British Olympic equuestrian hero Sir Harry Llewellyn, who secured his country the only gold medal in the 1952 games, has died. He was 88, his Aintree but will be chiefly remembered for keeping an ice-cool nerve to clinch the team showjumping gold for Britain.

Riding Foxhunter, a horse bred in Norfolk for hunting, the lieutenant-colonel needed a clear round to win the last event of the Games.

They were faultless and added gold at last to Britain's tally of two silver and eight bronze medals from the Games. The other team members were Wilfred White and Douglas Stewart.

Sir Harry, who was knighted in 1977 for his services to Welsh business, also won a team bronze at the 1948 London Olympics, again with Foxhunter. The pair won 78 international events. The horse died in 1959, aged 19.

During the war, Sir Harry saw action in Italy and Normandy and was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Field Marshal Montgomery for working as his liaison officer.

He was chairman of the Sports Council of Wales from 1971 to 1981.