Juliet Jobling-Purser finished 7th individually in the three-day eventing at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games – one of the finest individual results achieved by an Irish equestrian at the Olympic Games – as one of the first three women to represent Ireland in an Olympic Games in equestrian sports.

Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the daughter of Ernest Jobling-Purser – whose family had transformed an ailing glass manufacturing business into the global Pyrex brand after acquiring the licence to manufacture Pyrex glassware in England in 1922 – the family later relocated to Elm Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin.

A lifelong horsewoman who hunted with the Kildare Hunt, the Ward Unions and the Scarteens, she had competed at Badminton and Burghley and participated in the World Championships in 1966 as an individual. Her skills were enhanced by time with coaches Eddie Goldman and Robert Hall in England. Her mount Jenny completed the cross-country phase despite a fall, and she then jumped clear in the show jumping to claim 7th place overall.