Beezie Madden

Elizabeth " Beezie " Madden, born Elizabeth Patton ( born November 20, 1963 in Milwaukee ) is an American show jumper.

Career

Beezie Madden's parents were in the possession of horses, they themselves got at the age of six years, her first pony.

In 2002, she began taking part in an international championship, the World Equestrian Games, for the United States. Since then, Madden was at almost every international championship part of the U.S. team, even at the World Cup finals she has participated several times. Madden was the first rider, who succeeded in 2004 to advance to the top three finishers in the world rankings.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she was instrumental in ensuring that the U.S. team won the gold medal.

At the World Equestrian Games in Aachen in 2006 it was regarded as one of the top favorites with Authentic and was flawless until the qualifying competition of the best 25 riders, which continued into the final of four riders with swapped horses. Only in the jump you made ​​a mistake at the last obstacle, as they wanted to beat the time of the Belgian rider Jos Lansink. A year later, her CHIO Aachen 2007, the World Equestrian Festival, the Rolex Grand Prix of Aachen the first place.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won with Authentic as part of the U.S. team the team gold medal and the bronze medal in the individual competition. At the Pan American Games in 2011, she won team gold and missed the single gold medal narrowly due to a time penalty point in the last round.

In April 2013, Madden secured another major single success when they won the World Cup Final in Gothenburg with Simon.

In the Show Jumping World Ranking it is located in April 2013 to tenth.

In 1998 she married John Madden, who is also her coach. When living in Cazenovia, New York.

Awards

In 1989 she was awarded by the United States Olympic Committee as the Rider of the Year ( Female Equestrian of the Year ).

In the years 2005, 2006 and 2013 was obtained in each case the gender overarching title USA 's Equestrian of the Year.

Horses

Current

• Coral Reef Via Volo (* 1998, Original Name: Via Volo van de Molendreef ), brown Belgian Warmblood mare, Father: Clinton, Mother Father: Heartbreaker
• Danny Boy ( * 2000 ), brown Belgian Warmblood gelding, Sire: Clinton, Mother Father: Alexis Z
• Simon (* 1999), brown KWPN gelding, Sire: Mr. Blue, Mother Father: Polydox until autumn 2011 ridden by Jeroen Dubbeldam

Former sports horses

• Judgement (* 1991), KWPN stallion, father, Consul, mother father, actor, retired from the sport
• Conquest II (* 1991), KWPN chestnut stallion, father: Concorde, Mother Father: Ulft
• Authentic ( * 1995, Original Name: Nimrod ), brown KWPN gelding, Sire: Guidam, Mother Father: Katell, 2013 retired from the sport

Achievements

• Olympic Summer Games: 2004, Athens: with Authentic 1st place with the team and 28th place in the individual standings
• 2008 Hong Kong: With Authentic 1st place with the team and 3rd place in the individual standings

• 2002 Jerez de la Frontera: Judgement with 6th place with the team and 29th place in the individual standings
• 2006 Aachen: with Authentic 2nd place with the team and 2nd place in the individual standings

• 2003 Santo Domingo: Conquest II with 1st place with the team and 34th in the individual standings
• 2011 Guadalajara: with Via Volo 1st place with the team and 2nd place in the individual standings