Virginia Leng

Virginia Leng

Medal record
Competitor for  Great Britain
Equestrian
Olympic Games
Silver	1984 Los Angeles	Team eventing
Silver	1988 Seoul	Team eventing
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Individual eventing
Bronze	1988 Seoul	Individual eventing
World Championships
Gold	1986 Gawler	Individual eventing
Gold	1986 Gawler	Team eventing
Gold	1982 Luhmühlen	Team eventing
Silver	1990 Stockholm	Team eventing
European Championships
Gold	1981 Horsens	Team eventing
Silver	1983 Frauenfeld	Team eventing
Gold	1985 Burghley	Individual eventing
Gold	1985 Burghley	Team eventing
Gold	1987 Luhmühlen	Individual eventing
Gold	1987 Luhmuhlen	Team eventing
Gold	1989 Burghley	Individual eventing
Gold	1989 Burghley	Team eventing

Virginia Helen Antoinette Holgate, also known as Ginny Leng, (born 2 February 1955^[1]) was a British equestrian competitor who achieved many notable successes in the 1980s, including winning the Individual European Eventing title on 3 consecutive occasions, 1985, 1987 and 1989, a feat which has never been equalled.

She was born and raised in Malta and won several national and international titles, including the European Champion, the Badminton Horse Trials and the Burghley Horse Trials a record five times. Among her mounts were Murphy Himself, Night Cap III, and Priceless, the latter two by the eventing stallion Ben Faerie. Since the 1980s, she has written several books.^[2]

Ginny Elliott, as she is now known, remains an avid supporter and contributor to the sport of eventing as she is currently (2009) the manager of the Irish Eventing Team.

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