Jane Holderness-Roddam

Jane Mary Elizabeth Holderness-Roddam CVO CBE (née Bullen; born 1 July 1948, Charmouth, Dorset[1]) is a British event rider, winning Badminton Horse Trials in 1968 (on Our Nobby) and 1978 (on Warrior). She also won Burghley Horse Trials in 1976 (on 'Warrior'), and competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City,[2] winning team gold for Great Britain, alongside Richard Meade, Reuben Jones and Derek Allhusen.

Jane Holderness-Roddam
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  United Kingdom
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1968 Mexico City Team eventing
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1977 BurghleyTeam eventing

Currently, Holderness-Roddam owns a stables in North Wiltshire jointly with her husband.[3]

Holderness-Roddam was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in the 1999 New Year Honours,[4] Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2004 Birthday Honours,[5] and Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2020 Birthday Honours.[6] She was presented with the Queen's Award for Equestrianism in 2009.[7]

References
  1. "UWE Bristol: News". info.uwe.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  2. "Team GB". www.olympics.org.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  3. "West Kington Stud". www.westkingtonstud.co.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  4. UK list: "No. 55354". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 1998. p. 4.
  5. United Kingdom list: "No. 57315". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2004. p. 8.
  6. "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B4.
  7. "Michael Jung to make his Badminton debut - Horse & Hound". Horse & Hound. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2018.


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