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Jill Irving (born April 4, 1963) is a
Canadian Equestrian Team The Canadian Equestrian Team or CET ( or ''EEC'') collectively describes the athletes that represent Canada at the highest levels of international Equestrianism, equestrian competition, specifically at the World Championship, Equestrian at the Su ...
athlete in
dressage Dressage ( or ; , most commonly translated as "training") is a form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an art sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery. As an equestrianism, equestrian sport defined by th ...
. She is reigning Pan American Games champion in team dressage, when she won gold in 2019 in
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. Irving was born in and grew up in Ontario but has resided in
Moncton Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. Th ...
,
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since her early 20s. Jill Irving was set to make her Olympic debut at the
2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...
at the age of 61, alongside her horse Delacroix 11, but withdrew prior to the games when the pair was deemed unfit to compete. Irving remained on the Canadian Olympic dressage team as the travelling alternate with her secondary horse Genesis.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Irving, Jill 1963 births Living people Canadian female equestrians Canadian dressage riders Equestrians at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada in equestrian Sportspeople from Greater Sudbury Sportspeople from Moncton Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian sportswomen 20th-century Canadian sportswomen