Bridget Anne Hyem (26 September 1933 – 3 March 2014), née MacIntyre and known as Bud, was the first female

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to represent Australia at an

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. She competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in

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, Japan. Riding Coronation, Hyem finished 24th in the individual jumping event. The Australian team, comprising

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, John Fahey and Hyem, finished seventh in the team jumping event. Hyem is also known as the breeder of two Olympic gold medal-winning horses, Kibah Tic-Toc and Kibah Sandstone. Both horses were ridden to success by Matt Ryan. In the lead up to the

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, she rode Tic-Toc in the torch relay.

Personal

Hyem was born in 1933 in Muswellbrook, New South Wales. She married fellow showjumper, Bill Hyem in Tokyo, after competing in the Games. She died in Tamworth Hospital on 3 March 2014.

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