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Musto sponsored athlete Tina Cook won individual and team gold at the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships on Sunday (27/09) riding Miners Frolic in Fontainebleau, France.

Tina was also part of the British team that picked up its eighth successive team gold medal, along with fellow Musto-sponsored rider William Fox-Pitt, who finished fourth individually. Tina also set a new record, as the first mother to win an individual gold medal; she now has the full set of individual European medals having won silver in 1993 and bronze in 1997.

Her European triumph comes on the back of the two bronze medals she won on her Olympic debut in Beijing last summer.

Tina commented after winning, “Its one of the greatest days of my life and I can’t believe it. I have a great partnership with my horse who tries hard to leave the fences up.”

Outdoor clothing company Musto have sponsored Tina for over ten years, supplying her and her team with clothing enabling her to concentrate fully on training and competing whatever the weather. Tina has won European medals at junior and young rider level before gaining her first senior team appearance in 1993 where she won individual silver.

The European Eventing Championships is a bi-annual competition which began in 1953, in the British town of Badminton. Since then Britain has hosted the event ten times, and won 22 team gold medals, making them the most successful nation in the competition’s history.

Musto is the world's leading sailing and country sports clothing brand, and is further extending into lifestyle outdoor clothing. Established in 1965, it was founded by Keith Musto, a British Olympic sailor and engineer, who combined his sports and technical expertise to create product to withstand even the most extreme conditions.

Keeping athletes warm, dry and comfortable.

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