Michael Plumb

Michael Plumb

Personal information
Born	March 28, 1940 (1940-03-28) (age 76) Islip, New York, U.S.
Medal record Equestrian Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1976 Montreal Team eventing 1984 Los Angeles Team eventing 1964 Tokyo Team eventing 1968 Mexico City Team eventing 1972 Munich Team eventing 1976 Montreal Individual eventing World Championships 1974 Burghley Team eventing 1974 Burghley Individual eventing 1978 Lexington Team eventing 1982 Luhmühlen Team eventing Pan American Games 1963 Sao Paulo Team eventing 1963 Sao Paulo Individual eventing 1967 Winnipeg Team eventing

John Michael Plumb (born March 28, 1940) is an American equestrian and Olympic champion who competes in the sport of three-day eventing. He holds the title of the US Olympic competitor who has competed in the greatest number of Olympics, winning two team gold medals, three team silvers and one individual silver.

He has also competed at the World Equestrian Games and Pan-American Games, winning medals at both, as well as competing in the Rolex Kentucky Three Day and steeplechase events. He has been named to the Hall of Fame of the United States Eventing Association (USEA), as well as winning annual USEA awards, and is the only equestrian rider to have been inducted to the United States Olympic Hall of Fame. He was previously married to fellow Olympian Donnan Plumb, and the couple has three sons.

Plumb was born in Islip, New York, and grew up in Syosset, New York. His father, Charles, was a steeplechase rider and huntsman, and his mother, Meem, was also an equestrian. Plumb began riding at the Meadow Brooks Hounds Pony Club, where he participated in Pony Club. In 1972, he graduated from the University of Delaware. He married Donnan Sharp Plumb, a dressage rider who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics; they later divorced. The couple had three sons – Hugh, Matt and Charlie; Charlie became a successful event rider. Matt and Hugh had a career in auto racing.

Plumb began his international competitive three-day event career at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, Illinois. Throughout his career he competed for the United States in several other Pan-American Games, and won three gold medals, including an individual gold in 1963 and team golds in 1963 and 1967. Plumb also competed at several Eventing World Championships, accruing four medals. In 1974 he assisted the US team to a silver, while also taking silver in the individual competition, and helped the US team to bronze medals in both 1978 and 1982.

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