1. Joanne Idonia Eccles MBE was born on 16 February 1989 and is a British equestrian who competes in the discipline of vaulting.
13 Facts About Joanne Eccles
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Joanne Eccles won the gold medals in the women's individual events at both the 2009 European Championship and the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games.
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Joanne Eccles's neighbours were vaulters and invited her to "come and try".
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Joanne Eccles vaulted with that club for one year and was then invited to join the Scottish Equestrian Vaulting team.
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Vaulting as a reserve for most of the year, Eccles traveled with the team to the World Equestrian Games in Rome in 1998.
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Joanne Eccles was again selected for the next three years, placing 13th in Europe in 2005; 10th at WEG in 2006; and 4th in Europe in 2007.
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Joanne Eccles eventually decided to continue in individual events, and came 5th at the World Championships that year.
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Joanne Eccles then came 5th at the World Championships, granting her the British Female Individual Champion title.
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Joanne Eccles won many titles in pairs with her sister Hannah Eccles.
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Joanne Eccles won the World Equestrian games in Kentucky in 2010.
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Joanne Eccles retained her title at the World Equestrian Games in Caen in 2014.
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Joanne Eccles won the gold medal at the World Championships 2012 vaulting on WH.
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Joanne Eccles was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to equestrian vaulting.