Lorna Johnstone
Appearance
Hilda Lorna Johnstone MBE | |
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Personal information | |
Nationality | British |
Discipline | Dressage |
Born | York, England | 4 September 1902
Died | 18 May 1990 | (aged 87)
Hilda Lorna Johnstone MBE (4 September 1902 – 18 May 1990) was an Olympic equestrian specialising in dressage who represented Great Britain in three Summer Olympic Games. She was born in York.
She participated in the 1956, 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games. In the last event, aged 70, she became the oldest ever British competitor and oldest ever woman to take part in the Olympic Games. Her best finish was 5th place in the 1968 Mixed Dressage Team event.
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- 1902 births
- 1990 deaths
- British female equestrians
- British dressage riders
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Sportspeople from York
- Olympic equestrians for Great Britain
- Equestrians at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- English female equestrians
- 20th-century English sportswomen
- British equestrian biography stubs