Jamaica at The 2008 Summer Olympics - Equestrian

Equestrian

Samantha Albert participated on Jamaica's behalf at the Beijing Olympics in an individual mixed three-day equestrian event. She was the only Jamaican participating in equestrian sports at the 2008 Olympics. Born in Montréal, Canada, Albert married Swedish equestrian Olympian Dag Albert and participated in the Beijing Olympics at age 37. At the Olympics, Albert participated first in the August 9 dressage round, which included 70 athletes in total. Out of a maximum possible score of 270, Albert and her horse Before I Do It scored 168 points on their first jump (62.22%), 171 points on their second jump (63.33%), and 167 points on their third jump (61.85%), taking 56.3 penalty points in the process. Overall, Albert and Before I Do It ranked 52nd of the 69 finishing riders, placing between France's Jean Renaud Adde (53rd place on horse Haston D'Elpegere) and Brazil's Jeferson Moreira (51st place on horse Escudeiro).

During the August 10 cross country phrase, Albert completed the obstacle course in 9 minutes and 44 seconds, but accrued a time penalty of 41.60. Rankings during this round were by penalty, and thus Albert ranked 42nd out of the 60 equestrian athletes with her score ahead of Germany's Peter Thomsen (45.60) and behind New Zealand's Joe Meyer (21.20). The final part of her Olympic event, show jumping, took place on August 12. She was the only athlete out of the 57 still in the event to be eliminated in this stage. Albert did not progress to the final jumping round, which occurred later that day.