David Broome
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| Born |
1 March 1940 (age 76) Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Equestrianism | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Show jumping | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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David McPherson Broome CBE (born 1 March 1940) is a retired Welsh show jumping champion. He competed in the 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1988 Olympics and won individual bronze medals in 1960 and 1968 on his best-known horse Mr Softee.[1] In 1960 he was also voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, and at the 1972 Games served as the Olympic flag bearer for Great Britain.[2]
Broome was born in Wales, attended Monmouth School, and still maintains his stables at Mount Ballan Manor, Crick, near Chepstow in Monmouthshire. He held the individual European title in 1961, 1967 and 1969. In 1970 he won the world title and became Western Mail Welsh Sports Personality of the year. He turned professional in 1973, and in 1978 helped the British team to win the world championship. Broome has won the King George V Gold Cup a record six times on six different horses between 1960–1991, a record yet to be equalled.[1] He has enjoyed most of his success on Irish Sport Horses and he has said his favourite horse of all was Sportsman.
Broome is still active in the administration of the sport. In 2013, he became president of the British Showjumping Association.[3]
Major achievements
- Olympic Games
- World championships
- European championships
- 1961 Aachen: Individual Gold medal on Sunsalve
- 1967 Rotterdam: Individual Gold medal on Mister Softee
- 1969 Hickstead: Individual Gold medal on Mister Softee
- 1977 Vienna: Team Silver medal on Philco
- 1979 Rotterdam: Team Gold medal on Queensway Big Q
- 1983 Hickstead: Team Silver medal on Mr Ross
- 1991 La Baule: Team Silver medal on Lannegan
- FEI World Cup
- World Cup Jumping League Winner 1979/80 with Queensway Big Q and Sportsman
- World Cup qualifier wins
- 1978/1979 's-Hertogenbosch on Philco
- 1979/1980 Birmingham on Sportsman
- 1979/1980 Wien on Philco
- 1979/1980 Bordeaux on Queensway Big Q
- 1979/1980 Amsterdam on Sportsman
- 1980/1981 Olympia (London) on Philco
- 1981/1982 London (Olympia) on Philco
- 1981/1982 Dublin on Mr Ross
- 1983/1984 Amsterdam on Last Resort
- 1966 Hickstead Derby winner on Mister Softee
- King George V Gold Cup
- 1960 on Sunsalve
- 1966 on Mister Softee
- 1972 on Sportsman
- 1977 on Philco
- 1981 on Mr Ross
- 1991 on Lannegan
- International Grand Prix wins include:
- 1960 Dublin on Sunsalve
- 1967 Dublin on Mr Softee
- 1968 Dublin on Mr Softee
- 1970 La Baule on Beethoven
- 1973 St.Gallen on Manhattan
- 1975 Olympia (London) on Philco
- 1977 Dublin on Philco
- 1979 Amsterdam on Sportsman
- 1979 Dublin on Sportsman
- 1981 Olympia (London) on Philco
- 1980 Olympia (London) on Philco
- 1983 Amsterdam on Last Resort
- 1981 Dublin on Queensway Big Q
- 1981 Spruce Meadows on Queensway Philco
- 1981 Horse of the Year Show (Wembley Arena) on Mr Ross
References
- 1 2 David Broome. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Great Britain. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Members Council Notes, 11th March 2013. britishshowjumping.co.uk
External links
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- CSIO Dublin Grand Prix records 1934 – 2006 pdf.
- Amsterdam Grand Prix records 1958 – 2007
- www.sportsrecords.co.uk – King George V Gold Cup records 1960 – 2007
- Olympia Horse Show – history
- Philco wins 1980 Olympia Grand Prix
- Olympia results
- David Broome Event Centre
| Preceded by John Surtees |
BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1960 |
Succeeded by Stirling Moss |
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Preceded by Tony Lewis |
BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year 1970 |
Succeeded by John Dawes / Wales national rugby union team / Welsh Lions |
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