Four years of continued
success followed, which included participation
on winning U.S. Nations Cup teams, which led to
her being named the 1989 United States Olympic
Committee's Female Equestrian of the Year. So
far in 2006, Madden has had multiple successful
rides including her role in the Samsung Super
League tour as part of the U.S. Team that finished
second in the Nations Cup in Aachen, aboard Authentic.
In the past few years, Madden has been a critical
member of the United States Teams. Riding in six
out of the eight competitions, she anchored the
team for the 2005 Samsung Super League which the
U.S., the only non-European team competing in
the League, decisively won. Also in 2005, she
won the million dollar CN International at Spruce
Meadows in Canada on Judgement, and won the $200,000
American Invitational in Tampa, Florida, on Authentic.
In 2004, she breezed through the Olympic Selection
Trials finishing in first place on Authentic with
only eight faults accumulated for all six selection
events. With her contribution of double clear
rounds in the Athens Olympic Games, she helped
the U.S. Team win the Gold medal, while her success
on U.S. soil earned her the American Grand Prix
Association (AGA) Rider of the Year title in 2004.
At the 2003 Pan American Games in the Dominican
Republic, she was a member of the Gold medal U.S.
team.
Over the years, other laurels include the 1997
Rolex/USET Show Jumping Championship and the AGA
title that year; the Mercedes German Masters and
the Audi Grand Prix in 2003; and many, many more
prestigious wins in both the United States and
Europe. |