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Mendoza was ranked 65 in the world and was Britain's second top female rider, as of 31 August 2015. [25] In the autumn of 2015, Mendoza was announced as the Longines Rising Star of 2015 at the annual FEI Awards, in recognition of her outstanding sporting talent. She also took British Showjumping's Young (under 21) Rider of the Year Award for 2015.
In 2010, Whitaker spoke to the press after refusing to jump for the British team due to a conflict with the team manager, Rob Hoekstra. She told Horse & Hound: "I only have Ocolado at the moment and Rob wanted to interfere with the way I do everything." Her father, and manager, added: "It's not a matter of Ellen not wanting to jump for her ...
To cap her best season to date, on 26 September, Deignan won the World Championships road race in Richmond, Virginia, USA, beating van der Breggen in a sprint from a small group of nine riders at the finish line, becoming the fourth British woman to win the world road race title after Beryl Burton, Mandy Jones and Nicole Cooke. [31]
[1] [2] Riding Cola III she won the national seven-year-old championships at Osberton in 2017, and placed second in the young rider national championships at Houghton in 2018 and 2019. [3] She rode at the young rider Europeans in 2018 and 2019 on Cola III and came home with individual silver and team gold in 2019. [ 1 ]
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:English female equestrians The contents of that subcategory can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it. See also: Category:British male equestrians
Danielle 'Dani' Rowe MBE (née King; born 21 November 1990) is a British former road and track cyclist.She retired from cycling in December 2018. [2]A team pursuit gold medallist from the London Olympics in 2012, Rowe also won three consecutive world titles in the women's team pursuit, winning in 2011, [3] (with Laura Trott and Wendy Houvenaghel), 2012 (with Trott and Joanna Rowsell), and 2013 ...
Romero has won world championships in both cycling and rowing; as a rower, she won a silver medal at the Athens 2004 Olympics in the quadruple sculls, and the following year was part of the British crew that won the 2005 World Championships in the quad sculls. Suffering from a persistent back injury, Romero retired from rowing in 2006. [6]
The Billie Fleming Tribute Cycle Ride in 2015 [6] aimed to recreate Fleming's ride over 2015, with different women riders each day. [7] By the end of the year 400 riders had covered 107,000 miles. Kajsa Tylen was inspired by Fleming, and started to cycle on New Year's Day 2016, aiming to cover 36,000 miles (58,000 km) at 100 miles (160 km) per ...