Jessica Springsteen, daughter of rock star Bruce Springsteen, will ride for the U.S. equestrian team in the Olympics, USA Equestrian announced Monday.
The Boss’ daughter, 29, has been taking riding lessons since age 5. She will compete astride Don Juan van de Donkhoeve, a 12-year-old Belgian Warmblood stallion owned by Stone Hill Farm, according to the United States Equestrian Federation.
In 2012 Springsteen was an alternate rider, but missed making the team in 2016, NBC Sports said.
Springsteen will be part of the four-member U.S. Jumping Team at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland and Team Leader Lizzy Chesson. The competition will run from Aug. 3-7. The others are McLain Ward, Kent Farrington and Laura Kraut.
The lifelong equestrian is one of the top jumping athletes for the U.S. During her junior years she was a dominant force in the equitation ring, winning the 2008 ASPCA Maclay Finals and the 2009 WEF Excellence in Equitation Championship, the Equestrian Federation said. She was also part of the 2008 gold medal squad, according to Reuters.
Most recently, she finished first place at the 2019 CSI4 Sweden H&M Grand Prix and won several other top prizes in other competitions, the Equestrian Federation said.
In March 2021, Springsteen was named to the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team that won the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4. She finished a strong spring campaign with a fifth-place finish in the $500,000 Rolex Grand Prix CSI5 aboard Don Juan van de Donkhoeve.
