David Broome

For the Real World contestant, see David Broom.

David Broome
Medal record

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

David Broome on Sportsman in Amsterdam 1975

David McPherson Broome CBE (born 1 March 1940) is a retired Welsh show jumping champion.

Broome was born in Wales, attended Monmouth School and still maintains his stables at Mount Ballan Manor, Crick, near Chepstow in Monmouthshire. 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. In 1960 he was also voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year. He won the World individual championship in 1970, and in the same year was Western Mail Welsh Sports Personality of the year. In 1978 he was part of the world championship winning British team. He turned professional in 1973. 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 favourite horse of all was Sportsman.

Broome is still active in the administration of the sport. In 2013, he became president of the British Showjumping Association.

Major achievements

Olympic Games
- 1960 Rome: Individual Bronze medal on Sunsalve
- 1968 Mexico: Individual Bronze medal on Mister Softee
- 1988 Seoul: Equal 4th place on Countryman

World championships
- 1960 Venice: Individual Bronze medal on Sunsalve
- 1970 La Baule: Individual Gold medal on Beethoven
- 1978 Aachen: Team Gold medal on Philco
- 1982 Dublin: Team Bronze medal on Mr Ross
- 1990 Stockholm: Team Bronze medal on Lannegan

European championships
- 1961 Aachen: Individual Gold medal on Sunsalve
- 1967 Rotterdam: Individual Gold medal on Mister Softee
- 1969 Hickstead: Individual Gold medal on Mister Softee
- 1977 Vienna: Team Silver medal on Philco
- 1979 Rotterdam: Team Gold medal on Queensway Big Q
- 1983 Hickstead: Team Silver medal on Mr Ross
- 1991 La Baule: Team Silver medal on Lannegan

FEI World Cup
- World Cup Jumping League Winner 1979/80 with Queensway Big Q and Sportsman

World Cup qualifier wins
- 1978/1979 's-Hertogenbosch on Philco
- 1979/1980 Birmingham on Sportsman
- 1979/1980 Wien on Philco
- 1979/1980 Bordeaux on Queensway Big Q
- 1979/1980 Amsterdam on Sportsman
- 1980/1981 Olympia (London) on Philco
- 1981/1982 London (Olympia) on Philco
- 1981/1982 Dublin on Mr Ross
- 1983/1984 Amsterdam on Last Resort

1966 Hickstead Derby winner on Mister Softee

King George V Gold Cup
- 1960 on Sunsalve
- 1966 on Mister Softee
- 1972 on Sportsman
- 1977 on Philco
- 1981 on Mr Ross
- 1991 on Lannegan

International Grand Prix wins include:
- 1960 Dublin on Sunsalve
- 1967 Dublin on Mr Softee
- 1968 Dublin on Mr Softee
- 1970 La Baule on Beethoven
- 1973 St.Gallen on Manhattan
- 1975 Olympia (London) on Philco
- 1977 Dublin on Philco
- 1979 Amsterdam on Sportsman
- 1979 Dublin on Sportsman
- 1981 Olympia (London) on Philco
- 1980 Olympia (London) on Philco
- 1983 Amsterdam on Last Resort
- 1981 Dublin on Queensway Big Q
- 1981 Spruce Meadows on Queensway Philco
- 1981 Horse of the Year Show (Wembley Arena) on Mr Ross

References

Awards
Preceded by Tony Lewis	BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year 1970	Succeeded by John Dawes / Wales national rugby union team / Welsh Lions

External links

David Broome Event Centre

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

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

1954–1959	1954 Christopher Chataway 1955 Gordon Pirie 1956 Jim Laker 1957 Dai Rees 1958 Ian Black 1959 John Surtees

1960–1969	1960 David Broome 1961 Stirling Moss 1962 Anita Lonsbrough 1963 Dorothy Hyman 1964 Mary Rand 1965 Tom Simpson 1966 Bobby Moore 1967 Henry Cooper 1968 David Hemery 1969 Ann Jones

1970–1979	1970 Henry Cooper 1971 HRH The Princess Anne 1972 Mary Peters 1973 Jackie Stewart 1974 Brendan Foster 1975 David Steele 1976 John Curry 1977 Virginia Wade 1978 Steve Ovett 1979 Sebastian Coe

1980–1989	1980 Robin Cousins 1981 Ian Botham 1982 Daley Thompson 1983 Steve Cram 1984 Torvill and Dean (Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean) 1985 Barry McGuigan 1986 Nigel Mansell 1987 Fatima Whitbread 1988 Steve Davis 1989 Nick Faldo

1990–1999	1990 Paul Gascoigne 1991 Liz McColgan 1992 Nigel Mansell 1993 Linford Christie 1994 Damon Hill 1995 Jonathan Edwards 1996 Damon Hill 1997 Greg Rusedski 1998 Michael Owen 1999 Lennox Lewis

2000–2009	2000 Steve Redgrave 2001 David Beckham 2002 Paula Radcliffe 2003 Jonny Wilkinson 2004 Kelly Holmes 2005 Andrew Flintoff 2006 Zara Phillips 2007 Joe Calzaghe 2008 Chris Hoy 2009 Ryan Giggs

2010–present	2010 Tony McCoy 2011 Mark Cavendish 2012 Bradley Wiggins 2013 Andy Murray 2014 Lewis Hamilton 2015 Andy Murray

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 85814486 LCCN: n81055267 ISNI: 0000 0001 0128 4664 GND: 118674358

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