Gillian Rolton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gillian Rolton
Occupation	Equestrian
Date Of Birth	May 3, 1956(1956-05-03)
Age	68
Date Of Death	November 18, 2017, Adelaide, Australia
Birthplace	Adelaide
Country	Australia
Birth City	South Australia
Horoscope	Taurus

Gillian Rolton Biography

Gillian Rolton is one of the most popular and richest Equestrian who was born on May 3, 1956 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Gillian Rolton, AM (3 May 1956 – 18 November 2017) was an Australian Olympic equestrian champion. She competed in two Olympic Games, the 1992 Barcelona Games and 1996 Atlanta Games, winning a gold medal in team eventing both times on her horse, Peppermint Grove. At the 1996 Atlanta Games, she broke her collarbone and ribs, but remounted and completed the course. She was only one of four Australians to win multiple equestrian Olympic gold medals.

Rolton enjoyed coaching children in swimming and horse riding, and decided to become a riding instructor. As there was nowhere in Australia offering this qualification at the time, she had to pursue this overseas. Compensation for a motor vehicle accident in which she was thrown through the windscreen provided the money. Before departing, she bought her first event horse, Saville Row, for $200. She deferred her teaching course for a year, and in 1975 made her way via the United States, to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where she studied at Grant MacEwan Community College. Classes included equine anatomy, horse management, horse husbandry and stable management, and she learned show jumping, which she had never done before. The course was nominally a two-year one, but in view of her prior experience she was allowed to do it in just one. After three months, she passed the final exam, topping the class with a score of 98 per cent.

Gillian Rolton Net Worth

Gillian Rolton is one of the richest Equestrian from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gillian Rolton 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Gillian Rolton was born on 3 May 1956, the daughter of a builder. She had an older brother, John. She was educated at Woodlands Girls Grammar School. She participated in swimming, qualifying for the South Australian sub-junior state team, but the school frowned on individual sports, and she had to give it up. She then took up equestrianism. She got her first horse at the age of ten, and soon began riding competitively, riding a pony at the Royal Adelaide Show in the children’s class. She left Woodlands after being told to cut her fingernails in Year 10, and completed her schooling at Marion High School. She continued horse riding, and also enjoyed surfing. After completing Year 12, she entered Sturt College of Advanced Education, where she studied education, with the aim of becoming a teacher.

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Who is Gillian Rolton Dating?

According to our records, Gillian Rolton married to Greg Rolton. As of December 1, 2023, Gillian Rolton’s is not dating anyone.

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Riding a new and inexperienced horse, Endeavour, Rolton failed to qualify for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, but was chosen as one of the eight flag-bearers of the Olympic flag at the opening ceremony. After the games, Rolton retired from competition, but remained involved with the sport. She opened her own riding school, and between 2001 and 2007 she initiated, co-ordinated and coached the Mitsubishi National Young Rider Squad, that helped talented young eventing riders to make the transition to senior level. She also helped establish the National Interschools Program. She was a national selector until 2007, when she stood down in order to become an International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) judge. She served on the grand jury at the 2012 London Olympics, and was President of the Grand Jury at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games.

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Grant Ranked on the list of most popular Equestrian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Gillian Rolton celebrates birthday on May 3 of every year.