Jaime García Cruz (3 October 1910 – 16 May 1959) was a Spanish

equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or Riding in British English) Examples of this are: * Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i ...

who competed in the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

and in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. In 1948 he and his horse Bizarro won the silver medal as part of the Spain

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team in the team jumping competition, after finishing fifth in the individual jumping competition. Four years later he and his horse Quórum finished tenth as part of the Spanish team in the team jumping event, after finishing 17th in the individual jumping.

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1910 births 1959 deaths Olympic equestrians for Spain Equestrians at the 1948 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1952 Summer Olympics Spanish male equestrians Spanish show jumping riders Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Spain {{Spain-equestrian-bio-stub