Edwina Tops-Alexander by the numbers as she rides for Olympic gold in Rio

SHE flies through the air with the greatest of ease and made a mark at her third Olympic Games. Equestrian Edwina Tops-Alexander by the numbers

Australia's Edwina Tops-Alexander on Lintea Tequila.

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SHE flies through the air with the greatest of ease and had hoped to ride onto the podium in Rio.

But Olympian Edwina Tops-Alexander, one of the most recognisable names and faces in world equestrian, fell just short of her medal goal in Rio.

The team captain of a showjumping team was knocked out of medal contention when she made a single mistake in the event.

Earlier she had qualified for the final with a perfect round — just one of 13 riders to achieve this feat.

She ended up equalling her best performance at a games with her ninth place.

The Sydney-born rider, who lives in The Netherlands, had been in spectacular form this season and recently took over the lead in the Global Champions Tour, a crown she has won twice previously in 2011 and 2012.

This was the third Olympic Games for Tops-Alexander who rode the mare Lintea Tequila in Rio

Australia's Edwina Tops-Alexander on Lintea Tequila during the show jumping.

3: The number of Olympics she has competed in.

8: The age she started riding.

9: Her position in the individual and teams competition in Beijing in 2008. This was also her position in Rio.

40: She contests around this number of competition every year.

42: Her age

25,000: She has close to this many followers on Twitter.

158,738: Has this many likes of Facebook

1m: That’s euros. She was the first rider to collect this in prizemoney by winning the Global Champions tour in 2011 and 201.