Julia Hargreaves (born 8 April 1986) is an Australian

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. She represented

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at the

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in equestrian jumping.

Personal

Hargreaves was born on 8 April 1986 in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

. She spent part of her childhood in the

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, and attended Saxe Middle School in

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. When she was eleven years old, she moved to Australia, going to high school at

Northholm Grammar School Northholm Grammar School is an independent Anglican co-educational primary and secondary day school, located in Arcadia. The school was established in 1983 and is situated on 10 hectares. It currently serves students from Kindergarten to Year ...

and

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. She moved to the Netherlands in May 2011 in order to train with fellow Olympian

Edwina Tops-Alexander Edwina Tops-Alexander (born 29 March 1974) is an Australian showjumper known for her participation in three Olympics, finishing in the top ten twice. She is the first Australian to place in the top 10 at the World Equestrian Games and the firs ...

, and lives there . , Hargreaves is tall and weighs .

Equestrian

Hargreaves started riding at seven years old in the Hong Kong jockey Club. She has been coached by George Sanna since 2005 and is also coached by Tops-Alexander. Her primary training base is in Sydney, Australia. She trains six days a week, and is a member of Copabella Sporthorses, Arcadia, New South Wales. She competed in several competitions in 2011. She finished 24th at the 2011 La Coruna CSI5 Grand Prix held in La Coruna, Spain, finished 13th at the 2011 Wien Stadthalle CSI4 Table A held in Wien Stadthalle, Austria, finished first at the 2011 Sydney Royal CSI1 held in Sydney, Australia and finished eighth at the 2011 Zuidwolde CSI2 held in Zuidwolde, The Netherlands. In 2012, she finished first at the 2012 Doha Global Champions Tour in Doha, Qatar; finished 12th at the 2012 Lummen CSIO4 National Cup and finish 38th at the 2012 Lummen CSIO4 Grand Prix, both in Lummen, Belgium; and finished 30th at the 2012 at the Dortmund CSI3 Grand Prix held in Dortmund, Germany. Later in 2012, Hargreaves was selected, with her horse Vedor, to represent

at the

in her first Games, to participate in the equestrian team jumping and individual jumping events.

Performances

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hargreaves, Julia Australian female equestrians Olympic equestrians for Australia Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics 1986 births Living people 21st-century Australian women Hong Kong emigrants to Australia