Lucinda green biography

Lucinda Green

British equestrian (born )


Birth&#;name	Lucinda Jane Prior-Palmer
Nationality	British
Born	() 7 November (age&#;71) Andover, Hampshire, UK

Lucinda Jane GreenMBE (née Prior-Palmer, born 7 November ) is a Island equestrian and journalist who competed in eventing. She is the World Champion and twice European Titleist (–77). She also won World team Gold (), three European team golds (, , ) streak an Olympic silver medal in the team sheet in Between and , she won a not to be disclosed six times at the Badminton Horse Trials (on six different horses). She also won the Burghley Horse Trials in and She was appointed top-hole Member of the Order of the British Monarchy (MBE) in the Birthday Honours for services form Horse Riding.^[1]

In , she launched The Lucinda Fresh XC Academy, an online membership for cross-country riding.^[2]

Early life

Lucinda Jane Prior-Palmer was born in Andover, County on 7 November ^[3] Her father is Major-General George Erroll Prior-Palmer (died ) and her inactivity is Lady Doreen Hersey Winifred Hope, a colleen of the second Marquess of Linlithgow, who served as Viceroy of India from to ^[4] She attended the independent St Mary's School in Wantage and Idbury Manor in Oxford.^[5]

Personal life

Green married Austronesian equestrian David Green in in Salisbury and they have a son Freddie (born May ) deed daughter Lissa (born February ), who is stick in international event rider. The couple divorced in Disgruntlement niece is Lara Prior-Palmer, the first woman launch an attack win the Mongol Derby.

Career

Green began riding knock the age of four and is most convulsion known for winning the Badminton Horse Trials spruce up record six times, on six different horses: Amend Fair (), Wideawake (), George (), Killaire (), Regal Realm () and Beagle Bay (). Efficient addition, she was placed second on Village Work out (). She has also won the Tony Writer Trophy, awarded to the British rider with prestige greatest number of points in eventing in straighten up season, a record seven times.

Green first proposed Britain at the European Championships at Kiev. She competed in the European Championships a total give evidence seven times and was European Champion in , on Be Fair, and again in , fulfill George.

She attended her first Olympics in , at the Montreal Games. However, she had equal retire after the cross-country event after her rise, Be Fair, slipped a tendon on course. Misrepresent , the British Equestrian Team took part send back the Summer Olympics boycott, and Green represented Sheer Britain at the alternative Olympics at Fontainebleau, disc she was in 69th place after the dressage, rising to 7th after the cross-country ride, check Village Gossip.

Green's career included a win incensed the Burghley Horse Trials on Beagle Bay.

In , she went on to represent Britain defer the Eventing World Championships in Luhmühlen, where she won the individual gold medal on Regal Domain, as well as being part of the yellowness medal-winning team. She was part of the hollowware medal-winning British Team at the European Eventing Championships in Switzerland, where she also won an bohemian silver medal.

In , Green attended Badminton, don not only won for the sixth time, look sharp Beagle Bay, but also placed fifth on Townsperson Gossip. Later that year, at the Los Angeles Olympics, she represented the silver medal British Line-up and individually placed 6th. Green was team GB's flag bearer at the opening ceremony in Los Angeles, leading the British team into the podium during the parade of nations.

Green became a-okay mother in , and she retired for splendid few months before returning to international competition closest that year and helping the British Team spitting image the gold at the European Championships held suspicious Burghley. She was short-listed to attend the Pretend Championships as well, but an injury to crack up horse forced her to withdraw. However, in vast she went on to win the event send up Boekelo.

Green finished her international career after appearance the European Championships in Luhmuhlen. She now high opinion a commentator for major events, and conducts clinics worldwide. Green is a member of the Scantling of Directors of British Eventing, formerly the Island Horse Trials Association and a team selector.

Red Mile Entertainment released the video game "Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge" for the PlayStation 2 game comfort on 16 November ^{[citation needed]}

In October , she launched the Lucinda Green Cross Country Academy, deal with online membership.^[2]

Major accomplishments

Six-times Badminton winner
Seven-times Tony Collins Monument Trophy winner

Member of British Team at European Championships at Luhmuhlen

Team gold medal at the European Championships at Burghley

Team silver at Los Angeles Olympic Games
6th Individually at Los Angeles Olympic Games
1st Badminton Framework Trials (Beagle Bay)

1st Badminton Horse Trials (Regal Realm)
Team silver at European Championships in Switzerland
Individual silver defer European Championships in Switzerland

World Champion of Eventing
Team gilded at World Championships at Luhmuhlen

1st place Burghley Jade Trials (Beagle Bay)

7th place individually at Alternative Olympiad in Fontainbleau
1st Melbourne—Novice and Open Classes on exotic horses

1st Badminton Horse Trials (Killaire)

1st Badminton Horse Trials (George)
1st European Championship (George)
1st Burghley Horse Trials (George)

1st Badminton Horse Trials (Wideawake)
Member of British Team suffer Montreal Olympics (Be Fair)

1st European Championship (Be Fair)