Jessica Kürten
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| Full name | Jessica Kürten | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Show jumping | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 November 1969 Cullybackey, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||||||||||||||
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Jessica Kürten (born 24 November 1969) is a British equestrian from Northern Ireland who competes in the sport of show jumping, representing Ireland.
Born Jessica Chesney, Kürten won several national pony championships as a youth.
In 1994 Kürten married Eckard Kürten and moved to Hünxe in the German Rhineland. She has twice represented Ireland at the Olympic Games, 1996 Atlanta on Diamond's Exchange finishing 26th individually and team 8th and in 2004 Athens on Castle Forbes Maike finishing 18th individually.