Five-time Olympian, two-time Olympic Silver Medalist, author, clinician and international competitor, Anne Kursinski, is one of the United States’ most accomplished and respected show jumping athletes.  Anne is known for her fluid, classical, American riding style.

Anne has been representing the U.S. for over 30 years.  She started her international career while still in high school, competing on the U.S. Nation’s Cup Team at Spruce Meadows.  In 2008, she went to her fifth Olympic Games in Hong Kong, as the U.S. Gold Medal Team’s reserve rider.

In 1983, aboard Livius, she won individual and team gold medals in the Caracus, Venezuela Pan-American Games.  She became the first woman to win the Grand Prix of Rome, Italy, in May of 1983.  She has been a member or alternate member of 5 U.S. Olympic teams (Los Angelos-alternate-Livius; Seoul-team silver & individually 4th place –Starman; Barcelona-team 5th place-Cannonball; Atlanta-team silver-Eros and Bejing-alternate-Champ).

Anne was voted 1988 AHSA Horsewoman of the Year. In 1991, Anne was honored as the Leading Lady Rider at the World Cup Finals in Gothenburg, Sweden.  She went on to win the Grand Prix of Aachen, Germany, becoming the second woman and only the third American to ever win this event.  For her efforts, she was honored with the 1991 Female Equestrian Athlete of the Year by the United States Olympic Committee.  In 1995, the AHSA declared her the HERTZ Equestrian of the Year.

In 1997, with the USET Show Jumping Team and Eros, she aided the U.S. Team to win the Nation’s Cup classes at Rome, St. Gallen, Switzerland and a 2nd place finish in Aachen, Germany in 1998.  She and Eros were 1st place qualifiers for the U.S. WEG Team that competed in Rome.  They went on to win 1st place in the $450,000 Gran Premio Pulsar in Monterrey, Mexico, being the 1st American and 1st female to win a leg of the Pulsar Triple Crown.

Publications:

Anne Kursinski’s Riding & Jumping Clinic (2011)

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