Jessica Rae Springsteen (born December 30, 1991) is an American equestrian. The daughter of musicians

Bruce Springsteen Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer and songwriter. He has released 21 studio albums, most of which feature his backing band, the E Street Band. Originally from the Jersey Shore, he is an originato ...

and

Patti Scialfa Vivienne Patricia Scialfa ( ; born July 29, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Scialfa has been a member of the E Street Band since 1984 and has been married to Bruce Springsteen since 1991. In 2014, Scialfa was inducted into ...

, she is a

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champion rider who has represented the

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in international competition and won a silver medal in the Team jumping at the

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held in 2021 in Tokyo.

Early life

Jessica Rae Springsteen was born on December 30, 1991, the second child and only daughter of musicians

and

. She has one older brother, Evan James Springsteen (born 1990), and one younger brother, Samuel Ryan Springsteen (born 1994). When she and her brothers reached school-going age in the early 1990s, their parents left Los Angeles with them specifically to raise a family in a non-

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environment. The family owned and lived on a horse farm in

Colts Neck Township, New Jersey Colts Neck Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It is located in the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 9,957, down from the 10,142 counted in the 2010 census, i ...

. They also owned homes in Los Angeles, as well as in

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, and

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. Springsteen attended the

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and

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in New Jersey. She earned an undergraduate degree from

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on May 11, 2014. After embarking on a career as a show jumping rider, she also did some modeling and was named the equestrian ambassador for

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Career

Springsteen has been riding since she was four years old, with horses kept on the Springsteen family's 300-acre Stone Hill Farm in

Colts Neck, New Jersey Colts Neck Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It is located in the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 9,957, down from the 10,142 counted in the 2010 census, i ...

. She got her first pony when she was six years old. As a youth

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rider, she first won classes in the pony division, including the Washington International Pony Equitation Classic Final, and as a teen won the 2008 ASPCA Maclay National Championship in a ride-off where her particularly bold riding stood out. She also won the 2009 George H. Morris Excellence in Equitation Championship. As an adult competitor, in 2011 she competed in the

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competing on her horse Vordnado Van Den Hoendrik. In September 2012,

Peter Charles Peter Charles, (born 1 January 1960) is an Irish-British equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping. Originally a competitor for Great Britain, Charles changed nationalities to Irish in 1992. In 2007, he relinquished his status as an ...

, who had represented

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in the Equestrian events, sold his team gold medal-winning horse, Vindicat W, to Springsteen. Springsteen herself was an alternate rider for the

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. In 2014, she won the American Gold Cup. In 2016, she won her first five-star Grand Prix jumping competition with her horse Cynar VA, but did not make the short list for the U.S. Equestrian team for the

2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

. In May 2017, she won the Falcon Stakes CSI 5* at the Royal Windsor Horse Show riding Davendy S. She formerly trained with Frank and Stacia Klein Madden and then trained with

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from 2010 to 2015. Since May 2015 she trains with

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. In 2021, Springsteen was selected in the US team to compete in

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, which had been postponed due to the

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. She finished equal 31st in the qualifying round of the individual jumping, but only the top 30 advanced to the medals round. On August 7, 2021 she was part of the U.S. team that won the silver medal in the Team jumping.

Gallery

Pfingstturnier-2013-Jessica-Springsteen.jpg, Springsteen on Zero at

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, 2013 Hessischen Ministerpräsidenten Jessica Springsteen auf Vindicat W 2 mk.jpg, thumbnail, Springsteen on Vindicat W at Wiesbaden, 2013

References

External links

Jessica Springsteen on Instagram
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