Past and present University of Bristol students won a total of five medals at London 2012, an achievement which puts the University among the most successful in the country.
The 27-year-old, who graduated in 2007 with a BSc in Philosophy and Politics, played an integral part in helping GB's equestrian team end with three Olympic titles - two in dressage and a showjumping team gold.
Sailor Hannah Mills won a silver in the women's 470 sailing with partner Saskia Clark. The 24-year-old deferred the final year of her Engineering degree to focus on her sailing ambitions.
Fellow sailor Iain Percy also won a silver. The former Economics student, who studied at Bristol between 1995 and 1998, was aiming for a hat trick after winning gold at both the Sydney and Beijing Olympics, but he and partner Andrew Simpson lost out on the gold in the last few seconds of the final race.
And hockey player Georgie Twigg played well throughout the Olympics to help the women's GB hockey team win a bronze medal.
Georgie worked hard to complete her final exams while training intensively with her teammates ahead of the Games.