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USA Equestrian
Le Goff Wins USA Equestrian Lifetime Achievement Award

Jack Le Goff, 72, of New Ringgold, PA, has been named as the winner of the 2003 USA Equestrian Lifetime Achievement Award for the Jimmy A. Williams Trophy. This prestigious award is bestowed annually by the USA Equestrian Executive Committee to an outstanding equestrian or equestrians whose “lifetime experience and accomplishments exemplify uncommon devotion to the sport of horse showing and whose equestrian career and horsemanship has continually elevated the sport’s excellence.”

Le Goff, a veteran of the French bronze medal team of the Rome Olympics in 1960 and the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, was a member and Riding Master of the French Army’s famed Cadre Noir. Le Goff coached the 1964 and 1968 French Olympic Team, including the individual gold medalist, Jean-Jacques Guyon and Pitou. Under his leadership the United States Three-Day Team won the Olympic, World Championship and Pan-American Championship in International Three-Day Eventing. In 1983, Le Goff was chosen as the AHSA Horseman of the Year. The following year, he retired as Coach of the United States Three-Day Team and served for five years as the Director of the USET Training Center in Hamilton, MA. He served as a member of the Ground Jury for the World Equestrian Games in The Hague, Holland, and the European Championships in Pratoni, Italy, the Atlanta Olympic Games and the European Championships at Burghley (GB).

Le Goff adds his name to a distinguished list of equestrians who have made indelible marks on the world of horse sports, including recent recipients of the sterling silver hat by Tiffany’s, Frank D. Chapot, John H. Fritz, HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and husband-and-wife teams, Kenneth and Sallie Wheeler and Ned and Nina Bonnie.

The award will be formally presented at the Pegasus Dinner held as part of the U.S. Equestrian Annual Meeting, Jan. 16, 2004, in Los Angeles, CA. For ticket information contact Krista Greathouse at 859-225-6961 or via email at kgreathouse@usef.org.

Notes:

· Member and a Riding Master of the French Army’s famed Cadre Noir
· Three-Day Champion of France in 1956 and 1964
· 1960 and 1964 Olympics
· Led French Team to a Bronze Medal in Rome in 1960
· 1964 coach of French Olympic Three-Day Team
· Coached Individual Gold Medal Winner in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico – Pitou ridden by J.J Guyon
· Under his leadership the French Junior Three-Day Team won Team Gold in the 1967 European Junior Championships in England, along with an Individual Gold and Bronze

· In 1968 led French Junior Team to a Team Gold in the European Championships in France and produced Individual Silver and Bronze Medal winners

· Under his leadership the United States Three-Day Team won the Olympic, World Championships and Pan American Championships in international Three-Day Eventing

· Retied as coach of the United States Three-Day Team in 1984 and served for five years as the Director of the USET Training Center in Hamilton, MA

· Served as a member of the Ground Jury for the World Equestrian Games in The Hague, Holland, the European Championships in Pratoni, Italy, the Atlanta Olympic Games and the European Championships in Burghley (GB)

· Founder of the World Cup for Eventing
· FEI “O” Eventing Judge
· “R” Eventing Judge
· 1983 AHSA Horseman of the Year


U.S. Equestrian was formed through the combination of USA Equestrian and the United States Equestrian Team. The vision of U.S. Equestrian is to provide leadership for equestrian sport in the United States of America, promoting the pursuit of excellence from the grass roots to the Olympic Games, based on a foundation of fair, safe competition and the welfare of its horses, and embracing this vision, to be the best national equestrian federation in the world.

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