Caroline Rosanna Pei Jia Chew (born 18 April 1992) is a Singaporean equestrian athlete and solicitor. She competed at the 2018 World Equestrian Games and the

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, and at the

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. She won several medals during the

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(from 2013 through 2017), and competed at the

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Biography

Chew started riding at the age of six. At the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, she competed in show jumping and placed 17th. Chew was selected to be the first athlete to present the

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at the

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. Chew later switched from show jumping to dressage, and became the most successful dressage rider for Singapore and the first Singaporean to compete at Grand Prix level, which is the highest in dressage. She competed as the first Singaporean dressage rider at the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon, where she ranked 56th. Following the withdrawal of New Zealand's rider from the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, a replacement rider was to be chosen from the Dressage Grand Prix held in

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, France. Chew went to the Grand Prix and posted a personal best score of 69.674 and qualified for the Olympics. She is the first Singaporean equestrian athlete to participate at the Olympic Games. However, Chew was eliminated from the Games as her horse Tribiani was found to be bleeding from the mouth, caused by a stumble before the competition.

Personal life

Caroline Chew studied law at the

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in England. Currently she lives in London and works full-time as a lawyer at

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, which she combines with horse riding. Her mother, Melanie, also served as the president of the Equestrian Federation of Singapore from 2007 to 2017. Her older sister Catherine Chew is a successful show-jumper, who won individual silver and team gold during the

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held in Singapore.

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* 1992 births Living people Singaporean dressage riders Singaporean female equestrians Singaporean women lawyers Equestrians at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Equestrians at the 2014 Asian Games Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games SEA Games medalists in equestrian SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore Asian Games competitors for Singapore Oath takers at the Olympic Games Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Singapore Equestrian sports in Singapore {{Equestrian-bio-stub