prix Phoenix Park
1990 AUT}} Kossen, Austria Grand Prix Fiorella
ITA}} Cortina, Italy Grand Prix Fiorella
IRE}} Dublin, Ireland Grand Prix Phoenix Park
GER}} Dortmund, Germany Grand Prix Top Gun
GBR}} Horse of the Year Show, Great Britain Grand Prix Grand Slam
1989 GBR}} Hickstead, Great Britain Hickstead Derby Apollo
1988 GBR}} Hickstead, Great Britain Hickstead Derby Apollo
IRE}} Dublin, Ireland Grand Prix Apollo
GER}} Aachen, Germany Grand Prix Apollo
1987 GBR}} Hickstead, Great Britain Hickstead Derby J Nick
GER}} Aachen, Germany Grand Prix Apollo
1985 BEL}} Antwerp, Belgium World Cup Qualifier St James
CAN}} CSIO Spruce Meadows 'Masters' Tournament, Spruce Meadows, Canada Du Maurier Grand Prix St James
IRE}} Dublin, Ireland Grand Prix Apollo
CAN}} Toronto, Canada World Cup Qualifier Apollo
USA}} New York City, USA World Cup Qualifier Apollo
1984 GBR}} Royal International Horse Show, Hickstead, Great Britain King George V Gold Cup St James
1983 CAN}} Toronto, Canada World Cup Qualifier St James
GBR}} Olympia, Great Britain World Cup Qualifier St James
GER}} Aachen, Germany Grand Prix If Ever
1979 SWI}} Geneva, Switzerland World Cup Qualifier Lastic
1978 GBR}} Horse of the Year Show, Great Britain Leading Showjumper of the Year Maybe

Nation's Cup wins

YearLocationHorse
2011 IRL}} Dublin, Ireland Carlo 273
2008 IRL}} Dublin, Ireland Arko III
2005 IRL}} Dublin, Ireland Arko III
2005 ITA}} Rome, Italy Arko III
2004 GBR}} Hickstead, Great Britain Russell
2003 GBR}} Hickstead, Great Britain Arko III
1997 ITA}} Modena, Italy Showtime
1997 GBR}} Royal Windsor, Great Britain Showtime
1997 ESP}} Gijon, Spain Tinka's Boy
1996 POR}} Lisbon, Portugal Cathleen III
1996 IRL}} Dublin, Ireland Dollar Girl
1996 CAN}} Calgary, Canada Showtime
1993 GBR}} Hickstead, Great Britain Limited Edition
1992 GBR}} Hickstead, Great Britain Limited Edition
1992 CAN}} Calgary, Canada Dollar Girl
1991 CAN}} Calgary, Canada Phoenix Park
1991 IRL}} Dublin, Ireland Phoenix Park
1991 ITA}} Rome, Italy Apollo II
1991 LUX}} Luxembourg, Luxembourg Phoenix Park
1990 ITA}} Rome, Italy Grand Slam
1990 CAN}} Calgary, Canada Grand Slam
1990 IRL}} Dublin, Ireland Phoenix Park
1990 USA}} New York City, USA Grand Slam
1989 LUX}} Luxembourg, Luxembourg Serenade
1989 IRL}} Dublin, Ireland Grand Slam
1989 CAN}} Calgary, Canada Grand Slam
1989 SWI}} St Gallen, Switzerland Apollo
1988 IRL}} Dublin, Ireland Apollo
1988 ITA}} Rome, Italy Apollo
1987 ESP}} Gijon, Spain Airbourne
1986 ESP}} Jerez, Spain Apollo
1986 IRL}} Dublin, Ireland Apollo
1986 CAN}} Toronto, Canada Apollo
1986 USA}} Washington, USA Apollo
1986 NED}} Rotterdam, The Netherlands Airbourne
1985 IRL}} Dublin, Ireland Apollo
1985 GBR}} Hickstead, Great Britain Apollo
1985 CAN}} Calgary, Canada Apollo
1984 FRA}} Paris, France St James
1984 BEL}} Liege, Belgium Apollo
1983 FRA}} Paris, France St James
1982 SWI}} Lucerne, Switzerland If Ever
1981 GER}} Aachen, Germany Maybe
1979 NED}} Zuidlaren, The Netherlands Maybe

See also

  • 2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the United Kingdom

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36691138 |title=Rio Olympics 2016: GB's Nick Skelton wins show jumping gold |author= |date=19 August 2016 |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=19 August 2016}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bablake.com/media/news/article/4218/Former-Pupil-s-7th-Olympic-Bid/ |title=Former Pupil's 7th Olympic Bid |author= |date=22 July 2016 |website=bablake.com |publisher=Bablake School |accessdate=19 August 2016}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-1104771/Nick-Skelton-Ive-Olympics-watching-son-ride-winner-beats-that.html |title=Nick Skelton: I've been in six Olympics but watching my son ride a winner beats all that |author=Jonathan Powell |date=3 January 2009 |work=Daily Mail |accessdate=19 August 2016}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.nickskelton.com/ |title=Home page of Nick Skelton's website |website=nickskelton.com |accessdate=19 August 2016}}
5. ^{{cite book |title=Nick Skelton: My Autobiography – Only Falls and Horses |date=2001 |first=Nick |last=Skelton |publisher=Greenwater Publishing |isbn=978-1903267059}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-3716234/Nick-Skelton-banking-Olympic-gold-Rio-hurrah-veteran-showjumper-taking-inspiration-racing-success-two-sons.html |title=Nick Skelton banking on Olympic gold as his last hurrah ... with veteran showjumper taking inspiration from the racing successes of his two sons |author=Eleanore Kelly |date=30 July 2016 |work=Daily Mail |accessdate=19 August 2016}}
7. ^{{London Gazette|issue=60173 |supp=y|page=12|date=16 June 2012}}
8. ^Nick Skelton awarded OBE {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617101937/http://www.horseandcountry.tv/news/2012/06/16/nick-skelton-awarded-obe |date=17 June 2012 }}, Victoria Spicer / horseandcountry.tv, 16 June 2012
9. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-19177398 |title=Skelton's golden honour in home town of Alcester |author= |date=8 August 2012 |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=17 July 2014}}
10. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36691138 |title=GB's Nick Skelton wins show jumping gold |date=19 August 2016 |accessdate=19 August 2016 |publisher=BBC Sport}}
11. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.nuneaton-news.co.uk/golden-sign-in-bedworth-to-celebrate-show-jumper-s-olympic-achievement/story-29685068-detail/story.html |title=Golden sign in Bedworth to celebrate show jumper's Olympic achievement |newspaper=Nuneaton News |publisher=Local World |date=5 September 2016 |accessdate=12 September 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160906173807/http://www.nuneaton-news.co.uk/golden-sign-in-bedworth-to-celebrate-show-jumper-s-olympic-achievement/story-29685068-detail/story.html |archivedate=6 September 2016}}
12. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/38358869 |title=BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2016: Andy Murray wins for a record third time |publisher=BBC Sport |date=18 December 2016 |accessdate=31 December 2016}}
13. ^{{London Gazette|issue=61803 |supp=y|page=N9|date=31 December 2016}}

Bibliography

  • Skelton, N. (2001) Only Falls and Horses. Greenwater.

External links

{{Commons category}}
  • Official Nick Skelton website
  • BSJA profile
  • FEI Rider's Biography
{{Olympic champions – Equestrian team jumping}}{{Olympic champions – Equestrian individual jumping}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Skelton, Nick}}

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