Margie Goldstein-Engle

Margie Goldstein - Engle ( born March 31, 1958 in Wellington ( Florida)) is an American show jumper.

In April 2012, she is ranked 54 of the show jumping world rankings.

With more than 4,000,000 U.S. $ Profit money in their Spring career she broke the previous record.

Private

In 1995 she married the veterinarian Steve Engle.

Career

At the Pan American Games in Winnipeg in 1999, she won the silver medal with the U.S. team.

In 2000, she rode in the Olympics in Sydney.

At the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo in 2003, she won the gold medal in singles and bronze with the U.S. team.

In 2006 she won at the World Equestrian Games in Aachen team silver.

Injuries

In 1991, she broke her in a riding accident in which she stuck in the stirrup, the bones of her left foot. Although the doctor her prophesied that she would never be normal again can run, they already sat the following week back in the saddle. Ten weeks after the accident, she rode her first tournament.

1992 crashed her horse during a tournament at them, whereupon they broke four ribs.

In 1998, she broke his nose during a jump. Although her ​​vision was severely limited - they could only see with one eye - she started the next day.

They also broke her left shoulder, her arm, her wrist, two fingers, and twice her collarbone.

Awards

Others

"You have to figure the horse Either Has A lot of trust, or a lot of heart, Because once the wall gets over six and a half feet, it looks more like the side of a building. "

• Mona Pastroff Goldstein wrote the biography "No Hurdle Too High. The Story of Show Jumper Margie Goldstein Engle ".

Horses ( excerpt)

• Indigo ( * 2000 ), gray stallion, father: Indoctro

• Quervo Gold ( * 1993), BWP gelding, Sire: Jus de Pomme, Mother Father: Codexco
• Alvaretto