Thomas Bruce McEwen (born 10 May 1991) is a British equestrian who competes in
eventing
Eventing (also known as three day eventing or horse trials) is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combine and compete against other competitors across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. Thi ...
.
Tom was on the European young rider eventing team in 2010 and 2011. He won team gold in 2010 riding Major Sweep and then won another team gold in 2011 aboard Private Rudolph. He was a member of the gold medal-winning pony European eventing team in 2007 with his ride Dick Taytoe.
He competed at the
2018 World Equestrian Games upon Toledo de Kerser, finishing 12th individually and helping Team GBR win the team Gold. In 2019 he won the
CCI***** event the
Étoiles de Pau
The Étoiles de Pau or Stars of Pau is an annual three-day event held in Pau, in the South of France, near the Pyrénées mountains. It is one of only seven annual Concours Complet International (CCI) five-star events in the world (the highest l ...
riding Toldeo De Kerser.
Tom and Toledo De Kerser were selected to represent Britain at the delayed
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
and won gold in the team event.
McEwen was presented with an MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(MBE) in the
2022 New Year Honours
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for services to equestrianism.
CCI5* Results
References
1991 births
Living people
British male equestrians
British event riders
Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic equestrians for Great Britain
Olympic medalists in equestrian
Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Members of the Order of the British Empire
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