Liz Edgar

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Elizabeth "Liz" Edgar (born April 28, 1943 as Elizabeth Broome ; † April 25, 2020 ) was a British show jumper .

Liz Edgar grew up in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire , her older brother is the show jumper David Broome . In 1965 she married the show jumper Ted Edgar and moved to live with him in Leek Wootton, a village near Warwick . Their daughter Marie was born in 1971.

Liz Edgar took part in the Horse of the Year Show for the first time at the age of 12 . She has won the British Young Show Jumping Championship twice.

Liz Edgar celebrated her greatest sporting successes in the early 1980s. In the summer of 1980, she won with Everest Forever the Grand Prix of Aachen . The following year she came fourth with the British team at the European Championships . Edgar took part in World Cup finals several times and represented her home country several times in Nations Cups. She was the only rider to win the traditional Queen Elizabeth Cup, which is held as part of the British Nations Cup tournament, five times (1977, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1986).

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Successes (in selection)

European Championships :

  • 1981, Munich: with Everest Forever 21st place in the individual ranking and 4th place with the team

World Cup Finals :

  • 1982, Gothenburg: 6th place with Everest Forever
  • 1983, Vienna: 15th place with Everest Forever
  • 1988, Gothenburg: 31st place with Everest Rapier

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jasper Nissen: Large equestrian and horse dictionary . Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh 1977, ISBN 3-570-04580-3 , p. 111 .
  2. ↑ a b Liz Edgar (April 28, 1943 - April 25, 2020) , britishshowjumping.co.uk, April 25, 2020
  3. ↑ FEI person detail: Marie Edgar
  4. ↑ a b Showjumping champion Liz Edgar: 'Life is really one big competition' , The Daily Telegraph , December 27, 2017
  5. ↑ Farewell to the British show jumping legend Liz Edgar , Dominique Wehrmann / St. Georg, April 26, 2020
  6. ↑ Individual ranking European Championship 1981 , data.fei.org
  7. ↑ Team evaluation of the European Championship 1981 , data.fei.org
personal data
SURNAME Edgar, Liz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Edgar, Elizabeth; Broome, Elizabeth (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British show jumper
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1943
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 2020