Holly Smith (born 14 March 1989) is a show jumper who competes for Great Britain. Smith was part of the British team at the

2018 FEI World Equestrian Games The 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games were held in Mill Spring, North Carolina, U.S. at the Tryon International Equestrian Center, from September 11 to September 23, 2018. It was the eighth edition of the games, which are held every four years ...

in Tryon, North Carolina, as well as the bronze medal-winning team at the

2019 FEI European Championships The 2019 FEI European Championships was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from 19 to 25 August 2019. Competitions was held in three disciplines; jumping, dressage and para-dressage. Medalists Dressage Jumping Medals table References ...

in Rotterdam, both times riding Hearts Destiny or ''Ted'' as he was affectionate known before passing away in August 2020. Smith has been selected to represent Great Britain at the

2020 Summer Games The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

in Tokyo on her ride Denver.

Personal life

Holly lives in

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

with her husband Graham Smith and their daughter Rosie. She was trained by her ‘horse mad’ mother, Amanda Gillott.

References

Living people 1989 births British female equestrians British show jumping riders Sportspeople from Leicestershire Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{UK-equestrian-bio-stub