Personal information | |
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Birth name | Jesse Campbell |
Nationality | New Zealander |
Born | Waikato, New Zealand | 29 August 1989
Sport | |
Country | New Zealand |
Sport | Equestrian |
Event | Eventing |
Jesse Campbell (born 29 August 1989) is a New Zealand eventing rider. [1]
Having grown up in Waikato, [2] Campbell started riding horses at a young age. He moved to the United Kingdom as a 19 year-old and was based with fellow New Zealand team member Mark Todd, and in 2017 with Andrew Nicholson. [3] [4]
In 2013, Campbell represented New Zealand at the Eventing Nations Cup Championship. [5]
Campbell was a reserve for the New Zealand's eventing team at the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina with his Dutch Gelding Cleveland. [4] [3] [6]
In April 2021. he rode Diachello to his 5* star debut in Kentucky. [2] In June 2021, Campbell and Diachallo was confirmed on the New Zealand squad to compete at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. [2] [7] After finishing in 22nd place overall at the Tokyo Olympics, a diagnosis of stomach ulcers in the horse led to a stepping back from competition. However, the pair returned to riding at a high level at the Pau 5* in October 2023. [8]
In 2024, he was placed on the long list for the New Zealand team ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics. [9]
He and his wife, fellow eventer Georgie Campbell, were married in December 2020, and lived in Marlborough, running stables in Ramsbury, Wiltshire. [2] [3] In May 2024, Georgie Campbell was killed in a riding fall while competing in the Bicton International Horse Trials in Devon, England. [10] [11]