Ros Canter
 Rosalind Canter at Sweden International Horse Show | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rosalind Canter(born 13 January 1986) is a Britishequestrianwho competes ineventing.She is the2018 World Champion.On Monday, 8 May 2023 she won the Badminton Horse Trials riding Lordships Graffalo. She won a gold medal in Team eventing at2024 Paris Olympics.
Early life
[edit]Canter grew up on the family farm inHallington,Lincolnshire.
She attended Kidgate Junior School in Louth,[1]and was also a competitive swimmer in the mid-1990s, with her sister Megan.[2]She also competed in cross country running, when at the grammar school in Louth, alongside her sister Harriet. And with Harriet, and her other sister Megan, she played hockey for Louth Ladies and Louth Juniors.[3]Both Megan and Harriet also competed in equestrian events, in the 1990s.
She has a degree in sports science fromSheffield Hallam University.[4]
Career
[edit]Canter'sCCI ****results include wins at bothBadminton Horse Trialsin 2023 andBurghley horse Trialsin 2024 on Lordships Graffalo, and atStars of Pauin 2023 on Izilot DHI. At the Tokyo and Paris Olympics (2020 and 2024 respectively) she won team gold with Lordships Graffalo. She won team gold and finished fifth individually at the 2017European Eventing Championshipson Allstar B, before finishing seventh at the 2017Stars of Pauon Zenshera. In May 2018, she finished third at the Badminton Horse Trials on Allstar B.
Canter won two golds at the2018 FEI World Equestrian Gamesin Tryon, riding Allstar B.[5]She is the fifth British rider to becomeWorld Champion in Eventing,afterMary Gordon-Watson(1970),Lucinda Green(1982),Virginia Leng(1986), andZara Phillips(2006).
In 2022 she competed with Lordships Graffalo in theWorld Eventing Championshipsin Pratoni del Vivaro as a member of the British Team,[6]where they finished 4th individually and as a team.
CCI5* Results
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| Event | Kentucky | Badminton | Luhmühlen | Burghley | Pau | Adelaide | Bicton | |||||
| 2015 | 37th(Allstar B) | |||||||||||
| 2016 | WD(Allstar B) | 25th(Allstar B) | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 5th(Allstar B) | 9th(Zenshera) | 7th(Zenshera) | |||||||||
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| 2019 | 5th(Zenshera) | |||||||||||
| 2020 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | |||||||
| 2021 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 (replaced by Chedington Bicton Five Star) | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | 4th(Pencos Crown Jewel) | ||||||||
| 2022 |  (Lordships Graffalo)12th(Allstar B)
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| 2023 |  (Lordships Graffalo) 9th (Pencos Crown Jewel)
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24th(Pencos Crown Jewel) |
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| 2024 | RET(Izilot DHI) | (Lordships Graffalo) RET (Izilot DHI)
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| EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew | ||||||||||||
International Championship Results
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| 2011 | World Young Horse Championships | Aprobanta |
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| 2016 | World Young Horse Championships | Pencos Crown Jewel | 30th | CCI** | ||||||
| 2017 | European Championships | Allstar B |
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| 5th | Individual | |||||||||
| 2018 | World Equestrian Games | Allstar B |
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| 2020 | World Young Horse Championships | Izilot DHI | EL | CCI*** | ||||||
| 2021 | European Championships | Allstar B |
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| 45th | Individual | |||||||||
| 2022 | World Championships | Lordships Graffalo | 4th | Team | ||||||
| 4th | Individual | |||||||||
| 2023 | European Championships | Lordships Graffalo |
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| 2024 | Olympics | Lordships Graffalo |
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| 21st | Individual | |||||||||
| EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew | ||||||||||
Notable Horses
[edit]- Zenshera
- 2018 Luhmuhlen 5* third place
- Allstar B
- 2017 European Championships - team gold, individual 5th
- 2018 Badminton Horse Trials third place
- 2018 World Equestrian Games - team & individual gold
- 2021 European Championships - team gold
- Lordships Graffalo
- 2022 Badminton Horse Trials runner up
- 2023 Badminton Horse Trials winner
- 2023 European Championships - team & individual gold
- 2024 Olympics - team gold
- 2024 Burghley Horse Trials winner
- Izilot DHI
- 2023 Pau 5* winner
References
[edit]- ^Louth StandardFriday 24 December 1993, page 2
- ^Louth StandardFriday 28 July 1995, page 14
- ^Louth StandardFriday 19 February 1999, page 22
- ^"Biography".Ros Canter Eventing.Retrieved21 September2018.
- ^"World Equestrian Games: Great Britain take team eventing gold as Ros Canter wins individual title".BBC Sport.17 September 2018.Retrieved21 September2018.
- ^"Eventing World Championships Participants".FEI.org.FEI. 11 July 2022.Retrieved26 September2022.
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University
- British event riders
- Equestrians at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- People educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth
- People from East Lindsey District
- Olympic medalists in equestrian
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic equestrians for Great Britain
- Sportspeople from Louth, Lincolnshire
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics