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 The 2022 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations ...

for services to equestrianism.

CCI5* Results

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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 {{UK-equestrian-bio-stub