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Medal record
Equestrian
Olympic Games
Bronze 1960 Rome Individual jumping
Bronze 1968 Mexico Individual jumping
World Championships
Bronze 1960 Venice Individual jumping
Gold 1970 La Baule Individual jumping
Gold 1978 Aachen Team jumping
Bronze 1982 Dublin Team jumping
Bronze 1990 Stockholm Team jumping
European Championships
Gold 1961 Aachen Individual jumping
Gold 1967 Rotterdam Individual jumping
Gold 1969 Hickstead Individual jumping
Silver 1977 Vienna Team jumping
Gold 1979 Rotterdam Team jumping
Silver 1983 Hickstead Team jumping
Silver 1991 La Baule Team jumping

David McPherson Broome CBE (born March 1, 1940) is a retired Welsh show jumping champion. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Show jumping, also known as "stadium jumping" or "jumpers" is a member of a family of English riding equestrian events that also includes

Broome was born in Cardiff, South Wales, attended Monmouth School and still maintains his stables at Mount Ballan Manor, Crick, near Chepstow in Monmouthshire. Cardiff ( 'kɑːdɪf) is the Capital and the largest city and county in Wales. Monmouth School is a Public school for boys in Monmouth, Monmouthshire in south east Wales. Crick (Crug is a small Village or hamlet in the Welsh County of Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. Chepstow (Cas-gwent is a town in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. Ancient county See also Monmouthshire (historic The ancient county of Monmouthshire was formed from the Welsh Marches by the Laws in Wales He won the European championships in 1961, 1967, and 1969, individual Olympic bronze medals in 1960 and 1968, the latter on his best-known horse Mr Softee, on which he was only two fences (8 faults) behind the Gold medal position. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Mexico City In 1960 he was also voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He won the World individual championship in 1970, and in the same year was Western Mail Welsh Sports Personality of the year. The Show Jumping World Championships, or the Show jumping competition at the FEI World Equestrian Games, was started in 1953 with individual competition Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Western Mail is a daily tabloid Newspaper published by Media Wales Ltd in Cardiff, Wales owned by the UK's largest newspaper corporation In 1978 he was part of the world championship winning British team. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) He turned professional in 1973. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. David Broome has won the King George V Gold Cup a record six times on six different horses between 1960 - 1991, a record yet to be equalled. He has enjoyed most of his success on Irish Sport Horses and he has said his favorite horse of all was Sportsman. The Irish Sport Horse (ISH (US Irish Draught Sports Horse also known as the Irish Hunter is mainly the result of a cross between the Irish Draught and the Thoroughbred

Broome is still active in the administration of the sport.

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Preceded by
John Surtees
BBC Sports Personality of the Year
1960
Succeeded by
Stirling Moss
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