Tinks Pottinger
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Birth name | Judith Anne White | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1956-04-26) 26 April 1956 (age 68) 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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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]
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]
References
- ^ a b Tinks Pottinger at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- ^ "Tinks Pottinger". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ a b c Taylor, Alister, ed. (2001). New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001. Auckland: Alister Taylor Publishers. p. 717. ISSN 1172-9813.
- ^ a b Caro, Virginia (16 February 2018). "Like mother, like daughter: three generations of success". New Zealand Horse & Pony. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
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