# Harry Charles

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{{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](/source/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](/source/Show_jumping)
| club = 
| medaltemplates   =
{{MedalSport | [Equestrian](/source/Equestrianism) }}
{{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games) }}
{{MedalGold | [2024 Paris](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics) | [Team jumping](/source/Equestrian_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Team_jumping)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/Show_Jumping_World_Championship)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2022 Herning](/source/2022_FEI_World_Championships)|Team jumping}}
}}
'''Harry Charles''' (born 15 July 1999) is a British [show jumping](/source/show_jumping) competitor.<ref name=olympedia>{{cite web |title=Harry Charles |website=[Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) |publisher=[OlyMADmen](/source/OlyMADmen)|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/143142 |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref> He represented Great Britain at the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), competing in [individual jumping](/source/Equestrian_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Individual_jumping) and [team jumping](/source/Equestrian_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Team_jumping).<ref name=olympedia/> Charles replaced [Holly Smith](/source/Holly_Smith_(equestrian)) 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](/source/Horse_%26_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](/source/Equestrian_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Team_jumping), 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](/source/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](/source/Equestrian_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Team_jumping), and Tara Charles.<ref name=olympedia/><ref name="Grdn2024"/>

He attended [Churcher's College](/source/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](/source/Eve_Jobs) in September 2024. They married at St Michael and All Angels Church in [Great Tew](/source/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>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Olympic champions – Equestrian team jumping}}

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Category:1999 births
Category:Living people
Category:British male equestrians
Category:Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Equestrians at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic equestrians for Great Britain
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in equestrian
Category:British show jumping riders
Category:Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
Category:21st-century British sportsmen
Category:Family of Steve Jobs

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