Jessica Springsteen

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| name = Jessica Springsteen

| image = Hessischen Ministerpräsidenten Jessica Springsteen auf Vindicat W 1 mk.jpg

| caption = Springsteen in May 2013

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1991|12|30}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| relatives = Bruce Springsteen (father)
Patti Scialfa (mother)
Pamela Springsteen (aunt)

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Jessica Rae Springsteen (born December 30, 1991) is an American equestrian. The daughter of musicians Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, she is a show jumping champion rider who has represented the United States Equestrian Team in international competition{{Cite web|title=Jessica Springsteen, rock star's daughter and international showjumper |url=http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/tag/jessica-springsteen |website=Horse & Hound |access-date=October 8, 2015 |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821094836/http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/tag/jessica-springsteen |archive-date=August 21, 2015 }}{{Cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/sports/njsports/index.ssf/2009/10/jessica_springsteen_finishes_s.html |title=Jessica Springsteen finishes second at Talent Search Finals East, deciding whether to pursue equitation |author=Jaffer, Nancy |newspaper=The Star-Ledger |date=October 9, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063508/http://www.nj.com/sports/njsports/index.ssf/2009/10/jessica_springsteen_finishes_s.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/jessica-springsteen |title=Jessica Springsteen |work=The Chronicle of the Horse |access-date=May 29, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721205618/http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/jessica-springsteen |archive-date=July 21, 2015 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.equestrianlife.com/mw/Jessica_Springsteen|title=Equestrian Life - Luxury Desert Homes - Equestrian Life - Luxury Desert Homes|work=equestrianlife.com|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809065311/http://equestrianlife.com/mw/Jessica_Springsteen|archive-date=August 9, 2009|url-status=dead}} and 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, the second child and only daughter of musicians Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa. She has one older brother, Evan James Springsteen (born July 25, 1990), and one younger brother, Samuel Ryan Springsteen (born January 5, 1994).{{cite web|title=Bruce Springsteen Fast Facts |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/25/us/bruce-springsteen-fast-facts/index.html |website=CNN |date=June 26, 2013 |access-date=June 24, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603013736/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/25/us/bruce-springsteen-fast-facts/index.html |archive-date=June 3, 2017 }} When she and her brothers reached school age in the early 1990s, their parents left Los Angeles with them specifically to raise a family in a non-paparazzi environment. The family owned and lived on a horse farm in Colts Neck Township, New Jersey. They also owned homes in Los Angeles, as well as in Wellington, Florida, and Rumson, New Jersey.{{cn|date=June 2025}}

Springsteen attended the Rumson Country Day School{{cite web|author=Nancy Jaffer/for The Star-Ledger |url=http://www.nj.com/sports/njsports/index.ssf/2008/11/springsteen_is_boss_of_maclay.html |title=Springsteen is boss of Maclay event |date=November 2, 2008 |publisher=NJ.com |access-date=April 5, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812052853/http://www.nj.com/sports/njsports/index.ssf/2008/11/springsteen_is_boss_of_maclay.html |archive-date=August 12, 2014 }} and Ranney School in New Jersey.{{Cite web|date=2014-06-04|title=Ranney Riders Showcase Talents at National Level|url=https://www.ranneyschool.org/news-story?pk=716078|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Ranney School|language=en}} She earned an undergraduate degree from Duke University on May 11, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/05/11/3854314/duke-graduates-en-masse-after.html |title=Duke graduates asked to 'make it matter' during commencement |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225151155/http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/05/11/3854314/duke-graduates-en-masse-after.html |archive-date=December 25, 2014 }} After embarking on a career as a show jumping rider, she also did some modeling and was named the equestrian ambassador for Gucci.

Career

Springsteen has been riding since she was four years old,{{cite web|author=Guy Trebay |url=http://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/photos-of-famous-equestrians?click=main_sr#slide-12 |title=Photos of Famous Equestrians - Photos of Celebrity Children in Horseback Riding - Town & Country Magazine |date = December 7, 2012|publisher=Townandcountrymag.com |access-date=April 5, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.equestrianlife.com/mw/Jessica_Springsteen |title=Jessica Springsteen - EquestrianLife Wiki |publisher=Equestrianlife.com |access-date=April 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809065311/http://equestrianlife.com/mw/Jessica_Springsteen |archive-date=August 9, 2009 |url-status=dead }} with horses kept on the Springsteen family's 300-acre Stone Hill Farm in Colts Neck, New Jersey. She got her first pony when she was six years old.{{Cite web|title=8 things you didn't know about Jessica Springsteen – not just a rock star's daughter - Horse & Hound |url=http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/features/jessica-springsteen-showjumper-bruce-springsteen-daughter-505799 |website=Horse & Hound |date=August 17, 2015 |access-date=October 8, 2015 |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011175848/http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/features/jessica-springsteen-showjumper-bruce-springsteen-daughter-505799 |archive-date=October 11, 2015 }} As a youth equitation rider, she first won classes in the pony division, including the Washington International Pony Equitation Classic Final, and as a teen won the 2008 ASPCA Maclay National Championship in a ride-off where her particularly bold riding stood out.{{cite web|author=Print |url=http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/springsteen-steals-show-aspca-maclay-final |title=Springsteen Steals The Show In ASPCA Maclay Final | The Chronicle of the Horse |publisher=Chronofhorse.com |date=November 14, 2008 |access-date=April 5, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121064538/http://chronofhorse.com/article/springsteen-steals-show-aspca-maclay-final |archive-date=January 21, 2011 }} She also won the 2009 George H. Morris Excellence in Equitation Championship.

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As an adult competitor, in 2011 she competed in the Royal Windsor Horse Show competing on her horse Vordnado Van Den Hoendrik. In September 2012, Peter Charles, who had represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Equestrian events, sold his team gold medal-winning horse, Vindicat W, to Springsteen. Springsteen herself was an alternate rider for the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|title=Jessica Springsteen buys British gold medal horse - News |url=http://horsetalk.co.nz/2012/09/20/jessica-springsteen-buys-british-gold-medal-horse/ |website=Horsetalk.co.nz |access-date=June 24, 2017 |date=September 20, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518105102/http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2012/09/20/jessica-springsteen-buys-british-gold-medal-horse/ |archive-date=May 18, 2017 }}{{cite web |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/springsteen-daughter-buys-team-gb-horse-095339604.html |title=Springsteen's daughter buys Team GB horse - World of Sport - Yahoo! Eurosport UK |publisher=Uk.eurosport.yahoo.com |date=September 20, 2012 |access-date=April 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109205815/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/springsteen-daughter-buys-team-gb-horse-095339604.html |archive-date=November 9, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web|author=metrowebukmetro |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/olympics/912579-bruce-springsteen-buys-daughter-gb-olympic-gold-medal-winning-horse |title=Bruce Springsteen buys daughter GB Olympic gold-medal winning horse | Metro News |publisher=Metro.co.uk |date=September 20, 2012 |access-date=April 5, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129010848/http://www.metro.co.uk/olympics/912579-bruce-springsteen-buys-daughter-gb-olympic-gold-medal-winning-horse |archive-date=November 29, 2012 }}{{cite news|title=Bruce Springsteen's daughter buys Peter Charles' gold medal winning horse |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/equestrianism/9554039/Bruce-Springsteens-daughter-buys-Peter-Charles-gold-medal-winning-horse.html |newspaper=Telegraph |date=September 19, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004010053/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/equestrianism/9554039/Bruce-Springsteens-daughter-buys-Peter-Charles-gold-medal-winning-horse.html |archive-date=October 4, 2012 }} In 2014, she won the American Gold Cup. In 2016, she won her first five-star Grand Prix jumping competition with her horse Cynar VA,{{cite web|last1=Hood |first1=Micalea |title=Bruce Springsteen's daughter Jessica wins $330G at horse show |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/bruce-springsteen-daughter-jessica-wins-330k-horse-show-article-1.2790392 |website=NY Daily News |access-date=January 13, 2017 |date=September 3, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113171324/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/bruce-springsteen-daughter-jessica-wins-330k-horse-show-article-1.2790392 |archive-date=January 13, 2017 }} but did not make the short list for the U.S. Equestrian team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite magazine|last1=Angermiller |first1=Michele Amabile |title=Jessica Springsteen Is Out for 2016 Olympics |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7334115/jessica-springsteen-out-2016-olympics |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 13, 2017 |date=April 16, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118180141/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7334115/jessica-springsteen-out-2016-olympics |archive-date=January 18, 2017 }} In May 2017, she won the Falcon Stakes CSI 5* at the Royal Windsor Horse Show riding Davendy S.{{Cite web|url=http://www.noellefloyd.com/springsteen-stars-on-saturday-at-royal-windsor-csi5/|title=Springsteen Stars on Saturday at Royal Windsor CSI5*|website=www.noellefloyd.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-26}}{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

She formerly trained with Frank and Stacia Klein Madden and then trained with Laura Kraut from 2010 to 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/jessica-springsteen-takes-up-new-base-with-edwina-tops-alexander-494885 |title=Jessica Springsteen takes up new base with Edwina Tops-Alexander - Horse & Hound |publisher=Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Sport & Leisure Network |date=May 23, 2015 |access-date=May 29, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529072116/http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/jessica-springsteen-takes-up-new-base-with-edwina-tops-alexander-494885 |archive-date=May 29, 2015 }} Since May 2015 she trains with Edwina Tops-Alexander.

In 2021, Springsteen was selected in the US team to compete in equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics, which had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|last=Brandon Penny|date=2021-07-05|title=Born to ride: Olympic equestrian team includes Jessica Springsteen, daughter of Bruce|url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/07/05/jessica-springsteen-equestrian-usa-olympics/|access-date=2021-07-06|website=OlympicTalk {{!}} NBC Sports|language=en-US}} She finished equal 31st in the qualifying round of the individual jumping, but only the top 30 advanced to the medals round.{{Cite web|last=Bolch|first=Ben|date=2021-08-03|title=Jessica Springsteen talks, but not about her dad, after Olympic equestrian debut|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/story/2021-08-03/jessica-springsteen-father-bruce-tokyo-olympics-equestrian|access-date=2021-08-05|website=Los Angeles Times|language=}} On August 7, 2021 she was part of the U.S. team that won the silver medal in the Team jumping.

Personal life

As of 2021, Springsteen is in a relationship with fellow equestrian Lorenzo De Luca.{{cite web |last1=Mendoza |first1=Kenn Anthony |title=Meet Jessica Springsteen, equestrian silver medallist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Gucci ambassador and daughter of rock icon Bruce Springsteen |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3145212/meet-jessica-springsteen-equestrian-silver-medallist |website=South China Morning Post |access-date=9 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717202059/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3145212/meet-jessica-springsteen-equestrian-silver-medallist |archive-date=17 July 2024 |date=17 August 2021}}