Lesley McNaught-Mändli
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.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2000 Sydney | Team jumping |
Lesley McNaught-Mändli (born 10 February 1964) grew up on the family farm in Hinckley, Leicestershire. She began training with Ted Edgar, a successful international show jumper. In 1981 she became a Junior European Champion with her horse One More Time IV, after winning at Aarau, Switzerland.
At the age of 18 she emigrated to Switzerland, where she got a job working for Willi Melliger at his stables near Neuendorf. It was whilst living in Switzerland that Lesley met and married Markus Mandlii, a Swiss show jumper. Riding for Switzerland, Lesley won a silver medal in show jumping at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1]
References
- ↑ "Lesley McNaught-Mändli". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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