Debbie McDonald
Medal record | ||
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Equestrian
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Representing the United States | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2004 Athens | Team dressage | |
World Championships
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2002 Jerez | Team dressage | |
2006 Aachen | Team dressage | |
Pan American Games | ||
1999 Winnipeg | Team dressage
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1999 Winnipeg | Individual dressage
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Debbie McDonald (born August 27, 1954) is an American
McDonald's first
McDonald began her career in show jumping. However, she switched to dressage after a serious fall in which her horse somersaulted over her breaking ribs, rupturing her spleen, and fracturing a vertebra in her neck, She first met Parry and Peggy Thomas when she got a catch ride at a dressage show in Las Vegas on one of their horses whose rider was not available.[1]
The Thomases also became the owners of
Brentina was named the 2005 Farnam/Platform USEF Horse of the Year.[1] After the 2008 Olympics, where the mare had an uncharacteristically poor performance, she was retired to the Thomas' farm.[3] While McDonald went on to compete with other horses, Brentina developed an impaction in early 2009 and underwent colic surgery to remove a fecalith from her small colon. She has since recovered and attended a retirement ceremony at the 2009 FEI World Cup Dressage Finals in Las Vegas.[4]
On January 22, 2010 McDonald was named the U.S. Equestrian Federation's Developing Dressage Coach, a role designed to identify and cultivate future US Dressage stars.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d ""Meet US Olympic Dressage Team Debbie McDonald and Brentina"Regarding Horses 29 July 2008. Accessed 25 January 2010". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ By the U.S. Equestrian Federation. "McDonald Fourth and Dover Sixth in Dressage Individual Final" The Horse online edition, undated, 2004, accessed January 25, 2010
- ^ Press Release. "Brentina Declared Sound after Uncharacteristic Olympic Performance," The Horse online edition, August 15, 2008, accessed January 25, 2010.
- ^ Bryant Jennifer O. "Brentina's Colic Surgery: 'Routine' but Necessary, Surgeon Says" The Horse online edition, February 18, 2009. Accessed January 25, 2010.
- ^ Morris, Joanie. "Debbie McDonald to Lead USEF Developing Dressage Program" United States Equestrian Federation, press release, January 22, 2010. Accessed January 25, 2010
External links
- Debbie McDonald (and here) at FEI
- Debbie McDonald at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)