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Jane Holderness-Roddam

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Jane Holderness-Roddam
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  United Kingdom
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Team eventing
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1977 Burghley Team eventing

Jane Holderness-Roddam, CBE, LVO (née Bullen) was born on 1 July 1948 in Charmouth, Dorset[1] and is a British event rider, winning Badminton Horse Trials in 1968 (on Our Nobby) and 1978 (on Warrior). She also won Burghley Horse Trials in 1976 (on 'Warrior'), and competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City,[2] winning team gold for Great Britain, alongside Richard Meade, Reuben Jones and Derek Allhusen.

Currently Mrs Holderness-Roddam owns a stables in North Wiltshire jointly with her husband.[3]

Mrs Holderness-Roddam was appointed LVO in 1998, and CBE in 2004. She was presented with the Queen's Award for Equestrianism in 2009.[4]

References

  1. ^ "UWE Bristol: News". info.uwe.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Team GB". www.olympics.org.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  3. ^ User, Super. "West Kington Stud". www.westkingtonstud.co.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2018. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "Michael Jung to make his Badminton debut - Horse & Hound". Horse & Hound. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2018.