Nicholas David Skelton, OBE is an English equestrian who competes in show jumping. He began riding at age 18 months and in 1974 and 1975 took two team silvers and an individual gold at the Junior European Championships. He has competed numerous times at the European Show Jumping Championships, winning three golds, three silvers and three bronzes both individually and with the British team over a 26-year time period. In 1980 he competed in the Alternative Olympics where he helped the British team to a silver medal. He currently holds the British Show Jumping High Jump record, which he set in 1978. In 2012, at the age of 54, Skelton won the Olympic gold medal as part of the winning Great Britain men's team. 

December 30th, 1957 in (Age 66)