Lesley McNaught-Mändli explained

Lesley McNaught-Mändli (10 February 1964 – 26 December 2023) was a British-born Swiss equestrian.

Biography

McNaught-Mändli grew up on the family farm in Hinckley, Leicestershire, and began training with Ted Edgar, a successful international show jumper. In 1981 she became a Junior European Champion with her horse One More Time IV, after winning at Aarau, Switzerland.

At the age of 18 she emigrated to Switzerland, where she got a job working for Willi Melliger at his stables near Neuendorf. It was whilst living in Switzerland that Lesley met and married Beat Mändli, a Swiss show jumper. Riding for Switzerland, Lesley won a silver medal in show jumping at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1]

McNaught-Mändli died on 26 December 2023, at the age of 59.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lesley McNaught-Mändli . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031050/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/lesley-mcnaught-mandli-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . SR/Olympic Sports . 24 November 2013.
  2. https://www.nau.ch/sport/andere/schweizer-olympia-medaillengewinnerin-lesley-mcnaught-59-ist-tot-66677256 Schweizer Olympia-Medaillengewinnerin Lesley McNaught (†59) ist tot