Jim Elder

Olympic medal record
Equestrian
Competitor for  Canada
Gold	1968 Mexico City	Team Jumping
Bronze	1956 Stockholm	Team 3-Day Event

Robert James "Jim" Elder, O.C. (born 27 July 1934) is a Canadian horse rider famous for his accomplishments in Equestrian.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Elder started competitive jumping at the age of 16 in 1950. In 36 years of competition, he has won an Olympic Gold Medal, one Olympic Bronze, Two Pan Am Gold Medals, and one World Championship Gold. In 1983, he was honoured with the Order of Canada and in 2003 he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.

Since retiring, he has worked with Big Brothers and several other charity foundations including the Community Association of Riding for the Disabled in Ontario and the Canadian Therapeutic Riding Association and is one of the co-founders of the Toronto Polo Club. He has several children who have had success in Show Jumping.

Jim Elder's brother, Norman Elder was an author and explorer. He was also an Olympic equestrian rider.

In 1983, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

[edit] References

• Canadian Olympic Committee profile


• James Elder at The Canadian Encyclopedia

v • d • e Olympic Equestrian Champions in Team Jumping 1912: Sweden (Lewenhaupt, Kilman, von Rosen, Rosencrantz) • 1920: Sweden (König, von Rosen, Norling, Martin) • 1924: Sweden (Thelning, Ståhle, Lundström) • 1928: Spain (Morenes, de Bohórquez, Fernández) • 1936: Germany (Hasse, von Barnekow, Brandt) • 1948: Mexico (Mariles, Uriza, Valdés) • 1952: Great Britain (White, Stewart, Llewellyn) • 1956: Germany (Winkler, Thiedemann, Lütke-Westhues) • 1960: Germany (Winkler, Thiedemann, Schockemöhle) • 1964: Germany (Schridde, Jarasinski, Winkler) • 1968: Canada (Day, Gayford, Elder) • 1972: West Germany (Ligges, Wiltfang, Steenken, Winkler) • 1976: France (Parot, Rozier, Roguet, Roche) • 1980: Soviet Union (Chukanov, Poganovsky, Asmaev, Korolkov) • 1984: United States (Fargis, Homfeld, Howard, Smith) • 1988: West Germany (Beerbaum, Brinkmann, Hafemeister, Sloothaak) • 1992: Netherlands (Raymakers, Romp, Tops, Lansink) • 1996: Germany (Sloothaak, Nieberg, Kirchhoff, Beerbaum) • 2000: Germany (Beerbaum, Nieberg, Ehning, Becker) • 2004: United States (Wylde, Ward, Madden, Kappler) • 2008: United States (Ward, Kraut, Simpson, Madden)

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