Margie Goldstein-Engle

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Margie Goldstein-Engle
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Margie Goldstein-Engle
on Coraya Z; June 7, 2009
Personal information
Birth name Margie Goldstein
Nationality American
Born (1958-03-31) March 31, 1958 (age 66)
Wellington, Florida
Height 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)[1]
Weight 105 lb (48 kg)[1]
Sport
Sport Equestrianism
Event(s) Show jumping
Achievements and titles
National finals 10x Rider of the Year (American Grand Prix Association)
Personal best(s) World-record-high jump of 7 feet 8.75 inches (2.36 m) in 1987
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1999 Winnipeg Team jumping
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo Team jumping
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Santo Domingo Individual jumping
World Equestrian Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Aachen Team jumping

Margie Goldstein-Engle (born March 31, 1958) is an American show jumping equestrian, and a 10-time American Grandprix Association Rider of the Year.[2][3]

Early and personal life

She was born in Wellington, Florida, to Mona (an elementary school principal and teacher) and Irvin Goldstein (an accountant), and is Jewish.[2][4][5][6][7][8] She grew up in her middle-class family in South Miami, Florida, with two older brothers.[7][8][9] In third grade, she became passionate about horses.[7]

At the age of nine, she took jobs at horse barns and dog kennels as a way to pay for riding lessons.[7][10][11] Less affluent than other riders, she said: "You're maybe not dressed like the other riders. You don't have the custom things, you don't have the top clothing, and a lot of my stuff was hand-me-downs.... It was more cliquish than anything. They'd more snub you than tease you."[9]

She attended South Miami High School and North Miami Beach High School, and graduated from Florida International University with a 4.0 GPA, majoring in business education.[8][9][10][12] She married her husband, horse veterinarian Steve Engle, in 1995.[8][13][14]

Equestrian career

Goldstein-Engle won 6 World Cups and 20 Nations Cups between 1984 and 2005.[2] The FEI (Federation Equestre Internationale) ranked her as high as # 6 all-time.[2]

In 1987, she recorded a world-record-high jump of 7 feet 8.75 inches (2.36 m).[15] Speaking of such high jump event, she said: "You have to figure the horse either has a lot of trust, or a lot of heart, because once the wall gets over six and a half feet, it looks more like the side of a building."[16]

In 1991, she suffered broken bones and nerve damage in her left foot as the result of a fall at a horse show.[9][17] Doctors told her she would likely not ever walk normally again.[9] The following week, she was again riding, and 10 weeks later she resumed competing.[17] In 1992, a 1,200-pound (540 kg) horse fell on her at a show, opening a deep 12-inch cut on her back and breaking four of her ribs.[18] In July 1998, she received injuries to her face as the result of a fall.[17] She rode the next day.[17] She has also fractured her left shoulder, and broken her collarbone twice, her arm, her wrist, and two fingers.[9]

At the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, she won a silver medal with the U.S. jumping team (riding Alvaretto).[13][19][20] She competed for the U.S. 2000 Olympics team in Sydney, Australia.[2][3][19] She won a team gold medal and an individual bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Games, and a silver medal with the U.S. team in the 2006 World Equestrian Games (riding Quervo Gold).[2][20][21][22]

Goldstein-Engel was the American Grandprix Association’s (AGA) only ten-time Rider of the Year. She won the award in 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999/2000, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, and 2006.[2][19][23] She was also the 1991 American Horse Shows Association Equestrian of the Year.[20]

Goldstein-Engle set a record with career show-jumping earnings of more than $4 million.[8][19] She has more than 195 Grand Prix victories, and as of October 2011 she was the all-time career leader in Grand Prix wins.[2][20][24][25] She set a record with most Grand Prix wins in a single season (11; on Saluut II).[2][7][13][19]

Halls of Fame

In 2001, she was honored by the U.S. Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and in 2009 she was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[2][13]

See also

References

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