Timothy Grubb
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Timothy Grubb (30 May 1954 – 11 May 2010) was a British show jumping champion. In 1984 he participated at the Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles where he won a silver medal in team jumping with the British team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/tim-grubb-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041423/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/tim-grubb-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Tim Grubb |publisher=Sports-reference.com |accessdate=5 June 2010 }}
Early life
He was born in Grantham, living in Bitchfield,Grantham Journal Friday 11 June 1965, page 11 the son of John Grubb.Vale of Belvoir Gazette Friday 7 February 1969, page 2 In 1966 he moved to Garthorpe, Leicestershire.Grantham Journal Friday 20 May 1966 He attended the former independent Priory College and High School in Stamford, with sister Elaine, where he competed in athletics, the 220 yards and long jump.
His sister Susanne worked at the Newark Advertiser.Nottingham Guardian Tuesday 22 August 1972, page 10 By 1977, he lived in Stonesby in Leicestershire.Vale of Belvoir Gazette Friday 17 January 1975, page 5Grantham Journal Friday 24 June 1977, page 27Grantham Journal Friday 14 October 1977, page 26
Personal life
He married Michele McEvoy in December 1978Birmingham Daily Post Tuesday 24 April 1979 and they had a boy and a girl. They later divorced. From Stathern, he moved to the US in 1982.Grantham Journal Friday 4 November 1983, page 8
He died from heart failure in Illinois on 11 May 2010.{{Cite web |title=Three-time British Olympic showjumper Tim Grubb dies |first=Nancy |last=Jaffer |date=12 May 2010 |url=http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/397/297904.html |publisher=Horse & Hound |accessdate=5 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516020410/http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/397/297904.html |archivedate=16 May 2010 |df=dmy-all }}
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Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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