Bridget Parker (born 5 January 1939) is an English

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 in ...

and Olympic champion for Great Britain. 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 19 ...

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, and finished tenth in individual eventing. Parker rode a horse named Cornish Gold at the 1972 Olympic Games. The British team gold medal was later called one of the "30 greatest sporting achievements of all time" by Times magazine.

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* 1939 births Living people Olympic equestrians of Great Britain British female equestrians Equestrians at the 1972 Summer Olympics English Olympic medallists Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain British event riders Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{UK-equestrian-bio-stub