# Charles Anderson (equestrian)

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American equestrian (1914–1993)

Olympic medal record Men's equestrian Representing the United States Olympic Games 1948 London Team eventing

**Charles Howard Anderson** (October 24, 1914 – March 27, 1993) was an American equestrian who won a gold medal for [eventing](/source/Eventing) at the [1948 Summer Olympics](/source/1948_Summer_Olympics).[1]

## Military career

Anderson graduated from the [United States Military Academy at West Point](/source/United_States_Military_Academy) in 1938 and went on to serve as a career officer in the U.S. Army, retiring in 1966 at the rank of [full colonel](/source/Colonel_(United_States)). During World War II, he was a member of the [Airborne Division](/source/Airborne_Division).[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Charles Anderson Bio, Stats and Results"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052121/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/charles-anderson-1.html). sports-reference.com. Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/charles-anderson-1.html) on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Charles Howard ANDERSON"](https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/charles-howard-anderson). *olympics.com*. Retrieved 2025-03-18.

## External links

- [Charles Anderson](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/11547) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

v t e Olympic equestrian champions in team eventing 1912: Nordlander, Adlercreutz, Casparsson, Åminne (SWE) 1920: Mörner, Lundström, von Braun, Dyrsch (SWE) 1924: van der Voort van Zijp, de Mortanges, de Kruijff, Colenbrander (NED) 1928: de Mortanges, de Kruijff, van der Voort van Zijp (NED) 1932: Thomson, Chamberlin, Argo (USA) 1936: Stubbendorf, Lippert, von Wangenheim (GER) 1948: Henry, Anderson, Thomson (USA) 1952: von Blixen-Finecke, Stahre, Frölén (SWE) 1956: Weldon, Rook, Hill (GBR) 1960: Morgan, Lavis, Roycroft (AUS) 1964: Checcoli, Angioni, Ravano (ITA) 1968: Allhusen, Meade, Jones (GBR) 1972: Meade, Gordon-Watson, Parker, Phillips (GBR) 1976: Coffin, Plumb, Davidson, Tauskey (USA) 1980: Blinov, Salnikov, Volkov, Rogozhin (URS) 1984: Plumb, Stives, Fleischmann, Davidson (USA) 1988: Erhorn, Baumann, Kaspareit, Ehrenbrink (FRG) 1992: Green, Rolton, Hoy, Ryan (AUS) 1996: Schaeffer, Rolton, Hoy, Dutton (AUS) 2000: Dutton, Hoy, Tinney, Ryan (AUS) 2004: Boiteau, Lyard, Courrèges, Teulère, Touzaint (FRA) 2008: Thomsen, Ostholt, Dibowski, Klimke, Romeike (GER) 2012: Auffarth, Jung, Klimke, Schrade, Thomsen (GER) 2016: Laghouag, Lemoine, Nicolas, Vallette (FRA) 2020: Collett, McEwen, Townend (GBR) 2024: Canter, McEwen, Collett (GBR)

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