Elizabeth Madden (née Patton; born 20 November 1963) is an American Olympic champion equestrian competing in show jumping.

[6][10] She attended Southern Seminary Junior College and rode for the school's team in addition to playing basketball and softball.

[6] Madden began riding grand prix, show jumping's highest level, at age 22 in 1985.

[12] At the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, Madden earned gold in the team jumping competition along with Laura Kraut, Will Simpson and McLain Ward.

[citation needed] In 2012, Madden competed in the 2012 London Summer Olympics for the United States on Coral Reef Via Volo.

[17] the Global Champions Tour CSI5* Grand Prix of Chantilly in France on Cortes 'C' [18] and the $100,000 American Gold Cup Qualifier in North Salem, New York on Coral Reef Via Volo.

[9] Immediately after the hiatus, Madden competed at the 2014 World Equestrian Games, winning a team and individual bronze aboard Cortes 'C'.

[21] In 2015, Madden competed in her tenth FEI Jumping World Cup Final with Simon in Las Vegas where she finished as the top US rider and 4th overall.

Age fifty-two at the Games, she was the oldest female athlete on the United States Olympic team in Rio.

Team, as they tied with France for the silver medal in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup presented by Longines in Italy.

As of 2016[update], Madden currently has seven horses that she competes on regularly; most are owned by her longtime sponsor, Abigail Wexner, of New Albany, Ohio.

In February 2020, Madden announced that she will semi-retire after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, shifting her focus to training horses and riders.