Lizzie Purbrick
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Elizabeth Mary Josephine Purbrick (née Boone, born 16 May 1955 at Warren Farm, West Acre, Norfolk
) is a winner of an Armada Dish at the Badminton Horse Trials
in 1984 having competed several times with several mounts including Peter the Great and in many different events. In 1978 she went as an individual to the World Championships at Lexington, Kentucky and came a creditable 16th. There were no less than 22 retirements on the cross country phase. She was part of the British team selected for the 1980 Olympics
which the British team attended in part, the British government taking no official position on the US-led boycott. In 1981 she was a member of the team that won a European Gold Medal at Horsens, Denmark. Purbrick retired after being ousted by the equine institution after she moved to South Africa
. She now coaches young people in horsemanship and runs a small farm breeding horses and maintaining a parrot sanctuary.
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
) is a winner of an Armada Dish at the Badminton Horse Trials
Badminton Horse Trials
The Badminton Horse Trials is a three-day event, one of only six annual Concours Complet International Four Star **** events as classified by the Fédération Équestre Internationale , which takes place in April or May each year in the park of Badminton House, the seat of the Dukes of Beaufort in...
in 1984 having competed several times with several mounts including Peter the Great and in many different events. In 1978 she went as an individual to the World Championships at Lexington, Kentucky and came a creditable 16th. There were no less than 22 retirements on the cross country phase. She was part of the British team selected for the 1980 Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
which the British team attended in part, the British government taking no official position on the US-led boycott. In 1981 she was a member of the team that won a European Gold Medal at Horsens, Denmark. Purbrick retired after being ousted by the equine institution after she moved to South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. She now coaches young people in horsemanship and runs a small farm breeding horses and maintaining a parrot sanctuary.