{{Short description|American equestrian}} {{Use American English|date=December 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2019}} {{About||the singer|Gina Miles (singer)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson | name = Gina Miles | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|November 27, 1973}} | birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S. | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Equestrian }} {{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalSilver | 2008 Beijing | Individual eventing }} {{Medal|Competition | Pan American Games }} {{MedalGold | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Team eventing }} {{MedalSilver | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Individual eventing }} }}
'''Gina Miles''' (born November 27, 1973) is an American eventing rider. Riding McKinlaigh, owned by Thom Schulz and Laura Coats, Miles won a silver medal in individual eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
==Early life== She was born November 27, 1973, in San Francisco, California.<ref name="Sports-Ref">{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/gina-miles-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001100028/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/gina-miles-1.html |archive-date=October 1, 2015 }}</ref> Miles attended the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, California, which is where she got her dream of competing herself. In particular, she dreamed of competing in the Three-Day Eventing event. She started teaching when she was 15.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gina Miles |url=https://ginamilesequestrian.com/ |website=Gina Miles, Olympian |access-date=December 31, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Sidelines">{{cite web |title=An Unlikely Fairy Tale: How Olympic Medalist Gina Miles Realized Her Dreams |url=https://sidelinesmagazine.com/sidelines-spotlight/an-unlikely-fairy-tale-how-olympic-medalist-gina-miles-realized-her-dreams.html |website=Sidelines Magazine |access-date=December 31, 2019 |date=3 October 2017}}</ref>
==Career== Miles began riding McKinlaigh in 2000. In 2002, she competed with him in the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event and went on to place in the top 25 in the World Equestrian Games<ref name="useventing.com">{{cite web |title=McKinlaigh - 2015 Hall of Fame Inductees |url=https://useventing.com/about/hall-of-fame/mckinlaigh |website=USEA : United States Eventing Association Inc. |access-date=December 31, 2019}}</ref> Also in 2002, she attended the World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain, in order to represent the U.S.<ref name="Sidelines" /> she In 2003, she won the World Cup Final bronze medal.<ref name="Sidelines" />
In 2007, she and McKinlaigh won the individual bronze medal and the team gold in eventing at the Pan American Games.<ref name="useventing.com"/> They competed in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, winning individual silver in Three-Day Eventing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.equisearch.com/article/eventing_final_081208|title=Germany Wins Olympic Eventing Gold; Miles Takes Individual Silver|publisher=}}</ref>
After the Olympics, Miles spent her time giving back to the equestrian community. She trained other riders through her own facility in Danville, California, Gold Medal Equestrian. She accepted all ages in eventing, show jumping, and dressage. As a former Pony club examiner, she also had her own riding center.<ref name="Sidelines" />
In 2015, McKinlaigh was inducted into the United States Eventing Association (USEA) Hall of Fame.<ref name="useventing.com" />
==Horse== The horse who won the events: McKinlaigh, Irish Sport horse liver-chestnut gelding by Highland King and out of Kilcumney Hostess. Owned by Gina Miles, Thomas Schulz, and Laura Coats.<ref name="TeamUSA">{{cite web |title=Gina Miles |url=https://www.teamusa.org/us-equestrian/athletes/gina-miles |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104222950/http://www.teamusa.org/us-equestrian/athletes/Gina-Miles |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 4, 2016 |website=Team USA |access-date=December 31, 2019}}</ref>
==Personal== Miles resides in Templeton , California. Miles was previously married to Morgan Miles and they share two children. She gives clinics to aspiring riders and trains horses for eventing.<ref name="Sidelines" /> at her facility in Templeton.
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