Germanys Michael Jung sealed his third individual Olympic victory this afternoon when he pulled off a beautiful showjumping clear aboard Chipmunk FRH in Paris.Laura Collett also showjumped clear to secure another medal for Britain following this mornings historic fifth team gold and collected individual bronze aboard London 52.Australias Chris Burton and Shadow Man took the silver.I never thought this day would come, said a tearful Laura. I owe absolutely everything to that horse.Its so many years of hard work and blood, sweat and tears. Emotional rollercoaster doesnt even do it justice, but for moments like this every single bad day is so worth it.You just have to never give up and never lose hope. You can never dream too big.Fourth for McEwenBritains Tom McEwen won individual silver in Tokyo three years ago but just missed out on another shiny medallion here, finishing fourth with JL Dublin.He was pipped by Laura by 2.7 penalties.Fourth is never an easy position to finish in at an Olympics, because its the first that doesnt come with a medal. However, the team gold hanging around is neck is sure to help.Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo, the third part of Britains team gold medal-winning eventing machine, finished 21st individually.Ros is the current World Number One but was hampered in Paris by the controversial 15 penalties she picked up for missing a white flag in yesterdays cross-country phase.Without that she would have finished inside the top 10.History makerMichael Jung wins his third gold with Chipmunk FRHMichael Jung has been rewriting the history books for a number of years now. If his reputation as the most successful event rider to ever live was ever in doubt, he has surely cemented that title now.He is the first rider to ever win three individual Olympic titles. His first came at the London 2012 Games, where he also led the German squad to team gold.Then four years later he won individual gold again as well as team silver in Rio.In doing so he became the third rider to win back-to-back individual Olympic golds, after theNetherlands Charles Pahud de Mortanges (in 1928 and 1932 riding Marcroix) and New Zealander Mark Todd (in 1984 and 1988, both on Charisma).Michael was the event rider with the most Olympic medals to his name competing in Paris. His tally has now increased to five.A day Ill never forgetLaura set a record-breaking dressage score that earned her an early lead on day one. She then slipped to silver with 0.8 of a penalty for being two seconds over the cross-country optimum time.London 52 had one showjump down in the first round, before pulling off a textbook clear in the second phase.Im so lucky to be the one that gets to enter an arena like that and come out with a team gold and individual bronze medal at the Olympics, but there are so many people that have contributed, said Laura.I thought Tokyo was special but this has blown it out the water, she continued, referring to the team gold she won alongside Tom McEwen and Oliver Townend three years ago, also riding London 52 (Dan).To ride into a crowd like this and feel like every single person is willing you on and lifting you higher and higher. Dan definitely felt that. I dont think hes ever tried so hard.This is all him. Im just the lucky one that has to steer him and make sure i aim him at the right jumps. This is a day I will never forget.Final individual top 10Gold Germanys Michael Jung and Chipmunk FRH 21.8Silver Australias Christopher Burton and Shadow Man 22.4Bronze Great Britains Laura Collett and London 52 23.14th Great Britains Tom McEwen and JL Dublin 25.85thJapans Kazuma Tomoto and Vinci de la Vigne 27.46th New Zealands Tim Price and Falco 28.57th Japans Yoshi Oiwa and MGH Grafton Street 30.38th Switzerlands Felix Vogg and Dao de LOcean 30.59th The Netherlands Janneke Boonzaaijer and Champ de Tailleur 31.910th USAs Boyd Martin and Fedarman B 32.1View the final individual results in fullRelated contentWe brought it home! Historic fifth gold for Team GB in ParisHandy Olympic timetables to download plus how to watchView the Olympic cross-country fences12 things you might not know about Team GBs Laura CollettInteresting facts about the equestrian venue for the Paris OlympicsThe post You can never dream too big: Laura Collett wins individual medal in Paris appeared first on Your Horse.