Five-time Olympian, two-time Olympic Silver Medalist, author, clinician and international competitor, Anne Kursinski, is one of the United States\u2019 most accomplished and respected show jumping athletes.\u00a0 Anne is known for her fluid, classical, American riding style.\u2028\u2028Anne has been representing the U.S. for over 30 years.\u00a0 She started her international career while still in high school, competing on the U.S. Nation\u2019s Cup Team at Spruce Meadows.\u00a0 In 2008, she went to her fifth Olympic Games in Hong Kong, as the U.S. Gold Medal Team\u2019s reserve rider.\u2028\u2028In 1983, aboard Livius, she won individual and team gold medals in the Caracus, Venezuela Pan-American Games.\u00a0 She became the first woman to win the Grand Prix of Rome, Italy, in May of 1983.\u00a0 She has been a member or alternate member of 5 U.S. Olympic teams (Los Angelos-alternate-Livius; Seoul-team silver & individually 4th place \u2013Starman; Barcelona-team 5th place-Cannonball; Atlanta-team silver-Eros and Bejing-alternate-Champ).<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 For her efforts, she was honored with the 1991 Female Equestrian Athlete of the Year by the United States Olympic Committee.\u00a0 In 1995, the AHSA declared her the HERTZ Equestrian of the Year.<\/p>\n
In 1997, with the USET Show Jumping Team and Eros, she aided the U.S. Team to win the Nation\u2019s Cup classes at Rome, St. Gallen, Switzerland and a 2nd place finish in Aachen, Germany in 1998.\u00a0 She and Eros were 1st place qualifiers for the U.S. WEG Team that competed in Rome.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n