Jill Irving (née Gougeon, born April 4, 1963) is a Canadian Equestrian Team athlete in dressage. She won a gold medal in team dressage at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Irving was born in and grew up in Ontario but has resided in Moncton, New Brunswick since her early 20s. Jill was married to industrialist Robert Irving until his death in 2026.
Jill Irving was set to make her Olympic debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics at the age of 61, alongside her horse Delacroix 11, but withdrew prior to the games when the pair was deemed unfit to compete. Irving remained on the Canadian Olympic dressage team as the travelling alternate with her secondary horse Genesis.
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