Gina Miles

Gina Miles
Personal information
Born November 27, 1973 (1973-11-27) (age 44)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Individual eventing
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro Team eventing

Gina Miles (born November 27, 1973) is an American eventing rider.[1] Riding McKinlaigh, owned by Thom Schulz and Laura Coats, Miles won a silver medal in individual eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She gives clinics to aspiring riders and trains horses for eventing.

She was born in San Francisco, California.[2]

Career

Miles began riding McKinlaigh in 2000. In 2002, she competed him in the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event and went on to place in the top 25 in the World Equestrian Games.[3]

In 2007, she and McKinlaigh won the individual bronze medal and the team gold at the Pan American Games.[3] They competed in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, winning individual silver.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Beijing 2008 Olympics: Gina Miles". Archived from the original on May 22, 2009. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Gina Miles". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "2015 USEA Hall of Fame Inductees". United States Eventing Association, Inc. - US National Combined Training, Horse Trials: Dressage, Cross Country, Show Jumping.
  4. ↑ "Germany Wins Olympic Eventing Gold; Miles Takes Individual Silver".


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