Megan Jones (born 6 November 1976) is one of Australia's top
event
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riders, a
Silver Medalist at the 2008
Beijing Olympic Games.
Jones began riding at the age of 5, continued through her early years in
Pony Club
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Origins
Pony Club began in Great Britain in 1929 when the Institute of the ...
before hitting the international scene in 2003 at the World Cup Final. In 2005, she won
Melbourne International Three Day Event riding three star on Kirby Park Irish Jester, then later in the same year won the four star at the 2005
Adelaide Horse Trials
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on the same mount and a second in the two star competition on another. Chosen to compete in the 2006
World Equestrian Games
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, she was on the bronze medal winning Australian Event Team, and finished 16th individually.
Jones won a silver medal in Beijing in 2008 riding Kirby Park Irish Jester in the team event, alongside countrymen
Clayton Fredericks, his wife
Lucinda Fredericks,
Shane Rose and
Sonja Johnson.
Jones owns Kirby Park Stud, in Hahndorf in the Adelaide hills. Along with Kirby Park Irish Jester and Kirby Park Irish Hallmark, her top horses have included Kirby Park Allofasudden, which was selected as a reserve in Beijing.
References
http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/megan-jones-and-kirby-park-irish-jester-withdraw-weg
External links
www.kirbypark.comMegan Jones's Blog
Australian event riders
Australian female equestrians
Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic equestrians for Australia
Olympic silver medalists for Australia
Living people
1976 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Olympic medalists in equestrian
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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