Bridget Parker (equestrian)

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Bridget Parker
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  United Kingdom
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1972 MunichTeam eventing
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1974 BurghleyTeam eventing

Bridget Parker (born 5 January 1939) is an English equestrian and Olympic champion for Great Britain. She won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, and finished tenth in individual eventing.[1] Parker rode a horse named Cornish Gold at the 1972 Olympic Games.[2] The British team gold medal was later called one of the "30 greatest sporting achievements of all time" by Times magazine.[3]

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