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Ben Maher

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Benjamin Richard Maher MBE (born 30 January 1983, in Enfield) is a British show jumper. He represented Britain at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2009 European Championships in Windsor, 2012 London Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics. He won the team jumping gold at the London Olympics with Team GB, their first team jumping gold medal for 60 years, an individual gold for Great Britain at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and team jumping gold again at the 2024 Paris Summer Games. That win tied him with three-day eventer Richard Meade and dressage rider Charlotte Dujardin as the most successful British Olympic equestrians in gold medals won. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Ben Maher is the 6,624th most popular athlete (down from 5,867th in 2024), the 8,221st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,942nd in 2019) and the 224th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ben Maher ranks 6,624 out of 6,025Before him are Martín Ramos, Svetlana Radzivil, Rosemarie Whyte, Maren Hammerschmidt, Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi, and Derek Mills. After him are Regan Smith, Léa Sprunger, Valentin Lavillenie, Roser Tarragó, Sadegh Goudarzi, and Morten Jørgensen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Ben Maher ranks 1,536Before him are Sancho Lyttle, Lee Jae-jin, Dean Ashton, Émilie Gomis, Jérémy Roy, and Shosuke Katayama. After him are Armin Navabi, Sarah Hammer, Lucas Sebastián Haedo, Yuki Okamoto, Garry O'Connor, and Yelena Dmitriyeva.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ben Maher ranks 8,223 out of 8,785Before him are Lauren Bennett (1989), Will Tudor (1987), Marcus Gayle (1970), Johnny Harris (1973), Callum Ilott (1998), and Jon Foo (1982). After him are Eugene Laverty (1986), Theo Hutchcraft (1986), Jonathan Greening (1979), Derek Whyte (1968), Jacob Ramsey (2001), and Kedar Williams-Stirling (1994).

Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Ben Maher ranks 224Before him are Chantal Meek (1978), Christine Ohuruogu (1984), Leslie Law (1965), Rhona Martin (1966), Amy Williams (1982), and Dina Asher-Smith (1995). After him are Joanna Stone (1972), Dai Greene (1986), Richard Hounslow (1981), Lyudmyla Olyanovska (1993), Acer Nethercott (1977), and Steve Williams (1976).