Most Olympic gold show jumping medals

The most Olympic gold show jumping medals won by a rider is five by Hans Günter Winkler (West Germany) (b. July 24, 1926), four team medals in 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1972 and the individual Grand Prix in 1956. He also won team silver in 1976 and team bronze in 1968 for a record seven medals overall. Show jumping is one of the disciplines within the Equestrian Summer Olympics programme, the other disciplines are dressage and eventing. Another German, Reiner Klimke, has won 6 gold medals in the dressage discipline. Equestrian events have been mixed gender since 1952.