Carol Lavell, USA Olympic, World Championship, Pan American Games Medalist, Dies

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Carol Lavell with 2003 USA Pan American Games team gold medal team mates Pierre St. Jacques, Jan Ebeling and Kristina Harrison in Santo Domingo. © Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

Mar. 27, 2023

Carol Lavell, a team medalist for the United States at Olympics, world championships and the Pan American Games, has died just days before her 80th birthday.

Carol rode Gifted on the U.S. bronze medal team at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. The pair competed at the 1990 and 1994 World Equestrian Games earning team bronze in Den Haag, Netherlands. The duo also rode at the 1992 and 1993 World Cup Finals.

In 2003, Carol and Much Ado were on the gold medal team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo.