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Gillian Rolton

1956 - 2017

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Gillian Rolton (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 one of four Australians to win multiple equestrian Olympic gold medals. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Gillian Rolton is the 3,983rd most popular athlete (up from 4,149th in 2024), the 702nd most popular biography from Australia (up from 742nd in 2019) and the 58th most popular Australian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gillian Rolton ranks 3,983 out of 6,025Before her are Lee Lai Shan, Pavel Muslimov, Justine Braisaz, Tesfaye Tola, Mohammed Shahid, and Eldece Clarke-Lewis. After her are Florence Baverel-Robert, Christoph Bieler, Jean-Noël Ferrari, Oliver Fix, Andrew Crosby, and Amantle Montsho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Gillian Rolton ranks 786Before her are Tony Leon, Joni Huntley, Garry Birtles, Jay C. Buckey, Peter Shumlin, and Rachid Harkouk. After her are James D. Halsell, Allan Evans, Kevin Moran, Howard Benson, Mukesh Rishi, and David Lidington. Among people deceased in 2017, Gillian Rolton ranks 683Before her are Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth, Joost van der Westhuizen, Moïse Brou Apanga, Tom Alter, David Poisson, and Yukinori Miyabe. After her are Steve Reevis, Steven Holcomb, Cho Jin-ho, Gauri Lankesh, Grant Hart, and Yelena Naimushina.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Gillian Rolton ranks 702 out of 1,143Before her are Nathan Burns (1988), Ben O'Connor (1995), Genevieve Gregson (1989), Bob Carr (1947), Damian Mori (1970), and Ben Simmons (1996). After her are David Michôd (1972), Peter Dutton (1970), Nathan Deakes (1977), Bronte Barratt (1989), Nick Green (1967), and Maia Mitchell (1993).

Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Gillian Rolton ranks 58Before her are Kim Brennan (1985), Debbie Flintoff-King (1960), Simon Fairweather (1969), Patrick Johnson (1972), Jamie Dwyer (1979), and Genevieve Gregson (1989). After her are Nathan Deakes (1977), Nick Green (1967), Alyson Annan (1973), Stephen Hawkins (1971), Emma Snowsill (1981), and Tim Forsyth (1973).