{{Short description|British equestrian (1959–2011)}} {{use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox sportsperson | birth_date = 30 June 1959 | birth_place = Bromley, Kent, England | death_date = 1 April 2011 (aged 51) | death_place = Great Cheverell, Wiltshire, England | sport = Equestrian | country = {{GBR2}} | medaltemplates = <!-- don't include medal templates unless there is a medal {{MedalSport | Equestrian }} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} --> }}

'''Jane Gregory''' (née '''Jane Bredin''' 30 June 1959 &ndash; 1 April 2011),<ref name=BBCDeath/> was an international equestrian. She first rode for her country in 1994, competing in the World Equestrian Games of that year, and competed for Great Britain in Dressage at the Atlanta and Beijing Olympic Games.<ref name=teamGB>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/AthleteProfile.aspx?id=6743 |title= Athlete Profile |access-date=2008-08-09 |publisher=www.olympics.org.uk }}</ref>

==Early life == Born in Bromley, Kent,<ref name=BBCDeath/> Gregory came from a non-equestrian family. At the age of seven she started to learn to ride, going weekly to a riding centre near her home in Cornwall. Her first horse was a Connemara pony called Timolin, and was bought for her by her godmother for £175. She joined the North Cornwall Pony Club, winning the junior section of club's championships in 1976.<ref name=teamGB/>

==International career== Her international career started in 1994. In that year she competed in the World Equestrian Games. She rode at the Atlanta Olympics 1996 with her horse Cupido. For several years after this she did not compete internationally due to horse injuries, but by 2001 she was first in the small tour rankings. She made a full comeback in 2006,<ref name=horseandhound>{{cite web |url=http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/article.php?aid=262269 |title=An all-girl British dressage team is off to Hong Kong |access-date=2008-08-09 |publisher=www.horseandhound.co.uk }}</ref> when she won grand prix and grand prix special with the horse Lucky Star at Munich CDI in May, then she won the grand prix freestyle at the Mariakalnok CDI.

Her last coach was Ulla Salzgeber.<ref name=teamGB/> She competed in Dressage for Team GB at the Beijing Olympics, stating "I am in a state of shock" upon finding out that she was selected.<ref name=horseandhound/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/equestrian/7475451.stm |title=Gregory in Olympic dressage team |access-date=2008-08-09 |publisher=news.bbc.co.uk |date= 2008-06-26}}</ref> She was a member of the GB dressage team along with Laura Bechtolsheimer and Emma Hindle.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/team_gb/7094118.stm |title=Team GB for Beijing |access-date=2008-08-09 |publisher=news.bbc.co.uk |date= 2008-07-21}}</ref>

==Personal life== Based from Great Cheverell, Wiltshire,<ref>[http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=6743 Jane Gregory biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203094046/http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=6743 |date=3 February 2010 }} at olympics.org.uk website</ref> in 2006 Jane married her partner of twenty years, Hong Kong dressage rider Aram Gregory. Gregory died on 1 April 2011 after suffering a heart attack at the age of 51.<ref name=BBCDeath>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/equestrian/9446354.stm|title=Dressage rider and two-time Olympian Jane Gregory dies|publisher=BBC News|date=4 April 2011|access-date=2011-04-04}}</ref><ref name=teamGB/>

==Results== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Games ! Age ! Sport ! Event ! Team ! Position |- | Atlanta Olympics Summer 1996 | 37 | Equestrianism | Mixed Dressage, Individual | Great Britain | 42 |- | Atlanta Olympics Summer 1996 | 37 | Equestrianism | Mixed Dressage, Team | Great Britain | 8 |- | Beijing Olympics Summer 2008 | 49 | Equestrianism | Mixed Dressage, Individual | Great Britain | 30 |- | Beijing Olympics Summer 2008 | 49 | Equestrianism | Mixed Dressage, Team | Great Britain | 5 |}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/jane-bredin-gregory-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041208/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/jane-bredin-gregory-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Jane Bredin |access-date=2008-08-09 |website=sports-reference.com }} </ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/AthleteProfile.aspx?id=6743 Team GB Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226030312/http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/AthleteProfile.aspx?id=6743 |date=26 February 2010 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gregory, Jane}} Category:People from Bromley Category:Sportspeople from the London Borough of Bromley Category:British dressage riders Category:Olympic equestrians for Great Britain Category:British female equestrians Category:Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:1959 births Category:2011 deaths