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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
Born | [1] | 18 October 1999||||||||||||||
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Sport | Equestrian | ||||||||||||||
Event | Show jumping | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joseph Stockdale (born 18 October 1999) is a British show jumper.
From Roade, Northamptonshire, his father Tim Stockdale was also a show jumper. His brother Mark Stockdale is a professional golfer. [2] Stockdale attended Wellingborough School. [3]
Stockdale started riding in a pony club when he was four years-old. He took part in the mounted games team at the Horse of the Year Show in 2013. As a teenager, he played cricket for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club Second XI. [4]
Stockdale started competing professionally in 2018, and was named Young British Rider of the Year in 2022. [5] [6]
He made his senior championship team debut at the 2021 European Championship. [7]
He won team bronze at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark, alongside Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Harry Charles. [8] [9]
In 2023, he and Jack Whitaker became official ambassadors for the Royal Windsor Horse Show. [10]
In May 2024, he was placed on the list of British showjumping Olympic entries for the 2024 Paris Games. [11] The following month, he was confirmed as one of the four riders selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Olympic Games. [12]