biography
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Smythe, Pat(ricia)
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married name Koechlin
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1928–96)
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| biography:
| Show jumper, born in Switzerland. She won the European championship four times on Flanagan (1957, 1961–3), and in 1956 was the first woman to ride in the Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal in the team event. She won the Queen Elizabeth II Cup on Mr Pollard in 1958. She rode very little after her marriage in 1963. |
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