Ashley Holzer (''née'' Nicoll; born 10 October 1963) is a Canadian-born equestrian specializing in dressage, who has been representing the United States since 2017. She was born in

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, the daughter of Moreen and Ian Nicoll, and is married to Charles Holzer. Representing Canada, she won a bronze medal in team dressage at the

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, together with teammates

Cynthia Neale-Ishoy Cynthia Margaret "Cindy" Neale-Ishoy (born 19 June 1952) is a Canadian equestrian. She was born in Edmonton. She was a member of the Canadian Equestrian Team in dressage at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She placed fourth in individual dre ...

, Eva Pracht and

Gina Smith Gina Smith (born November 11, 1957) is a Canadian equestrian. She won a team bronze medal as part of the Canadian Equestrian Team in dressage at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, together with teammates Cynthia Neale-Ishoy, Eva Pracht and A ...

. She also competed at the

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and

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

Personal life

Ashley is married to

Charles Holzer Charles Holzer (born June 24, 1969) is an equestrian who represents the United States Virgin Islands. He competed in the individual jumping event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 19 ...

, who competed for the

United States Virgin Islands at the 1992 Summer Olympics The United States Virgin Islands competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 25 competitors, 20 men and 5 women, took part in 29 events in 7 sports. Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. At ...

show-jumping Show jumping is a part of a group of English riding equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes are commonly seen at horse shows throughout the world, including the Olympics. Sometimes shows ...

. She has two children; Harrison Holzer and Emma Holzer, who are both film actors. Holzer became a citizen of the United States in February 2016.

Notable Horses

* Reipo ** 1988 Summer Olympics - Team Bronze, Individual 16th Place * Imperioso - 1990 Chestnut

Dutch Warmblood A Dutch Warmblood is a warmblood type of horse registered with the Koninklijk Warmbloed Paardenstamboek Nederland (Royal Warmblood Studbook of the Netherlands (KWPN), which governs the breeding of competitive dressage and show jumping horses ...

Stallion (Cocktail x Tangelo) ** 2002 World Equestrian Games - Individual 38th Place ** 2003 Open European Championships - Individual 27th Place ** 2004 Summer Olympics - Team 9th Place, Individual 42nd Place * Gambol - 1994 Bay Dutch Warmblood Stallion (Gabor x Lector) ** 2006 World Equestrian Games - Individual 45th Place * Pop Art - 1997 Chestnut Dutch Warmblood Gelding (Amsterdam x Cabochon) ** 2008 Summer Olympics - Team 8th Place, Individual 12th Place ** 2009 World Cup - Individual 5th Place ** 2010 World Equestrian Games - Team 7th Place, Individual Special 11th Place, Individual Freestyle 8th Place * Breaking Dawn - 2001 Bay Dutch Warmblood Gelding (Akribori x Ronald) ** 2012 Summer Olympics - Team 10th Place, Individual 24th Place

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