Australian Olympic gold medallist and past Event Director of the Australian International 3 Day Event, the late Gill Rolton has been included in this year’s Australia Day honours
Gill, who died of endometrial cancer in November, was Australia’s first female equestrian Olympic medallist when she won gold at Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta in 1996 as a member of the Australian Eventing team. At both Olympics, she rode Peppermint Grove (Freddie), a horse she’d purchased as a gangly, barely broken in four-year-old that she brought through the grades to Olympic level.
A history-making rider, Gill had the honour of being one of the eight flag-bearers at the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and had previously been awarded the Medal of the Order (OAM).
She has now been honoured as a Member of the Order (AM) in today’s Australia Day Honours
