Jessica Rae Springsteen (born December 30, 1991) is an American equestrian. She is a show jumping champion rider who has represented the United States Equestrian Team in a competition.[1][2][3][4] She won a silver medal in the Team jumping at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021 in Tokyo.
Early life
Jessica Rae Springsteen was born on December 30, 1991. She was the second child and only daughter of musicians Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa. She has one older brother and one younger brother.[5] When she and her brothers were in school in the early 1990s, their parents left Los Angeles with them to have a family in a non-paparazzi place. The family had and lived on a horse farm in Colts Neck Township, New Jersey.
Springsteen has been riding since she was four years old.[10][11] There were horses in the Springsteen family's 300-acre Stone Hill Farm in Colts Neck, New Jersey.[10] She got her first pony when she was six years old.[12] She won the 2009 George H. Morris Excellence in Equitation Championship.[3]
"After you have been to so many shows year after year, you realize how difficult it is and what an achievement it is. You also realize how good the other riders are and how much work has gone into it. You see a culmination of 13 years of riding come down to 1 minute and 30 seconds. That is a tough lesson in life. Musicians always get to sing it again; riders get one shot."
In 2016, she won her first five-star Grand Prix jumping competition with her horse Cynar VA.[14]
She used to train with Frank and Stacia Klein Madden.[11] Later, she trained with Laura Kraut from 2010 to 2015.[15] Since 2015, she trains with Edwina Tops-Alexander.[15]
In 2021, Springsteen was chosen in the US team to compete in Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It had been cancelled for a while due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16]