After a two year battle with endometrial cancer, Olympic equestrian gold medallist Gillian Rolton has died at the age of 61.
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She passed away in Adelaide, the Australian Olympic Committee confirmed on Saturday night.
Rolton won gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games but made headlines around the world and became a household name back home four years later for her ride in Atlanta where she won her second gold medal.
She sustained a broken collarbone and cracked her ribs five minutes into the event when her horse, Peppermint Grove, lost his footing and fell twice.
Rolton got back in the saddle both times and successfully completed the course to secure gold
"You don't go to the Games to be a wuss, you don't go to the Games to be a wimp," she told Australian Story.
She was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2000 after being only one of eight flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the Sydney games.
The story Dual Olympic gold medallist Gillian Rolton dies was originally published on The Sydney Morning Herald.