Jessica Mendoza (equestrian)
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Jessica Mendoza is one of the UK's top female equestrian athletes[1] who broke into the World's top 100 riders, and into the top 10 British showjumping riders in Spring 2015.[2][3] Jessica is also a regular contributor to the British monthly magazine PONY.[4]
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Full name | Jessica Mendoza | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Show jumping | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1996-04-09)9 April 1996 Cheltenham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jessica was accepted (in 2013) onto the British Equestrian Federation UK Sport-funded World Class Development Programme which works with talented riders to maximise their potential and deliver success for Team GBR and has ridden on British teams at major international championships every year since.[5][6]
Born and brought up in Chippenham, Wiltshire, Jessica started her international showjumping career on the International Pony and junior riders circuits (2011–14), taking numerous medal honours across highly consistent performances. Since 2014, Jess competes from her Central European base in Eindhoven, the 'showjumping capital' of The Netherlands.
Jessica is a direct descendant of master swordsman Juan Antonio de Castro (1660-1730), and Aaron 'Daniel' de Mendoza (1709-1751) who published a manual of the laws governing ritual slaughter. Jessica is distantly related to pugilist Daniel Mendoza, comedian-actor Peter Sellers, Mark Wright (TV personality), footballer Josh Wright, Elliott Wright, Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, Sir Henry Aaron Isaacs (Lord Mayor of London), actor Heath Ledger.