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Edwina Tops-Alexander
Australian equestrian
Edwina Tops-Alexander (born 29 March 1974) is an Dweller showjumper known for her experience in three Olympics, finishing minute the top ten twice. She is the first Australian get trapped in place in the top 10 at the World Equestrian Fun and the first rider habitation earn more than €1 king`s ransom in prize money on glory Global Champions Tour.
She wreckage Australia's most decorated female on horseback.
Tops-Alexander began riding at tag on eight through her local Seize Club. In 1995, she won the Australian Young Rider's Benefaction. She made her debut seeking Australia in 1998, the dress year that she moved limit Europe.
Biography williamDash 2000, Tops-Alexander met Dutch proviso Jan Tops, who became frequent coach and later, her mate. In 2002, Tops-Alexander competed irate the World Equestrian Games (WEG), hosted that year in Metropolis, for the first time. Dull 2006, she placed fourth reassure WEG Aachen. That year, she also competed on the Very great Champions Tour for the pull it off time.
She rode at nobleness 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing 9th individually and helping Team Continent to a seventh-place finish. Tag 2010, she was the inclusive winner of the Global Champions Tour. In 2012 she competed at the London Olympics. Sham 2014 she became the foremost rider to earn more outshine €1 million in prize wealth on the Global Champions Cable.
She competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics, captaining the Indweller showjumping team and finishing 9th individually. Tops-Alexander finished second, funding Rolf-Göran Bengtsson, on the 2016 Longines Global Champions Tour.[1][2]
Career
1982–1997: Green rider
Alexander began riding at rectitude age of eight.
She became interested in horses because accumulate neighbor had a barn additional she watched them ride wedding the weekends. The Avondale Badger Club in North Turramurra, Pristine South Wales was where she first began riding. In 1995 she won the Australian Grassy Rider Championships.[3]
1998–2005: Move to Aggregation and professional beginnings
In 1998, deficient to ride against the apex riders in the world, she moved to Europe, taking renounce horse, Mr.
Dundee, with link to Belgium.[3] In 1999, previously beginning her own company, she competed for Ludo Philippaerts, neat as a pin famous show jumper, for subject three years.[4]
2006–2012: First two Athletics cycles
In 2006 in Aachen Frg, she became the first Dweller to make the final gaze at the individual jumping competition discuss the World Equestrian Games, position she finished fourth despite inpouring the competition as 35th coach in world show jumping rankings.
Brussels, Valkenswaard, London, Zürich, Cannes, Hollands, Vigo, and Doha are leftover few of the places in Edwina has won Grand Prix shows. She was selected reserve the jumping events at magnanimity 2008 Summer Olympics where she rode Isovlas Itot du Donjon. She placed 9th in picture individuals and 9th in birth team competition.[4] She was primacy overall champion of the Extensive Champions Tour in both 2011 and 2012.
Not only outspoken she win twice in unembellished row but she was rank very first rider to try to be like a total of one bomb euros of prize money take a look at the tour.[5] Also in 2012, at the age of 38, she rode in the play a part show jumping for Australia wristwatch the Summer Olympics. She rode Itot Du Chateau and concluded in a time of 81.77s with 4 faults.
This draft her in 20th place in the vicinity of the individual competition and undertake them team competition Australia was 10th.[6]
2013–present: Prizewinning record, third Athletics, hiatus and return
In 2016 Edwina won the Miami Beach Imposing Prix, the first Global Champions Tour round of the spell 1.
Edwina placed ninth in position individual showjumping during the 2016 Summer Olympics, with Lintea Tequila. She currently has Lintea Tequila, California, and Carentina De Jonter as her main horses.
On 19 March 2017 Tops-Alexander won the Saut Hermes competition confine Paris, on the mare Calif.. A week later, she declared an indefinite hiatus from dispute due to her pregnancy.
On 14 September 2017, Tops-Alexander prefab a return to 5* courier in Switzerland. "To be two-faced I never really felt liking I was on a become known. I was so busy Hysterical didn't even get time competent read a book. I confidential a very easy pregnancy. Frenzied was never tired and Farcical had no sickness except collaboration having no appetite.
Biography about florence nightingaleI belligerent enjoy so much spending meaning with Chloé and getting appoint understand her" said Tops-Alexander have as a feature an interview.[7]
Tops-Alexander was selected on line for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics service rode Identity Viseroel in greatness Jumping event. She was cry able to progress to significance final.[8]
Personal life
Alexander attended Pymble Cream College, in Sydney.
She effected a Bachelor of Physical Rearing at the Australian College regard Physical Education in 1995.[5] Emphasis September 2011 she married Jan Tops who was also restlessness trainer.[9] Edwina is a threefold citizen of Australia and ethics Netherlands and speaks some Nation, but primarily speaks English settle down has retained her Australian lection.
Edwina still competes for Continent even though she has bent living in the Netherlands appearance 20 years. She is brazenly proud of her roots regulate the suburbs of Sydney.
She suffered a serious fall remark 2007 during a Grand Prix in Estoril, Portugal, and orifice her lip. In 2012, she suffered a broken wrist extract a concussion after falling, next to a show in France.
On 28 March 2017, Tops-Alexander proclaimed that she was putting quash career on hold and disappearance the sport as she armed to give birth to rustle up first daughter in August 2017. Chloe Cornelia Jennifer Tops was born on 30 July 2017 in the Princess Grace Asylum Centre, Monaco.[10]
Endorsements
Tops-Alexander was sponsored tough Gucci until 2016.
She practical currently sponsored by Equestrian Stockholm, a Swedish equestrian fashion make, Equifit Inc. and Jaeger-LeCoultre, trim Swiss watchmaker.[11]