Tom McEwen (equestrian)
 McEwen at the 2024 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 May 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Equestrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Eventing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Bruce McEwen MBE (born 10 May 1991) is a British equestrian who competes in eventing.[1]
Career
[edit]McEwen 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.[2]
He competed at the 2018 World Equestrian Games upon Toledo de Kerser, finishing 12th individually and helping Team GBR win the team Gold.[3] In 2019 he won the CCI***** event the Étoiles de Pau riding Toledo De Kerser.[4]
McEwen and Toledo De Kerser were selected to represent Britain at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics and won gold in the team event.[5]
McEwen was presented with a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to equestrianism.[6][7]
In June 2024, he was confirmed as part of the Great Britain team to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics on JL Dublin.[8]
CCI5* Results
[edit]| Results | |||||||||||
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| Event | Kentucky (USA)
late April |
Badminton (UK)
early May |
Luhmühlen (Germany)
June |
Burghley (UK)
early September |
Pau (France)
late October |
Adelaide (Australia)
mid April |
Maryland (USA)
early October | ||||
| 2011 | 19th (Dry Old Party) | ||||||||||
| 2012 | Did not participate | ||||||||||
| 2013 | 19th (Dry Old Party) | EL (Dry Old Party) | 11th (Dry Old Party) | ||||||||
| 2014 | 31st (Diesel)
RET (Dry Old Party) |
RET (Dry Old Party) | |||||||||
| 2015 | WD (Diesel) | ||||||||||
| 2015 | Did not participate | ||||||||||
| 2016 | 22nd (Toledo de Kerser) | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 11th (Toledo de Kerser) | 4th (Toledo de Kerser) | |||||||||
| 2018 | 7th (Toledo de Kerser)
27th (Strike Smartly) |
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| 2019 | 11th (Toledo de Kerser) |  (Figaro van het Broekxhof)
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 (Toledo de Kerser)
16th (Figaro van het Broekxhof) |
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| 2020 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | 5th (Toledo de Kerser) | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | |||||
| 2021 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | (CHF Cooliser)
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Cancelled due to Covid-19 | |||||||
| 2022 | 27th (CHF Cooliser)
EL (Toledo de Kerser) |
EL (Braveheart B)
EL (Bob Chaplin) |
12th (CHF Cooliser) | 27th (Braveheart B)
EL (Bob Chaplin) |
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| 2023 | (JL Dublin)
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4th (Toledo de Kersee) | RET (Toledo de Kersee)
WD (Luna Mist) |
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| EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew | |||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Tom McEwen".
- ^ "11 things you might not know about five-star-winning eventer Tom McEwen - Horse & Hound". www.horseandhound.co.uk. 30 October 2019.
- ^ "Event Rider Masters 2020". eventridermasters.tv.
- ^ "Tom McEwan Wins Les Etoiles De Pau". 28 October 2019.
- ^ Roome, Pippa (1 July 2021). "*Breaking news* British Olympic eventing team for Tokyo Games revealed". Horse & Hound.
- ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N22.
- ^ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Team GB equestrian squads unveiled for Paris 2024". TeamGB. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Tom McEwen (and here) at FEI
- Tom McEwen at Olympedia
- Tom McEwen at Olympics.com
- Tom McEwen at Team GB
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