Personal information | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England | 23 May 1936
Died | 12 June 2015 Studley, Warwickshire, England | (aged 79)
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Sport | Equestrianism |
Dawn Palethorpe Wofford (23 May 1936 – 12 June 2015) was a British equestrian. [1] [2] She competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and tied 20th at the final rankings. [3] [4]
Wofford was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, in 1936, and was brought up in Blakedown. [4] She learned to ride from a very early age, and was also a swimmer and played tennis. [1] At the age of two, she joined the Pony Club and was the runner-up in the 1951 Junior Show Jumper of the Year. [1] She attended Edgbaston Ladies College and the Birmingham School of Music. [4] In 1954, Wofford was the Ladies National Champion. [1] In 1955 and 1956, she won the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at the Royal International Horse Show. [4] In 1959, she won second place in the German Grand Prix Tournament held in the Halls of Westphalia with her horse Hollandia. [5] She married her husband, Warren, in secret in 1957. [4]
Wofford was selected to take part at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, but did not compete. [6] At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Wofford competed in the individual jumping event, where she tied for 20th place. [7] Just prior to the Olympics, Wofford won a silver medal at the European Women's Championships in Copenhagen. [8]
Following the Olympics, Wofford retired from show jumping. [1] In 1991, Wofford became the first ever female chairperson of the Pony Club. [1] The following year, she re-wrote the Manual of Horsemanship, the key document of the Pony Club. [9] [10]
Her brother-in-laws Jimmy and John both competed at the Olympics, [11] [12] as did her father-in-law John W. Wofford. [13] In 2013, Wofford was diagnosed with bone cancer, [14] and she died in June 2015 at the age of 79. [15] [16]
Personal information | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England | 23 May 1936
Died | 12 June 2015 Studley, Warwickshire, England | (aged 79)
Sport | |
Sport | Equestrianism |
Dawn Palethorpe Wofford (23 May 1936 – 12 June 2015) was a British equestrian. [1] [2] She competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and tied 20th at the final rankings. [3] [4]
Wofford was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, in 1936, and was brought up in Blakedown. [4] She learned to ride from a very early age, and was also a swimmer and played tennis. [1] At the age of two, she joined the Pony Club and was the runner-up in the 1951 Junior Show Jumper of the Year. [1] She attended Edgbaston Ladies College and the Birmingham School of Music. [4] In 1954, Wofford was the Ladies National Champion. [1] In 1955 and 1956, she won the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at the Royal International Horse Show. [4] In 1959, she won second place in the German Grand Prix Tournament held in the Halls of Westphalia with her horse Hollandia. [5] She married her husband, Warren, in secret in 1957. [4]
Wofford was selected to take part at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, but did not compete. [6] At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Wofford competed in the individual jumping event, where she tied for 20th place. [7] Just prior to the Olympics, Wofford won a silver medal at the European Women's Championships in Copenhagen. [8]
Following the Olympics, Wofford retired from show jumping. [1] In 1991, Wofford became the first ever female chairperson of the Pony Club. [1] The following year, she re-wrote the Manual of Horsemanship, the key document of the Pony Club. [9] [10]
Her brother-in-laws Jimmy and John both competed at the Olympics, [11] [12] as did her father-in-law John W. Wofford. [13] In 2013, Wofford was diagnosed with bone cancer, [14] and she died in June 2015 at the age of 79. [15] [16]