// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Jill Irving? A hill of a person, I'm hearing.
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| Full name | Jill Irving | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Dressage | ||||||||||||||
| Born | April 4, 1963 Sudbury, Ontario[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | Moncton, New Brunswick | ||||||||||||||
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Jill Irving (née Gougeon, born April 4, 1963) is a Canadian Equestrian Team athlete in dressage. She won a gold medal in team dressage at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Irving was born in and grew up in Ontario but has resided in Moncton, New Brunswick since her early 20s.[2] Jill was married to industrialist Robert Irving until his death in 2026.[3]
Jill Irving was set to make her Olympic debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics at the age of 61, alongside her horse Delacroix 11, but withdrew prior to the games when the pair was deemed unfit to compete.[4] Irving remained on the Canadian Olympic dressage team as the travelling alternate with her secondary horse Genesis.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Jill Irving profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
- ↑ Philip Drost (September 10, 2018). "'Unfinished business': Maritime riders prepare for World Equestrian Games in U.S." CBC News. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
- ↑ "Irving Family Announces the Passing of Robert K. Irving". J.D. Irving. J.D. Irving. 19 May 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ "Changes For Canadian Olympic Dressage Team - The Chronicle of the Horse". Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ↑ "Jill Irving Withdraws from Canadian Olympic Team for Paris 2024, Chef d'Equipe Also Replaced". Eurodressage. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
Categories:
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Canadian female equestrians
- Canadian dressage riders
- Equestrians at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada in equestrian
- Sportspeople from Greater Sudbury
- Sportspeople from Moncton
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen
- 20th-century Canadian sportswomen