Jasmine Chen (June 15, 1989 in Taipei) is a Taiwanese Olympic

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. Her coach is the German jumper and

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Paul Schockemöhle, who also trains her twin sister Joy, also a showjumper. In 2006 Jasmine Chen competed in the

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in Doha, Qatar with her

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, an

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named Comodoro, placing 2nd in the singles and 7th place in the team competition. Jasmine attended the

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where she majored in Art History. She has also worked at Sotheby’s Contemporary Art department in New York and Hong Kong between 2013 and 2020.

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FEI article on Asian Games
Living people 1989 births Sportspeople from Taipei Taiwanese female equestrians Show jumping riders Taiwanese emigrants to the United States Equestrians at the 2006 Asian Games Equestrians at the 2010 Asian Games Equestrians at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games University of Pennsylvania alumni Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Taiwan {{Taiwan-sport-bio-stub