Harvey Smith

Harvey Smith recorded his first major show jumping win in 1958 with Farmer's Boy. It began a career that saw him win the John Player Trophy seven times, the King George V Gold Cup once and the British Jumping Derby four times. Smith took part in both the 1968 and 1972 Olympics but failed to win a medal. Smith won five medals at the European Championships, three in the individual event, and was the bronze medalist at the 1970 World Championships. He later became a BBC commentator on show jumping, notably for the 1984 Olympics. His world-wide fame is due as much to his fighting spirit and his no-holds-barred approach to his sport as to his prowess as a rider. He also wrote several popular books about equestrian sport, and in the 1970s had a brief career as a professional wrestler and as a professional singer.