Gillian Johnston | |
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Occupation | Polo player |
Parent(s) |
Summerfield Johnston Jr. Gil Johnston |
Relatives | Robert Johnston (brother) Katherine Johnston Tudor (sister) Lavinia Johnston (sister) Summerfield Johnston III (brother) |
Gillian Johnston is an American polo player and patron.
Gillian Johnston is the daughter of Summerfield Johnston Jr., a business executive who served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises from 1991 to 2001, [1] and a polo player. [2] Her mother, Gil Johnston, is a British-born horsebreeder and steeplechaser. [3] Her paternal great-grandfather, James F. Johnston, founded the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, the first Coca-Cola franchiser. [4] [5]
She grew up at Bendabout farm in McDonald in Bradley County, Tennessee. [2] Her brother, Summerfield Johnston III, died from polo-related injuries in 2007. [2] [6]
She reestablished the Bendabout Polo Club at her family farm in the 1990s. [7] She is the patron and captain of the Coca-Cola Polo Team. [5] [6] [8]
She first competed in the U.S. Open Polo Championship in 1999. [9] Four years later, in 2003, they won the championship at the Royal Palm Polo Club in Boca Raton, Florida alongside Adam Snow, Miguel Novillo Astrada and Tommy Biddle. [9] She and Sunny Hale are the only women to have won this championship. [10]
In 2013, she won the Ylvisaker Cup alongside Sugar Erskine, Julio Arellano and Tommy Collingwood against Marc Ganzi's Audi team. [11] [12]
She serves as the Vice President of the Polo Training Foundation. [13]
Gillian Johnston | |
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Occupation | Polo player |
Parent(s) |
Summerfield Johnston Jr. Gil Johnston |
Relatives | Robert Johnston (brother) Katherine Johnston Tudor (sister) Lavinia Johnston (sister) Summerfield Johnston III (brother) |
Gillian Johnston is an American polo player and patron.
Gillian Johnston is the daughter of Summerfield Johnston Jr., a business executive who served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises from 1991 to 2001, [1] and a polo player. [2] Her mother, Gil Johnston, is a British-born horsebreeder and steeplechaser. [3] Her paternal great-grandfather, James F. Johnston, founded the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, the first Coca-Cola franchiser. [4] [5]
She grew up at Bendabout farm in McDonald in Bradley County, Tennessee. [2] Her brother, Summerfield Johnston III, died from polo-related injuries in 2007. [2] [6]
She reestablished the Bendabout Polo Club at her family farm in the 1990s. [7] She is the patron and captain of the Coca-Cola Polo Team. [5] [6] [8]
She first competed in the U.S. Open Polo Championship in 1999. [9] Four years later, in 2003, they won the championship at the Royal Palm Polo Club in Boca Raton, Florida alongside Adam Snow, Miguel Novillo Astrada and Tommy Biddle. [9] She and Sunny Hale are the only women to have won this championship. [10]
In 2013, she won the Ylvisaker Cup alongside Sugar Erskine, Julio Arellano and Tommy Collingwood against Marc Ganzi's Audi team. [11] [12]
She serves as the Vice President of the Polo Training Foundation. [13]