Piggy French
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 Piggy French and Jakata at the Quarry during the cross-country phase of Badminton Horse Trials 2011 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Georgina French | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Eventing | ||||||||||||||
| Born | August 12, 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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Georgina "Piggy" French is a British equestrian sportswoman, noted for competing in eventing. She has represented the Great Britain team at the European Eventing Championship, gaining an individual silver medal, and the World Equestrian Games.[1][2] She is from North Elmham in Norfolk.[3]
Early life
French was born in Norfolk, and gained her nickname early on when visited by her sisters in hospital who noted a resemblance to Piglet from the Winnie-the-Pooh stories.[1] Her mother Kate and sister Nini also compete in eventing.
Eventing career
Having competed on smaller events, French's first championship level ride was in 2001 at the young riders European Championship, with a 4th place in the individual and a team gold medal.[1] Piggy represented Britain as an individual at the 2009 Europeans winning the individual silver medal aboard Some Day Soon.The following year, she competed at the World Equestrian Games finishing 14th with Jakata. This combination then finished 9th at the 2011 Europeans winning her first senior team medal, team bronze. In the senior ranks she has competed at a number of CCI 4* competitions, with her best 4* place being 2nd with Jakata at the Badminton horse trials in 2011. Piggy has won numerous international 3* events that have included
Hartpury CIC3* in 2010 with Jakata
Burnham Market CIC3* in 2011 WITH DHI Topper W
Bleinhem CIC3* in 2011 with DHI Topper W
Houghton CIC3* in 2012 with Jakata
Barbury CIC3* in 2013 with Tinka`s Time
Burgham CIC3* in 2014 with Westwood Marinier
Her top horse Jakata was retired at the end of the 2014 season. Piggy will have three top horses for the 2015 season which will be DHI Topper W, Westwood Marinier and Tinka's Time.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Piggy French, British event rider". Horse and Hound. 2009-09-18.
- ^ "Results for Miss Piggy French". British Eventing.
- ^ Norfolk hopeful Piggy French’s Olympic dream, Eastern Daily Press, 07:38 06 September 2011 Retrieved 2016-10.23.
- ^ "Badminton Horse Trials:Mark Todd wins fourth title". BBC Sport. 2011-04-25.