Jack Whitaker (born 9 October 2001) is a British equestrian who competes as a show jumper.

Early life

Whitaker grew up in

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, where his parents run Whatton farm. A keen footballer, he spent time in the youth academy at

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Career

In 2015, he won European Team Gold at the FEI European Pony Championships, riding Zodianne van de Doevenbree. The following year, he won Individual Gold and Team Bronze with Elando Van De Roshoeve at the event. In 2018 he competed at the

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in Argentina where he won Team Silver riding L V Chance Luck. In 2020, he was selected to be part of the Young Riders Academy. In 2021, he won his first five-star class at the Dutch Masters, riding Scenletha. He won Individual Silver at the Youth European Championships in July 2021 on Scenletha. He also Team Bronze at the event, competing as part of the Young Rider squad under the title sponsor banner of Team NAF for Great Britain. In 2022, he missed some competition time after injuring his

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at the Northcote International. In 2023, he and Joe Stockdale became official ambassadors for the Royal Windsor Horse Show. In July 2023, riding Equine America Valmy de la Lande, he won the Royal International Salver at Hickstead. In 2024 Jack was on the cover of Tatler magazine. He competed in the first leg of the 2023-2024 FEI World Cup series in

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, Norway, and finished third on Equine America Valmy De La Lande. In 2025 Jack won two Grand Prix with Valmy de la Lande and the CIS5* class at Royal Windsor Horse Show. Jack regularly competes on the Longines Global Champions Tour and is part of the Madrid In Motion GCL team.

Personal life

He is the son of Melissa and Michael Whitaker. He is a member of the Whitaker show jumping dynasty involving his father, his uncle John Whitaker, as well as his cousins

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and

Ellen Whitaker Ellen Whitaker (born 5 March 1986) is an English show jumping rider, currently ranked 191 on the FEI riders Longines Ranking list in July 2022. Career Competing since the age of 5, Whitaker has had much experience in the equestrian world an ...

. He has two sisters Katie and Molly.https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/plus/features-plus/jack-whitaker-interview-746555

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitaker, Jack 2001 births British male equestrians British show jumping riders English male equestrians Living people Equestrians at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics 21st-century English sportsmen