Meet Jessica Springsteen, equestrian silver medallist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Gucci ambassador and daughter of rock icon Bruce Springsteen
- Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa are the only husband-and-wife Rock & Roll Hall of Famers to have an Olympian daughter
- Springsteen posts plenty of photos of herself with boyfriend Lorenzo De Luca – the Italian horseback rider who won the Rolex Rome Grand Prix in 2018
It wasn’t just her first medal, but her first Olympics, after she was named an alternate for the 2012 London Olympics. And luck seemed to be on the 29-year-old’s side when she rode atop Don Juan van de Donkhoeve, her 12-year-old stallion, in Tokyo.
Springsteen is currently ranked 22nd in the world in the sport of showjumping. But other than her impressive showmanship, what is her famous family like, how did she get her start, and what are her interests outside of equestrian sports?
She grew up riding horses
Springsteen started riding horses from the age of four and got her first pony at six. She spent time at Stone Hill Farm, the Springsteens’ 121-hectare (300-acre) estate in Colts Neck, New Jersey, according to CNN. She was inspired by her mum, Patti, who always wanted to ride horses. “She was like my first riding idol,” Springsteen has been widely quoted as saying.
Springsteen trained at a centre for young riders, Beacon Hill Show Stables, near the Springsteens’ farm. She called it “one of the best for junior riders in the country”, according to CNN.