Helen Preece

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Helen Preece Show jumping Modern pentathlon
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Helen Preece circa 1913

nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom United States
United StatesUnited States 
birthday November 11, 1895
date of death 2nd July 1990
Career
discipline Show jumping
Modern pentathlon
 

Helen Preece Chipchase Smith (born November 11, 1895 - † July 2, 1990 ) was a British rider . She wanted to participate in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm in the modern pentathlon , but was excluded from participation because she was a woman.

biography

Helen Preece was the daughter of Ambrose Preese, Fulham Road, London . Her mother was a successful rider in England . In June 1910, at the age of 13, she took part in a pony competition (up to 15.1 hands, approx. 153 cm) at the Olympia Horse Show in London. At the next Olympia Horse Show in June 1911, Queen Alexandra personally congratulated her on her success. In November 1911, she won the Gold Cup with Scepter at the National Horse Show in Madison Square Garden in New York City . She also rode Sapelio from George Chipchase, her future husband , at the tournament .

As a 15-year-old she tried to participate in the modern pentathlon at the Olympic Games . She was denied this because of her gender. The response from the Olympic Committee to their request was very clearly negative, although there were no clear rules on the gender of the participants.

In 1914 she took second place with Scepter in the "Ladies' saddle horse riding" class and first place in the "Park and road hacks" class at the Brockton Show. She married George H. Chipchase on March 20, 1915 in New York. In December 1934 she married John Leslie Smith, a riding instructor in Boston .

Web links

Commons : Helen Preece  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Girl to enter Olympic Games . In: Louisville Courier-Journal , July 7, 1912. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2008. “Englishwomen are expecting Miss Helen Preece, a 15-year-old horsewoman, to accomplish great things at the Olympic games at Stockholm this month. Miss Preece, who will be the only female representative at the games, has won fame here as an expert horsewoman and athlete generally, and her abilities are not unknown in the United States. At New York in November last, at the Madison Square Garden Horse Show, Miss Preece won outright the $ 1,000 gold cup, open to the world for riding, in addition to many other "blues." 
  2. ^ Fifteen year old prodigy at Olympiad . In: The Evening Independent , July 9, 1912. Retrieved December 23, 2008. "She is Helen Preece, a daughter of Mr. Ambrose Preese, of Fulham road, London." 
  3. ^ Newport Social Figure Wed to a Second Riding Master . In: St. Louis Post-Dispatch , December 18, 1934, p. 2. Retrieved November 10, 2017. 
  4. ^ Women's Horses and Horsemanship at Olympia . In: The Times , June 18, 1910, p. 6. Retrieved November 9, 2017. 
  5. ↑ Helen Preece to Ride Here . In: The New York Times , November 5, 1911, p. 33. Retrieved November 9, 2017. 
  6. ↑ Helen Preece To Ride Here. 14-Year-Old Girl, Honored by Queen Alexandra, Coming to Horse Show. . In: New York Times , November 5, 1911. Retrieved December 23, 2008. “Among the passengers in the Minnewaska, which sailed to-day, is Helen Preece, a 14 year-old girl who as an equestrienne has no equal in this country. ... " 
  7. ^ Young Horsewoman After Great Honors . In: The Washington Herald , July 7, 1912, p. 13. Retrieved November 9, 2017. 
  8. ↑ Throngs Thrilled at the Horse Show . In: The New York Times , Nov. 22, 1911, p. 4. Retrieved November 9, 2017. 
  9. ^ Only Female in Olympic . In: Daily Press , June 20, 1912, p. 6. Retrieved November 9, 2017. 
  10. ↑ Girl of 15 is Only Woman Entrant in Olympic Games . In: Democrat and Chronicle , July 7, 1912, p. 28. Retrieved November 9, 2017. 
  11. ↑ Tina Hynes: 'An Olympiad with females would be impractical, uninteresting, unaesthetic and improper.' - Baron Pierre de Coubertin (en-US) . In: The Irish Times , August 7, 2008. Retrieved November 9, 2017. 
  12. ↑ Gori, Gigliola; Manganese, JA (March 23, 2016). Sport and the Emancipation of European Women: The Struggle for Self-fulfillment, Routledge, ISBN 9781134932498
  13. ↑ Take 4 blue ribbons . In: The Washington Post , October 1, 1914, p. 4. Retrieved November 9, 2017. 
  14. ^ Sues to Have Girl Cease Using Her Name . In: The Tampa Times , July 13, 1915, p. 8. Retrieved November 9, 2017. 
  15. ^ Newport Social Figure Wed to a Second Riding Master . In: St. Louis Post-Dispatch , December 18, 1934, p. 2. Retrieved November 10, 2017. 
personal data
SURNAME Preece, Helen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Preece Chipchase Smith, Helen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British horsewoman
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1895
DATE OF DEATH 2nd July 1990