Ros Canter

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Ros Canter
Rosalind Canter Las Vegas, 2018 (DSC 3829 cropped).jpg
Rosalind Canter at Sweden International Horse Show
Personal information
Born (1986-01-13) 13 January 1986 (age 39)
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympics
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Team eventing
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tryon Individual eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tryon Team eventing
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Haras du Pin Individual eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Haras du Pin Team eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Avenches Team eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Strzegom Team eventing

Rosalind Canter (born 13 January 1986) is a British equestrian who competes in eventing. She is the 2018 World Champion. On Monday, 8 May 2023 and Sunday, 11 May 2025 she won the Badminton Horse Trials riding Lordships Graffalo both times. She won a gold medal in Team eventing at 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Early life

Canter grew up on the family farm in Hallington, Lincolnshire.[ citation needed ]

She attended Kidgate Junior School in Louth, [1] and was also a competitive swimmer in the mid-1990s, with her sister Megan. [2] She also competed in cross country running, when at the grammar school in Louth, alongside her sister Harriet. And with Harriet, and her other sister Megan, she played hockey for Louth Ladies and Louth Juniors. [3] Both Megan and Harriet also competed in equestrian events, in the 1990s.[ citation needed ]

She has a degree in sports science from Sheffield Hallam University. [4]

Career

Canter's CCI **** results include wins at both Badminton Horse Trials in 2023 and 2025 and Burghley horse Trials in 2024 on Lordships Graffalo, and at Stars of Pau in 2023 on Izilot DHI. At the Tokyo and Paris Olympics (2020 and 2024 respectively) she won team gold with Lordships Graffalo. She won team gold and finished fifth individually at the 2017 European Eventing Championships on Allstar B, before finishing seventh at the 2017 Stars of Pau on Zenshera. In May 2018, she finished third at the Badminton Horse Trials on Allstar B.

Canter won two golds at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, riding Allstar B. [5] She is the fifth British rider to become World Champion in Eventing, after Mary Gordon-Watson (1970), Lucinda Green (1982), Virginia Leng (1986), and Zara Phillips (2006).

In 2022 she competed with Lordships Graffalo in the World Eventing Championships in Pratoni del Vivaro as a member of the British Team, [6] where they finished 4th individually and as a team.

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, held in Paris, Canter won a gold medal in Team Eventing, alongside Laura Collett and Tom McEwen. [7]

CCI5* Results

Results
Event Kentucky Badminton Luhmühlen Burghley Pau Adelaide Bicton
201537th (Allstar B)
2016WD (Allstar B)25th (Allstar B)
20175th (Allstar B)9th (Zenshera)7th (Zenshera)
2018Bronze medal icon.svg (Allstar B)Bronze medal icon.svg (Zenshera)5th (Zenshera)
20195th (Zenshera)
2020Cancelled due to Covid-19Cancelled due to Covid-19Cancelled due to Covid-19Cancelled due to Covid-19Cancelled due to Covid-19
2021Cancelled due to Covid-19Cancelled due to Covid-19 (replaced by Chedington Bicton Five Star)Cancelled due to Covid-194th (Pencos Crown Jewel)
2022Silver medal icon.svg (Lordships Graffalo) 12th (Allstar B)
2023Gold medal icon.svg (Lordships Graffalo) 9th (Pencos Crown Jewel)EL (Pencos Crown Jewel)Gold medal icon.svg (Izilot DHI)

24th (Pencos Crown Jewel)

2024RET (Izilot DHI)Gold medal icon.svg (Lordships Graffalo) RET (Izilot DHI)
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

International Championship Results

Results
YearEventHorsePlacingNotes
2011World Young Horse ChampionshipsAprobantaSilver medal icon.svgCCI*
2016World Young Horse ChampionshipsPencos Crown Jewel30thCCI**
2017European ChampionshipsAllstar BGold medal icon.svgTeam
5thIndividual
2018World Equestrian GamesAllstar BGold medal icon.svgTeam
Gold medal icon.svgIndividual
2020World Young Horse ChampionshipsIzilot DHIELCCI***
2021European ChampionshipsAllstar BGold medal icon.svgTeam
45thIndividual
2022World ChampionshipsLordships Graffalo4thTeam
4thIndividual
2023European ChampionshipsLordships GraffaloGold medal icon.svgTeam
Gold medal icon.svgIndividual
2024OlympicsLordships GraffaloGold medal icon.svgTeam
21stIndividual
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

Notable Horses

References

  1. Louth Standard Friday 24 December 1993, page 2
  2. Louth Standard Friday 28 July 1995, page 14
  3. Louth Standard Friday 19 February 1999, page 22
  4. "Biography". Ros Canter Eventing. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  5. "World Equestrian Games: Great Britain take team eventing gold as Ros Canter wins individual title". BBC Sport. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  6. "Eventing World Championships Participants". FEI.org. FEI. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  7. "Paris 2024 Olympics equestrian: All results as Team GB win first gold in team eventing final". Olympics. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2025.