Lesley McNaught-Mändli
Appearance
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Equestrian | ||
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Olympic Games | ||
2000 Sydney | Team jumping |
Lesley McNaught-Mändli (born 10 February 1964) grew up on the family farm in Hinckley, Leicestershire. She began training with Ted Edgar, a successful international show jumper. In 1981 she became a Junior European Champion with her horse One More Time IV, after winning at Aarau, Switzerland.
At the age of 18 she emigrated to Switzerland, where she got a job working for Willi Melliger at his stables near Neuendorf. It was whilst living in Switzerland that Lesley met and married Markus Mandlii, a Swiss show jumper. Riding for Switzerland, Lesley won a silver medal in show jumping at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1]
References
- ^ "Lesley McNaught-Mändli". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
Categories:
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Olympic equestrians of Switzerland
- Swiss female equestrians
- Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland
- Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in equestrian
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swiss Olympic medalist stubs
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