Joanne Eccles gave Great Britain its first-ever World Equestrian Games medal in vaulting, as she won gold in the female individual division of the Vaulting World Championships, held as part of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Patric Looser of Switzerland bested his friend and teacher, Kai Vorberg of Germany, to win the gold medal in the male individual division.

"I think I'm a little bit stunned," said Eccles, the 2009 European champion. "I was really pleased with my performance today, but the other girls are so strong, and they all went so well. I think it's going to take a while for it to sink in."

Eccles' composite score over four days of competition was 8.413.

Eccles, 21, has her father, John, as her longeur, and her sister, Hannah, as a coach. Their mother, Jane, also supports the family effort. Eccles vaulted on W.H. Bentley, a 16-year-old French Warmblood-Dale pony cross, whom the Eccles family has owned for the past 11 years