Danielle Goldstein-Waldman

Danielle Goldstein-Waldman was born in 1985 in New York

Goldstein-Waldman was born in New York and grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Her parents were professional squash players. She is Jewish and visited Israel for her Bat Mitzvah at age 12.

She earned a bachelor's degree in global economies and development at Duke University, where she also played tennis. She spent 6 months in Sydney, Australia, studying urban planning.

She began riding at age 8 and rode in her first grand prix at 16, winning individual and team gold at the North American Young Rider Championships that year. After gaining Israeli citizenship, she competed for Israel and turned professional in 2012. She won Global Champions Tour grand prix events in Portugal, Shanghai and Berlin, and became the first woman to win in Shanghai.

In 2019 she was part of the Israeli squad that qualified for the Tokyo Olympics. She went to the Games but did not compete because her horse was injured. She married horse breeder and trainer Alan Waldman in June 2019 and lives in the Netherlands.