Jacqueline Wing Ying Siu | |
Fullname: | Jacqueline Wing Ying Siu |
Nickname: | Jackie |
Nationality: | Hong Konger |
Birth Date: | 8 December 1982 |
Birth Place: | Hong Kong |
Website: | http://www.jackie-siu.com/ |
Sport: | Equestrian |
Club: | Hong Kong Jockey Club |
Coach: | Carl Hester |
Worlds: | 2018 World Equestrian Games |
Jacqueline Wing Ying Siu (born 8 December 1982 in Hong Kong) is a dressage rider from Hong Kong. She became the first equestrian athlete from Hong Kong who won a gold medal during the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.[1]
Jacqueline Siu was born in Hong Kong, where she started riding at the age of five at the Beas River Hong Kong Jockey Club. At the age of 10, she moved to the United Kingdom with her family. In England, she continued her riding career at pony, junior and young rider level where she internationally competes for Great Britain, including European youth championships. In 2005 she decided to compete under the Hong Kong flag. Jackie began competing on senior level and moved to The Netherlands to train with triple Olympic champion Anky van Grunsven.[2]
Jackie competed at five Asian Games in Doha 2006, Guangzhou 2010, Incheon 2014, 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia and Hangzhou 2022. In 2018 she also competed at the World Equestrian Games in Tryon.[3]
She is currently running her own stable Pebbly Hill Stud in Cotswold, England.
Jacqueline Siu is awarded a Medal of Honour at the 2019 Hong Kong Awards Ceremony.[4]