British Olympian Sarah Whitmore Passed Away

British Olympian Sarah Whitmore passed away on Saturday 27 March 2021. She was 89 years old

Sarah Whitmore represented Great Britain at two major intercontinental championships between 1976 and 1982.

"Sarah is quiet, reserved person with a ovely dry sense of humor. Slender, brown baired, she is recognized as a very experienced rider, but thinks of herself as a farmer," author Jennifer Stobart wrote in an article published in 1976.

Eventing

Whitmore started out as an eventing rider and was coached by Baron Hans von Blixen-Finicke. Her eventing horse Manniken ended up going to the Tokyo Olympics as the eventing team reserve.

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