| Jessica Phoenix | |
|---|---|
 Phoenix and Pavarotti at the 2015 Pan Am Games | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Jessica Phoenix |
| Discipline | Eventing |
| Born | October 16, 1983 Uxbridge, Ontario |
Jessica Phoenix (born October 16, 1983 in Uxbridge, Ontario) is a Canadian Equestrian Team athlete in eventing.
Phoenix won a gold medal in the individual eventing competition at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara. She also won a silver medal as part of the team eventing competition. [1]
Phoenix made her Olympic debut at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, finishing 22nd in individual eventing. [2]
Phoenix competed at her third Pan American Games in 2015. Once again she returned home with two medals, an individual silver and a team bronze. She rode a Westphalian gelding Pavarotti.
In July 2016, she was named to Canada's Olympic team. [3] At the Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Phoenix placed 10th in the team competition and finished 38th individually, collecting 131.60 penalties across the three stages with A Little Romance.
| Results | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Kentucky | Badminton | Luhmühlen | Burghley | Pau | Adelaide | ||||||
| 2011 | 7th (Exponential) RET (Exploring) | 35th (Exponential) | ||||||||||
| 2012 | Did not participate | |||||||||||
| 2013 | WD (Exponential) | |||||||||||
| 2014 | WD (Pavarotti) | |||||||||||
| 2015 | EL (A Little Romance) WD (Pavarotti) | |||||||||||
| 2016 | WD (Pavarotti) WD (Abbey GS) WD (A Little Romance) | |||||||||||
| 2017 | 17th (Pavarotti) RET (Bentley's Best) RET (A Little Romance) | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Did not participate | |||||||||||
| 2019 | 15th (Bogue Sound) | |||||||||||
| EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew | ||||||||||||
| Results | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Event | Horse | Placing | Notes | ||||||
| 2007 | Pan American Games | Exploring | 12th | Individual | ||||||
| 2010 | World Equestrian Games | Exponential | WD | Individual | ||||||
| 2011 | Pan American Games | Pavarotti |  | Team | ||||||
 | Individual | |||||||||
| 2012 | Olympic Games | Exponential | 13th | Team | ||||||
| 22nd | Individual | |||||||||
| 2014 | World Equestrian Games | Pavarotti | 6th | Team | ||||||
| 28th | Individual | |||||||||
| 2015 | Pan American Games | Pavarotti |  | Team | ||||||
| Individual | |||||||||
| 2016 | Olympic Games | A Little Romance | 10th | Team | ||||||
| 38th | Individual | |||||||||
| 2018 | World Equestrian Games | Pavarotti | 11th | Team | ||||||
| EL | Individual | |||||||||
| 2019 | Pan American Games | Pavarotti | | Team | ||||||
| 5th | Individual | |||||||||
| EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew | ||||||||||
In 2012 Phoenix was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. [4]
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