Jill Irving Explained

Jill Irving
Fullname:Jill Irving
Discipline:Dressage
Birth Date:1963 4, mf=yes
Birth Place:Sudbury, Ontario[1]
Hometown:Moncton, New Brunswick
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Jill Irving (born April 4, 1963) is a Canadian Equestrian Team athlete in dressage. She is reigning Pan American Games champion in team dressage, when she won gold in 2019 in Lima. Irving was born in and grew up in Ontario but has resided in Moncton, New Brunswick since her early 20s.[2]

Jill Irving was set to make her Olympic debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics at the age of 61, alongside her horse Delacroix 11, but withdrew prior to the games when the pair was deemed unfit to compete.[3] Irving remained on the Canadian Olympic dressage team as the travelling alternate with her secondary horse Genesis.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jill Irving profile . . 2019-08-29.
  2. News: 'Unfinished business': Maritime riders prepare for World Equestrian Games in U.S. . Philip Drost . . September 10, 2018 . 2019-08-29.
  3. Web site: Changes For Canadian Olympic Dressage Team - The Chronicle of the Horse . 2024-07-29 . en-US.
  4. Web site: Jill Irving Withdraws from Canadian Olympic Team for Paris 2024, Chef d'Equipe Also Replaced . 2024-07-29 . Eurodressage . en.