Equestrian rider - rode on the United States Olympic equestrian team in the 1976, 1992, and 1996 Summer Games. Won Gold Medal in team show jumping at the 1986 World Show Jumping Championships.
Trainer in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Won the 2006 Kentucky Derby with the ill-fated Barbaro.
Survived the July 19, 1989 crash of United Airlines Flight 232 at Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa. Rescued three siblings who were traveling alone then went back into the burning wreckage to save an 11-month-old girl.