Virginia Elliott
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Representing ![]() | ||
Equestrian | ||
Olympic Games | ||
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1984 Los Angeles | Team eventing |
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1988 Seoul | Team eventing |
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1984 Los Angeles | Individual eventing |
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1988 Seoul | Individual eventing |
World Championships | ||
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1982 Luhmühlen | Team eventing |
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1986 Gawler | Individual eventing |
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1986 Gawler | Team eventing |
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1990 Stockholm | Team eventing |
European Championships | ||
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1981 Horsens | Team eventing |
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1985 Burghley | Individual eventing |
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1985 Burghley | Team eventing |
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1987 Luhmühlen | Individual eventing |
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1987 Luhmuhlen | Team eventing |
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1989 Burghley | Individual eventing |
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1989 Burghley | Team eventing |
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1983 Frauenfeld | Team eventing |
Virginia Helen Antoinette "Ginny" Elliott MBE (née Holgate, formerly Leng, born 2 February 1955)[1] is a British equestrian competitor who competed in eventing. She is the 1986 World Champion and three-time Individual European Champion (1985, 1987, 1989). She also won two World team golds (1982 and 1986) and four European team golds (1981, 1985–89). A four-tme Olympic medallist, she won Individual bronze and team silver in both 1984 and 1988. From 2008 to 2013, she was the manager of the Irish eventing team.
Major wins
World and European titles:
- 1985 European champion - Priceless
- 1986 World champion - Priceless
- 1987 European champion - Night Cap II
- 1989 European champion - Master Craftsman
- 1985 - Priceless,
- 1989 - Master Craftsman,
- 1993 - Welton Houdini
- 1983 – Priceless,
- 1984 - Night Cap II,
- 1985 - Priceless,
- 1986 - Murphy Himself
- 1989 - Master Craftsman (first person to win Burghley five times).
Personal life
Born Virginia Holgate and raised in Malta, she married Julian Leng in 1985. The couple divorced in 1989. In 1993, she married Michael Elliott. Her Horses Night Cap II and Priceless, were by the eventing stallion Ben Faerie. Since the 1980s, she has written several books.[2]
References
- ^ sports-reference.com bio Accessed 30 October 2008
- ^ British Library
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Event riders from the United Kingdom
- Olympic equestrians of Great Britain
- British equestrians
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Equestrians at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in equestrian
- British Olympic medallist stubs
- Female equestrians
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics