Bridget Parker (equestrian) explained

Bridget Parker (born 5 January 1939) is an English equestrian and Olympic champion for Great Britain. She won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, and finished tenth in individual eventing.[1] Parker rode a horse named Cornish Gold at the 1972 Olympic Games.[2] The British team gold medal was later called one of the "30 greatest sporting achievements of all time" by Times magazine.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bridget Parker . Sports Reference LLC . SR/Olympic Sports . 27 December 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121014181647/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/bridget-parker-1.html . 14 October 2012 .
  2. Book: Olympic Equestrian:The Sports and the Stories from Stockholm to Sydney. Bryant, Jennifer O.. 2000. The Blood-Horse, Inc. 1-58150-044-0.
  3. Web site: Best of British equestrian unveiled. February 22, 2008. 2009-10-20. Horsetalk.

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