Ben Maher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ben Maher

equestrian

Date of Birth: 30-Jan-1983

Place of Birth: London Borough of Enfield, England, United Kingdom

Profession: show jumper

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Benjamin Richard "Ben" Maher MBE (born 30 January 1983 in Enfield) is a British show jumper.
He represented Britain at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2009 European Championships, Windsor, and 2012 London Olympics.
He won the team jumping gold at the London Olympics with Team GB, their first team jumping gold medal for 60 years.
He also won bronze at the 2011 Europeans Championships in Madrid, Spain. He has won many international Grand Prixs including the Olympia Grand Prix, Hickstead King George V Gold Cup at Hickstead, FEI World Cup Qualifier Grand Prix at Wellington with various rides. He was recently named to be on the 2016 British Olympic Show Jumping Team with Tic TacHe began riding at the age of eight.
He was educated at Saffron Walden County High School.
After finishing school, he trained with Liz Edgar before travelling to Switzerland to further his education with Beat Mandli.He had success as a young rider, winning Team Gold with the British Young Riders Team at the European Championships in 2004.
He is now a regular member for the British team, and has been ranked as high as 5th on the Longines World Rankings.