Margie Goldstein-Engle

Early and personal life She was born in Miami, Florida, to Mona (an elementary school principal and teacher) and Irvin Goldstein (an accountant), and is Jewish. She grew up in her middle-class family in South Miami, Florida, with two older brothers. In third grade, she became passionate about horses. Less affluent than other riders, she said: "You're maybe not dressed like the other riders. You don't have the custom things, you don't have the top clothing, and a lot of my stuff was hand-me-downs.... It was more cliquish than anything. They'd more snub you than tease you." She married her husband, horse veterinarian Steve Engle, in 1995.

Equestrian career Goldstein-Engle won 6 World Cups and 20 Nations Cups between 1984 and 2005. Speaking of such high jump event, she said: "You have to figure the horse either has a lot of trust, or a lot of heart, because once the wall gets over six and a half feet, it looks more like the side of a building."

In 1991, she suffered broken bones and nerve damage in her left foot as the result of a fall at a horse show. Doctors told her she would likely not ever walk normally again. In July 1998, she received injuries to her face as the result of a fall. She competed for the U.S. 2000 Olympics team in Sydney, Australia.

Goldstein-Engel was the American Grandprix Association's (AGA) only ten-time Rider of the Year. She won the award in 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999/2000, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, and 2006. She was also the 1991 American Horse Shows Association Equestrian of the Year. She set a record with most Grand Prix wins in a single season (11; on Saluut II).

Halls of Fame In 2001, she was honored by the U.S. Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and in 2009 she was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. On 25 March 2021, she was inducted into the US Show Jumping Hall of Fame.