Judith Anne Pottinger (née White; born 26 April 1956), known as Tinks Pottinger, is a New Zealand horsewoman who won a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Pottinger, riding Volunteer, was in the New Zealand three-day event team which finished third, along with Andrew Bennie, Margaret Knighton and Mark Todd. In the individual three-day event at the same Olympics, she finished fifth.[2]
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Birth name | Judith Anne White | |||||||||||||
Born | (1956-04-26) 26 April 1956 (age 66) Waipawa, New Zealand | |||||||||||||
Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||
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Pottinger continued to compete in eventing until the late 1990s.
Pottinger was born in Waipawa on 26 April 1956, the daughter of Helen "Tiny" White (née Groome), a noted horsewoman and FEI judge, and Eric White.[3][4] She was educated at Woodford House and Wellington Polytechnic.[3] In 1983, she married Andy Pottinger, and the couple went on to have two children, including Amanda Pottinger, who has won the New Zealand three-day event championship.[3][4]
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Chef de Mission: Bruce Ullrich |
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