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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 15 July 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Equestrian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Show jumping | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Harry Charles (born 15 July 1999) is a British show jumping competitor. [2] He represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, competing in individual jumping and team jumping. [2] Charles replaced Holly Smith in the individual competition. [3] In December, 2021 Harry won the Taittinger Ivy Stakes CI5* class individual jumping event at the London International Horse Show, staged at the ExCel Centre in London's Docklands, riding 15 year old gelding, Borsato (Contendro 1 x Nijinski). In 2024 he was a member of the British team that won show jumping gold at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, riding Romeo 88. Charles competed with a strapped arm after suffering a fracture four weeks prior to the Olympics. [4]
Charles was born on 15 July 1999, a son of Peter Charles, a member of the team that won Britain's first team jumping gold medal for 60 years at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, and Tara Charles. [2] [4]
He attended Churcher's College. [5]
Charles became engaged to model Eve Jobs in September 2024. They married at St Michael and All Angels Church in Great Tew, England on 26 July 2025. [6]