Tinks Pottinger Explained

Tinks Pottinger
Birth Name:Judith Anne White
Birth Date:26 April 1956
Birth Place:Waipawa, New Zealand
Height:167 cm
Weight:63 kg
Country:New Zealand
Show-Medals:yes

Judith Anne Pottinger (née White; born 26 April 1956), known as Tinks Pottinger, is a New Zealand horsewoman who won a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Pottinger, riding Volunteer, was in the New Zealand three-day event team which finished third, along with Andrew Bennie, Margaret Knighton and Mark Todd. In the individual three-day event at the same Olympics, she finished fifth.[1]

Pottinger continued to compete in eventing until the late 1990s.

Pottinger was born in Waipawa on 26 April 1956, the daughter of Helen "Tiny" White (née Groome), a noted horsewoman and FEI judge, and Eric White.[2] [3] She was educated at Woodford House and Wellington Polytechnic.[2] In 1983, she married Andy Pottinger, and the couple went on to have two children, including Amanda Pottinger, who has won the New Zealand three-day event championship.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tinks Pottinger . 2018 . New Zealand Olympic Committee . 1 September 2019.
  2. Book: Taylor . Alister . Alister Taylor . New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001 . 2001 . Alister Taylor Publishers . Auckland . 1172-9813 . 717.
  3. News: Like mother, like daughter: three generations of success . 16 February 2018 . New Zealand Horse & Pony . 1 September 2019 . Virginia . Caro.