Alexandra Ledermann

{{Short description|French equesterian}}

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Alexandra Ledermann (born 14 May 1969) is a French equestrian and Olympic medalist. She won a bronze medal in show jumping at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/alexandra-ledermann-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417194507/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/alexandra-ledermann-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Alexandra Ledermann |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |work=SR/Olympic Sports |accessdate=24 November 2013}}

Ledermann was born in Évreux in 1969.{{Cite web|url=https://www.paris-normandie.fr/loisirs/l-eure-une-terre-de-cheval--rencontre-avec-alexandra-ledermann-championne-installee-a-huest-FC15358195|title=L'Eure, une terre de cheval : rencontre avec Alexandra Ledermann, championne installée à Huest|last=Ottonelli|first=Audrey|date=2019-07-20|website=Paris Normandie|language=fr|access-date=2020-02-11}} In 1999, she became the first woman to win gold at the European Show Jumping Championships. As of 2019, Ledermann and Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum of Germany were the only two women to have won this title.

Ledermann lends her name to a series of equestrian-themed video games.

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