Jane Savoie (15 April 1949 – 4 January 2021) was an American sportsperson and writer.

Life

Jane Savoie was born in 1949 in Worcester, Massachusetts. She spent her early life in Natick, Massachusetts. She attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst to earn a bachelor's degree in animal sciences.

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During the 1992 Olympics, she was part of the U.S. Olympic dressage team as a reserve. She was also a coach of Susan Blinks.

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During her career she won National Freestyle Championships title three times.

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Her debut book That Winning Feeling! Program Your Mind for Peak Performance was published in 1992. Her books have been translated into multiple languages.

In 2019 she was inducted into the USDF Hall of Fame.

Savoie died in 2021 from cancer.

Recognition

2019: USDF Hall of Fame

Bibliography

That Winning Feeling (1992) More Cross Training (1998) Horses of a Lifetime (1998) It's Not Just About the Ribbons (2003) Dressage 101: The Ultimate Source of Dressage Basics in a Language You Can Understand (2011) Jane Savoie's Dressage Between the Jumps (2020) Second Chances (2020)

References

1949 births

2021 deaths

20th-century American sportswomen

20th-century American non-fiction writers

21st-century American non-fiction writers

20th-century American women writers

21st-century American women writers