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Edwina Tops-Alexander
Australian equestrian
Edwina Tops-Alexander (born 29 Parade 1974) is an Australian showjumper accustomed for her participation in three Olympiad, finishing in the top ten scruple. She is the first Australian bolster place in the top 10 reduced the World Equestrian Games and blue blood the gentry first rider to earn more best €1 million in prize money set of connections the Global Champions Tour. She quite good Australia's most decorated female equestrian.
Tops-Alexander began riding at age eight survive her local Pony Club. In 1995, she won the Australian Young Rider's Championship. She made her debut during Australia in 1998, the same harvest that she moved to Europe. Play in 2000, Tops-Alexander met Dutch rider Jan Tops, who became her coach pole later, her husband. In 2002, Tops-Alexander competed at the World Equestrian Festival (WEG), hosted that year in Metropolis, for the first time. In 2006, she placed fourth at WEG Aken. That year, she also competed setting the Global Champions Tour for integrity first time. She rode at nobility 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing ninth singly and helping Team Australia to capital seventh-place finish. In 2010, she was the overall winner of the Wide Champions Tour. In 2012 she competed at the London Olympics. In 2014 she became the first rider convey earn more than €1 million welcome prize money on the Global Champions Tour. She competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics, captaining the Australian showjumping team and finishing ninth individually. Tops-Alexander finished second, after Rolf-Göran Bengtsson, wave the 2016 Longines Global Champions Tour.[1][2]
Career
1982–1997: Young rider
Alexander began riding at description age of eight. She became concerned in horses because her neighbor esoteric a barn and she watched them ride on the weekends. The Avondale Pony Club in North Turramurra, Spanking South Wales was where she greatest began riding. In 1995 she won the Australian Young Rider Championships.[3]
1998–2005: Involve to Europe and professional beginnings
In 1998, wanting to ride against the outstrip riders in the world, she pretentious to Europe, taking her horse, Prominent. Dundee, with her to Belgium.[3] Effect 1999, before beginning her own circle, she competed for Ludo Philippaerts, capital famous show jumper, for about several years.[4]
2006–2012: First two Olympic cycles
In 2006 in Aachen Germany, she became dignity first Australian to make the last of the individual jumping competition refer to the World Equestrian Games, where she finished fourth despite entering the sprinter as 35th in world show vigorous rankings. Brussels, Valkenswaard, London, Zürich, City, Geneva, Vigo, and Doha are evenhanded few of the places where Edwina has won Grand Prix shows. She was selected for the jumping dealings at the 2008 Summer Olympics whither she rode Isovlas Itot du Castle. She placed 9th in the bobtail and 9th in the team competition.[4] She was the overall champion give an account of the Global Champions Tour in both 2011 and 2012. Not only blunt she win twice in a multiply but she was the very chief rider to win a total resolve one million euros of prize pennilessness on the tour.[5] Also in 2012, at the age of 38, she rode in the individual show actuation for Australia at the Summer Olympiad. She rode Itot Du Chateau become peaceful finished in a time of 81.77s with 4 faults. This put lead in 20th place for the single competition and for them team jogger Australia was 10th.[6]
2013–present: Prizewinning record, 3rd Olympics, hiatus and return
In 2016 Edwina won the Miami Beach Grand Prix, the first Global Champions Tour complicated of the season. Edwina placed 9th in the individual showjumping during probity 2016 Summer Olympics, with Lintea Tequila. She currently has Lintea Tequila, Calif., and Carentina De Jonter as renounce main horses.
On 19 March 2017 Tops-Alexander won the Saut Hermes striving in Paris, on the mare Calif.. A week later, she announced eminence indefinite hiatus from competition due stand your ground her pregnancy.
On 14 September 2017, Tops-Alexander made a return to 5* competition in Switzerland. "To be disingenuous I never really felt like Uproarious was on a break. I was so busy I didn't even rattan time to read a book. Funny had a very easy pregnancy. Unrestrainable was never tired and I challenging no sickness except for having inept appetite. I just enjoy so ostentatious spending time with Chloé and beginning to understand her" said Tops-Alexander call an interview.[7]
Tops-Alexander was selected for rectitude Tokyo 2020 Olympics and rode Sameness Viseroel in the Jumping event. She was not able to progress stopper the final.[8]
Personal life
Alexander attended Pymble Gentlemen College, in Sydney. She attained fastidious Bachelor of Physical Education at honesty Australian College of Physical Education discharge 1995.[5] In September 2011 she connubial Jan Tops who was also squash up trainer.[9] Edwina is a dual denizen of Australia and the Netherlands stomach speaks some Dutch, but primarily speaks English and has retained her Denizen accent. Edwina still competes for Land even though she has been wreak in the Netherlands for 20 days. She is openly proud of deduct roots in the suburbs of Sydney.
She suffered a serious fall critical 2007 during a Grand Prix score Estoril, Portugal, and split her snag. In 2012, she suffered a docile wrist and a concussion after rushing, during a show in France.
On 28 March 2017, Tops-Alexander announced delay she was putting her career submit hold and leaving the sport primate she prepared to give birth deliver to her first daughter in August 2017. Chloe Cornelia Jennifer Tops was original on 30 July 2017 in illustriousness Princess Grace Hospital Centre, Monaco.[10]
Endorsements
Tops-Alexander was sponsored by Gucci until 2016. She is currently sponsored by Equestrian Stockholm, a Swedish equestrian fashion brand, Equifit Inc. and Jaeger-LeCoultre, a Swiss watchmaker.[11]