Rosalind Canter

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Rosalind Canter
Personal information
Born (1986-01-13) 13 January 1986 (age 38)
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tryon Individual eventing
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tryon Team eventing
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Haras du Pin Individual eventing
Gold medal – first place 2023 Haras du Pin Team eventing
Gold medal – first place 2021 Avenches Team eventing
Gold medal – first place 2017 Strzegom Team eventing

Rosalind "Ros" Canter (born 13 January 1986) is a British equestrian who competes in eventing. She is the 2018 World Champion. On Monday, 8 May 2023 she won the Badminton Horse Trials riding Lordships Graffalo.

Early life

Canter grew up on the family farm in Hallington, Lincolnshire. She has a degree in sports science from Sheffield Hallam University.[1]

Career

Canter's CCI **** results include finishing fifth at the 2017 Badminton Horse Trials on Allstar B, and ninth at the 2017 Luhmühlen Horse Trials on Zenshera. She then won team gold and finished fifth individually at the 2017 European Eventing Championships on Allstar B, before finishing seventh at the 2017 Stars of Pau on Zenshera. In May 2018, she finished third at the Badminton Horse Trials on Allstar B.

Canter won two golds at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, riding Allstar B.[2] She is the fifth British rider to become World Champion in Eventing, after Mary Gordon-Watson (1970), Lucinda Green (1982), Virginia Leng (1986), and Zara Phillips (2006).

In 2022 she competed with Lordships Graffalo in the World Eventing Championships in Pratoni del Vivaro as a member of the British Team,[3] where they finished 4th individually and as a team.

CCI5* Results

Results
Event Kentucky Badminton Luhmühlen Burghley Pau Adelaide Bicton
2015 37th (Allstar B)
2016 WD (Allstar B) 25th (Allstar B)
2017 5th (Allstar B) 9th (Zenshera) 7th (Zenshera)
2018 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Allstar B) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Zenshera) 5th (Zenshera)
2019 5th (Zenshera)
2020 Cancelled due to Covid-19 Cancelled due to Covid-19 Cancelled due to Covid-19 Cancelled due to Covid-19 Cancelled due to Covid-19
2021 Cancelled due to Covid-19 Cancelled due to Covid-19 (replaced by Chedington Bicton Five Star) Cancelled due to Covid-19 4th (Pencos Crown Jewel)
2022 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Lordships Graffalo) 12th (Allstar B)
2023 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Lordships Graffalo) 9th (Pencos Crown Jewel) EL (Pencos Crown Jewel) 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Izilot DHI)

24th (Pencos Crown Jewel)

EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

International Championship Results

Results
Year Event Horse Placing Notes
2011 World Young Horse Championships Aprobanta 2nd place, silver medalist(s) CCI*
2016 World Young Horse Championships Pencos Crown Jewel 30th CCI**
2017 European Championships Allstar B 1st place, gold medalist(s) Team
5th Individual
2018 World Equestrian Games Allstar B 1st place, gold medalist(s) Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Individual
2020 World Young Horse Championships Izilot DHI EL CCI***
2021 European Championships Allstar B 1st place, gold medalist(s) Team
45th Individual
2022 World Championships Lordships Graffalo 4th Team
4th Individual
2023 European Championships Lordships Graffalo 1st place, gold medalist(s) Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Individual
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

Notable Horses

  • Zenshera
    • 2018 Luhmuhlen 5* third place
  • Allstar B
    • 2017 European Championships - team gold, individual 5th
    • 2018 Badminton Horse Trials third place
    • 2018 World Equestrian Games - team & individual gold
    • 2021 European Championships - team gold
  • Lordships Graffalo
    • 2022 Badminton Horse Trials runner up
    • 2023 Badminton Horse Trials winner
    • 2023 European Championships - team & individual gold
  • Izilot DHI
    • 2023 Pau 5* winner

References

  1. ^ "Biography". Ros Canter Eventing. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. ^ "World Equestrian Games: Great Britain take team eventing gold as Ros Canter wins individual title". BBC Sport. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Eventing World Championships Participants". FEI.org. FEI. Retrieved 26 September 2022.