Jonathan was the highest placed American rider in both the olympics and paralympic at London 2012, finishing fourth in the grade 1b individual test and fifth in the freestyle riding NTEC Richter Scale.

It was the pair’s first Paralympics but the talented combination competed at the world championships in 2010, and won the United States Equestrian Foundation national para-equestrian championship the following year.

James and Tina Wentz posted the tragic news of the death of their son, who was born with cerebral palsy, on his facebook page.

written by nikki phelan