# Ian Stark > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ian_Stark > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ian_Stark.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Stark > Source revision: 1312653402 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Scottish equestrian (born 1954) Ian Stark Medal record Equestrian Representing Great Britain Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Team eventing 1988 Seoul Individual eventing 1988 Seoul Team eventing 2000 Sydney Team eventing World Championships 1986 Gawler Team eventing 1990 Stockholm Individual eventing 1990 Stockholm Team eventing European Championships 1985 Burghley Team eventing 1987 Luhmuhlen Team eventing 1989 Burghley Team eventing 1991 Punchestown Individual eventing 1991 Punchestown Team eventing 1997 Burghley Team eventing 1999 Luhmuhlen Team eventing 1987 Luhmuhlen Individual eventing 1985 Burghley Individual eventing **Ian David Stark**, [OBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) (born 22 February 1954) is a retired [Scottish](/source/Scotland) [equestrian](/source/Equestrianism) who competed in the sport of [eventing](/source/Eventing). Stark was born in [Galashiels](/source/Galashiels) in the [Borders](/source/Scottish_Borders) in 1954 and began riding horses at the age of 10. Stark was inducted into the [Scottish Sports Hall of Fame](/source/Scottish_Sports_Hall_of_Fame) in March 2010.[1] ## Career In 1984 Stark won a silver medal for eventing in the [Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games), which were held in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles). In 2000 Stark won a silver team medal for eventing in the Olympic Games held in [Sydney](/source/Sydney), [Australia](/source/Australia). Other accomplishments are: - Two silver medals in the Seoul Games of 1988 - Two silver medals in the World Championships in 1990 - Two gold medals in the [European Eventing Championships](/source/European_Eventing_Championship) in 1991 - A gold in the [European Eventing Championships](/source/European_Eventing_Championship) in 1997 - Winner of the [Badminton Horse Trials](/source/Badminton_Horse_Trials) in 1999 Stark retired from competition upon completing the 2007 [Kentucky Three Day Event](/source/Kentucky_Three_Day_Event) aboard Full Circle II. ## Honours Stark was awarded the [MBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) in 1989 and OBE in 2000.[2] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Six sporting legends honoured in Scottish Sports Hall of Fame"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110723155841/http://www.sshf.co.uk/news/six_sporting_legends_honoured_scottish_sports_hall_fame). Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. 16 March 2010. Archived from [the original](http://www.sshf.co.uk/news/six_sporting_legends_honoured_scottish_sports_hall_fame) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Ian Stark Equestrian Centre, Biography](http://ianstarkequestriancentre.co.uk/ian-stark/) ## External links - [Ian Stark](https://www.fei.org/athlete/10004354) (and [here](https://bios.fei.org/bios/Person/10004354)) at [FEI](/source/International_Federation_for_Equestrian_Sports) - [Ian Stark](http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst1942.html) at the [Gazetteer for Scotland](/source/Gazetteer_for_Scotland) - [Ian Stark](https://sshf.sportscotland.org.uk/inductees/ian-stark-obe/) at the [Scottish Sports Hall of Fame](/source/Scottish_Sports_Hall_of_Fame) - [Ian Stark](https://www.teamgb.com/athletes/3sxCTbH9pkh3MZb1Ccyz0w) at [Team GB](/source/Team_GB) - [Ian Stark](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/12782) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) - [Ian Stark](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/ian-stark) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee) v t e European equestrian champions in individual eventing 1953: Laurence Rook (GBR) 1954: Bertie Hill (GBR) 1955: Frank Weldon (GBR) 1957: Sheila Willcox (GBR) 1959: Hans Schwarzenbach (SUI) 1962: James Templer (GBR) 1965: Marian Babirecki (POL) 1967: Eddie Boylan (IRL) 1969: Mary Gordon-Watson (GBR) 1971: The Princess Anne (GBR) 1973: Aleksandr Yevdokimov (URS) 1975: Lucinda Prior-Palmer (GBR) 1977: Lucinda Prior-Palmer (GBR) 1979: Nils Haagensen (DEN) 1981: Hansueli Schmutz (SUI) 1983: Rachel Bayliss (GBR) 1985: Virginia Holgate (GBR) 1987: Virginia Leng (GBR) 1989: Virginia Leng (GBR) 1991: Ian Stark (GBR) 1993: Jean-Lou Bigot (FRA) 1995: Lucy Thompson (IRL) 1997: Bettina Hoy (GER) 1999: Pippa Funnell (GBR) 2001: Pippa Funnell (GBR) 2003: Nicolas Touzaint (FRA) 2005: Zara Phillips (GBR) 2007: Nicolas Touzaint (FRA) 2009: Kristina Cook (GBR) 2011: Michael Jung (GER) 2013: Michael Jung (GER) 2015: Michael Jung (GER) 2017: Ingrid Klimke (GER) 2019: Ingrid Klimke (GER) 2021: Nicola Wilson (GBR) 2023: Ros Canter (GBR) 2025: Laura Collett (GBR) v t e European equestrian champions in team eventing 1953: Great Britain: (Weldon, Hindley, Hill) 1954: Great Britain: (Hill, Weldon, Rook, Mason) 1955: Great Britain: (Weldon, Hill, Rook, Mason) 1957: Great Britain: (Willcox, Marsh, Allhusen, Tatham-Warter) 1959: West Germany: (Lütke-Westhüs, Pohlmann, Dehning, Klimke) 1962: Soviet Union: (Gazyumov, Deyev, Baklyshkin, Mursalimov) 1965: Soviet Union: (Gorelkin, Mursalimov, Yevdokimov, Baklyshkin) 1967: Great Britain: (Whitely, Allhusen, Jones, Meade) 1969: Great Britain: (Walker, Allhusen, Hely-Hutchinson, Jones) 1971: Great Britain: (West, Meade, Gordon-Watson, Phillips) 1973: West Germany: (Blöcker, Mergler, Karsten, Klugmann) 1975: Soviet Union: (Gornushko, Kalinin, Lanyugin, Tishkin) 1977: Great Britain: (Prior-Palmer, Holderness-Roddam, Collins, Strachan) 1979: Ireland: (Watson, Foster, Lillingston, Cantillon) 1981: Great Britain: (Purbrick, Benson, Meade, Holgate) 1983: Sweden: (Persson, Breisner, Ingvarsson, Ullsten) 1985: Great Britain: (Holgate, Clarke, Stark, Green) 1987: Great Britain: (Leng, Stark, Hunt, Green) 1989: Great Britain: (Powell, Stark, Leng, Clarke-Sutherland) 1991: Great Britain: (Stark, Walker, Straker, Thomson) 1993: Sweden: (Christensson, Bergendorff, Duvander, Hermann) 1995: Great Britain: (Bathe, Gifford, Fox-Pitt, King) 1997: Great Britain: (Bartle, Stark, King, Fox-Pitt) 1999: Great Britain: (Gifford, Brakewell, Stark, Funnell) 2001: Great Britain: (Law, Brakewell, Fox-Pitt, Funnell) 2003: Great Britain: (Brakewell, Fox-Pitt, Law, Funnell) 2005: Great Britain: (Phillips, Fox-Pitt, Brakewell, Law) 2007: Great Britain: (Townend, Dick, Phillips, King) 2009: Great Britain: (Cook, Fox-Pitt, Wilson, Townend) 2011: Germany: (Jung, Auffarth, Klimke, Dibowski) 2013: Germany: (Jung, Klimke, Schrade, Dibowski) 2015: Germany: (Jung, Auffarth, Klimke, Schrade) 2017: Great Britain: (Cook, Wilson, Canter, Townend) 2019: Germany: (Klimke, Jung, Dibowski, Rüder) 2021: Great Britain: (Wilson, March, King, Canter) 2023: Great Britain: (Collett, Ingham, King, Canter) 2025: Germany: (Lübbeke, Hansen-Hotopp, Robiné, Jung) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF WorldCat National United States --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ian Stark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Stark) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Stark?action=history)). 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