Peter Charles

Peter Charles
Personal information
Full name Peter Charles
Nationality Irish &
British
Discipline Show jumping
Born (1960-01-18) 18 January 1960
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 168 lb (76 kg; 12 st 0 lb)

Peter Charles MBE (born 1 January 1960) is an Irish-British equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping.

Originally a competitor for Great Britain, Charles changed nationalities to Irish in 1992. In 2007, he relinquished his status as an Irish rider and once again began representing Great Britain.[1]

Charles was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to equestrianism.[2]

Charles reportedly sold his gold medal winning horse, Vindicat W, to rock star Bruce Springsteen for his showjumper daughter Jessica.[3][4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Peter Charles returns to the Great Britain Show Jumping Team". FEI. 10 February 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60367. p. 24. 29 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Springsteen's daughter buys Team GB horse". Yahoo!.
  4. ↑ http://www.metro.co.uk/olympics/912579-bruce-springsteen-buys-daughter-gb-olympic-gold-medal-winning-horse
  5. ↑ "Bruce Springsteen's daughter buys Peter Charles' gold medal winning horse". Telegraph. 19 Sep 2012.


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