Sarah Whitmore (9 August 1931 – 27 March 2021) was a British

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. Whitmore started her career with eventing, but switched to dressage after breaking her back due to a fall at the Badminton Horse Trials. She competed at the 1966 World Championships and was a substitute for the

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. Her coach was

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She competed in the individual dressage event at the

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. She won in 1976 the national title in the Grand Prix. She later competed at the 1978 and 1982 World Championships. Whitmore lived at the Hilders Farm in

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. Her mother Charlotte Fry worked as a working student for Whitmore. Whitmore died on 27 March 2021, aged 89.

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* 1931 births 2021 deaths British female equestrians British dressage riders Olympic equestrians for Great Britain Equestrians at the 1976 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{UK-equestrian-bio-stub