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Kathy Kusner
Inducted: 2005
Induction Class: Drew Bledsoe (Football), Louis Zamperini (Track
& Field), Kathy Kusner (Equestrian)
Sport: Olympic Games (Equestrian)
Years Active: 1960's-1970's
Born: March 21, 1940
Birthplace: Gainsville, Florida
Community Focus: Children & Youth
Foundation: Horses in the Hood
Kathy Kusner, a consistent winner and leading rider at major horse shows around the world throughout the 1960’s and early 1970’s and three-time Olympian equestrian who has channeled her love for sport and horses into a means to teach responsibility to kids in inner-city Los Angeles, was inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame along with Olympian Louis Zamperini and the NFL’s Drew Bledsoe as a part of the Class of 2005.
Her achievements include winning an Olympic silver medal at the 1972 Munich Games, a gold and silver medal in two Pan American Games appearances, and becoming the first woman to be licensed as a jockey in the United States.
It is Kusner’s commitment to the youth of Los Angeles that led to her enshrinement in the Humanitarian Hall of Fame. Since 1999 Kusner’s “Horses in the Hood” program, which focuses on helping kids learn responsibility and discipline through horsemanship, has introduced the joy of riding and caring for horses to over 450 at-risk youth in South Central Los Angeles.