{{Short description|British equestrian (born 1999)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Harry Charles | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1999|7|15|df=y}} | birth_place = | nationality = British | spouse = {{marriage|Eve Jobs|26 January 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Presscott |first=Emily |date=2025-07-26 |title=Eve Jobs and Harry Charles marry in ‘quaint corner’ of the Cotswolds |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/cotswolds/eve-jobs-harry-charles-wedding-marriage-estelle-manor-f05253k3b |access-date=2025-07-28 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref>
| sport = Equestrian | event = Show jumping | club = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Equestrian }} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold | 2024 Paris | Team jumping}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Herning|Team jumping}} }} '''Harry Charles''' (born 15 July 1999) is a British show jumping competitor.<ref name=olympedia>{{cite web |title=Harry Charles |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADmen|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/143142 |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref> He represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, competing in individual jumping and team jumping.<ref name=olympedia/> Charles replaced Holly Smith in the individual competition.<ref name="Horse & Hound - 2 August 2021- 'Everyone agreed to give the opportunity to Harry': Team GB manager explains Olympic showjumping team substitution">{{cite news |last1=Donald |first1=Jennifer |title='Everyone agreed to give the opportunity to Harry': Team GB manager explains Olympic showjumping team substitution |url=https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/harry-charles-olympics-756352 |access-date=4 August 2021 |work=Horse & Hound |date=2 August 2021}}</ref> In December, 2021 Harry won the Taittinger Ivy Stakes CI5* class individual jumping event at the London International Horse Show, staged at the ExCel Centre in London's Docklands, riding 15 year old gelding, Borsato (Contendro 1 x Nijinski). In 2024 he was a member of the British team that won show jumping gold at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, riding Romeo 88. Charles competed with a strapped arm after suffering a fracture four weeks prior to the Olympics.<ref name="Grdn2024">{{cite news |title=Harry Charles revels in equestrian team gold after swapping fairways for saddle |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/02/great-britain-gold-equestrian-team-jumping-paris-2024-olympic-games |access-date=2 August 2024 |agency=PA Media |work=The Guardian |date=2 August 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== Charles was born on 15 July 1999, a son of Peter Charles, a member of the team that won Britain's first team jumping gold medal for 60 years at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, and Tara Charles.<ref name=olympedia/><ref name="Grdn2024"/>
He attended Churcher's College.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who is Team GB 2024 Olympic Gold Medallist Harry Charles? |url=https://www.independentschoolparent.com/news-and-events/who-is-team-gb-2024-olympic-gold-medallist-harry-charles/ |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=Independent School Parent |language=en}}</ref>
Charles became engaged to model Eve Jobs in September 2024. They married at St Michael and All Angels Church in Great Tew, England on 26 July 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last=Richards |first=Bailey |date=28 July 2025 |title=Steve Jobs' Daughter Eve Jobs Marries Olympian Harry Charles in Cotswolds Wedding Ceremony |url=https://people.com/steve-jobs-daughter-eve-jobs-marries-olympian-harry-charles-wedding-11748514 |access-date=28 July 2025 |work=People |publisher=Dotdash Meredith}}</ref>
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{{Olympic champions – Equestrian team jumping}}
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