Edwina Alexander
Encyclopedia
Edwina Tops-Alexander is an Olympic
-level equestrian
rider, who competes for Australia
. Her coach and husband is former Dutch champion Jan Tops
and she uses the Netherlands
as her base for most of the year.
Alexander began riding at the age of eight and in 1996 was named Australian Young Rider of the Year. In 2006, she became the first Australian to make the final of the individual jumping competition at the World Equestrian Games
, where she finished fourth. She was selected for the jumping events at the 2008 Summer Olympics
where she rode Isovlas Itot du Chateau.
In September 2011 she married Jan Tops.
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
-level equestrian
Equestrianism
Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...
rider, who competes for Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Her coach and husband is former Dutch champion Jan Tops
Jan Tops
Johannes Augustinus Petrus Tops is an equestrian from The Netherlands, who won the gold medal in the team jumping event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain riding Top Gun. He did so alongside Piet Raijmakers, Jos Lansink and Bert Romp...
and she uses the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
as her base for most of the year.
Alexander began riding at the age of eight and in 1996 was named Australian Young Rider of the Year. In 2006, she became the first Australian to make the final of the individual jumping competition at the World Equestrian Games
World Equestrian Games
The FEI World Equestrian Games are the major international championships for equestrianism, and administered by the Fédération Equestre Internationale . The games have been held every four years, halfway between sets of consecutive Summer Olympic Games, since 1990...
, where she finished fourth. She was selected for the jumping events at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
where she rode Isovlas Itot du Chateau.
In September 2011 she married Jan Tops.