Anne Kursinski

A show jumper, Anne Kursinski spent over 30 years competing for the US Equestrian Team (USET), starting in 1978, and was a member of 47 USET Nations Cup teams. She won gold medals in both individual and team jumping at the 1983 Pan American Games and was an alternate to the 1984 US Olympic team. She competed at the 1988, 1992, and 1996 Olympics, winning team silvers in 1988 and 1996, and was later an alternate to the 2008 US Olympic team. She recorded over 25 international individual show jumping titles, the biggest of which may have been the 1991 Grand Prix de Aachen, which made her the first American in 20 years, and only the second woman to win that event.

Kursinski was a four-time winner of the American Gold Cup, winning her fourth title in 1995, and winning consecutively from 1993-95. She competed 10 times in the World Cup finals. Kursinski has also been a member of the Board of Directors of the US Equestrian Federation, and has been on the Executive Committee of the USET Foundation.