GERMANY’s Julia Krajewski is new eventing Olympic champion and the first female to ever win the title.

The 32-year-old rose from silver to the gold medal position after a clear in the first round of show jumping. Last to go in the second round, she only had 3.7 penalties in hand over Britain’s Tom McEwen, but held her nerve to jump a beautiful clear round with the lovely 11-year-old French-bred mare Amande de B'Neville (Oscar Des Fontaines x Elan De La Cour), just one second over the time to complete on 26.0.