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Mary Gordon-Watson (born 3 April 1948) is a British
equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or Riding in British English) Examples of this are: * Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i ...
. She was born in
Blandford Blandford Forum ( ), commonly Blandford, is a market town in Dorset, England, sited by the River Stour about northwest of Poole. It was the administrative headquarters of North Dorset District until April 2019, when this was abolished and ...
. She won a team gold medal in
eventing Eventing (also known as three day eventing or horse trials) is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combine and compete against other competitors across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. This ...
at the
1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
in
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, and finished fourth in individual eventing. She became European champion in 1969 in individual eventing, and in 1971 she was European champion in team eventing. In 1970 she became World champion in both individual and team eventing.


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1948 births Living people People from Blandford Forum Sportspeople from Dorset Olympic equestrians of Great Britain British female equestrians Equestrians at the 1972 Summer Olympics English Olympic medallists Members of the Order of the British Empire Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain British event riders Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{UK-equestrian-bio-stub