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SPEAKER_04: With her horse Jubilee,
SPEAKER_00: Lise came in second place at the 1947 Scandinavian Riding Championships. Her competition scores were high enough to qualify for the next obvious step, the 1948 Olympic Games. But one obstacle remained. Only commissioned military officers were allowed to compete in dressage at the Olympics. This meant that ordinary civilians, and all women, were entirely shut out. Fortunately, just in time for the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, that rule changed. So Lise and Jubilee traveled to compete in their first ever Olympic Games. Sharply dressed in a top hat and tails, Lise directed Jubilee through a series of complex steps and intricate footwork. Almost like a delicate two-person dance, the two glided around in the ring. Lise and Jubilee won the silver medal, making Lise the first woman to compete in the Olympics. The two were the first to compete in the Olympics, and the second to compete in the Olympics. The two were the first to compete in the Olympics. The two were the first to compete in the Olympics, and Jubilee won the silver medal, making Lise the first woman to ever win an Olympic medal in dressage. She was also the first person with a significant physical disability to win an Olympic medal in an equestrian sport. Because Lise still lacked control of her legs, she was unable to dismount Jubilee by herself to stand on the medal podium. In a beautiful gesture of sportsmanship, the gold medal winner, Henri Sansir of Sweden, helped Lise off her horse and carried her to the Olympic podium. Lise managed to stand on her own as she accepted her medal, politely dabbing away tears. Two years later, Lise placed first in the unofficial world championships. She competed in the next Olympic games in 1956 in Stockholm, again taking home the silver medal. Over the course of her riding career, she won seven Danish national championships in dressage. Outside of her riding career, Lise became a fierce advocate for people with disabilities. She opened the first therapeutic riding center in Europe and helped promote horseback riding as an accepted form of physical rehabilitation. Lise died in 2009. She was 87 years old. She was posthumously included in Denmark's Hall of Fame and was named one of the country's top 10 athletes of all time. Beyond her athletic achievements, she's remembered as a pioneer of therapeutic horseback riding. All month, we're talking about movers and shakers. For more information, check us out on Facebook and Instagram at Womanica Podcast. Special thanks to Lise Kaplan, my favorite sister and co-creator. Talk to you tomorrow.
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