Education
United States Military Academy.
United States Military Academy.
Graduating from West Point in 1922, Thomson earned the Silver Star in World World War II while he was serving as chief of staff to the 10th Mountain Division in Italy. Trained under Harry Chamberlin, Thomson had an extremely successful equestrian Olympic career. This obstacle included a 3" jump into the water, and for most of the competitors, they found that the footing on the bottom was slippery and it was much deeper than it looked.
This obstacle created considerable controversy, as the entire German team made it through, suggesting that the home team could have had prior knowledge regarding the footing.
This is to-date the highest team medal the United States has one in dressage competition. That same year, he finished with the team gold medal on Reno Rhythm
He also served as the chef d"equipe for the eventing team at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, and was a judge at the 1952 Olympic Games.
Thomson died in July, 1971 at the age of 70.