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Equestrian At The 2020 Summer Paralympics
Equestrianism, Equestrian events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan were held at the Tokyo Equestrian Park. There were eleven gender free events taking place: ten individual events and one mixed team event. The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021. Qualification Qualification was held from 1 January 2018 to 31 January 2020. *An NPC is allowed to have a maximum of four qualification slots: ** One eligible team of four athletes and minimum of three or maximum of four per individual events can contest. ** At least one athlete must be eligible to be in sport classes grade I, grade II or grade III. Officials Appointment of officials is as follows: ;Dressage * Marco Orsini (Ground Jury President) * Jeannette Wolfs (Ground Jury Member) * Anne Prain (Ground Jury Member) - replaced Alison Pauline King * Kjell Myhre (Ground Jur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Equestrian Park
The is an Equestrianism, equestrian sport venue located in Setagaya, Tokyo. The venue is owned by the Japan Racing Association and is a public park all year round, known familiarly as 'Horse Park'. It was constructed in 1940 for the 1940 Summer Olympics, Olympics, but after the Games were cancelled, it was used for the promotion of equestrian events of all sorts. The Park also hosted a training facility for prospective jockeys until the Horseracing School was opened in 1982. Originally, this place would host the same events during the 1964 Summer Olympics, but technical issues took equestrian events to the city of Karuizawa, Nagano, Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture. This venue hosted the equestrian events during the Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics. In preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympics, the Equestrian Park was closed to the public in order to conduct renovations in 2016. Operations were moved to Utsunomiya in a limited capacity in 2017, and is sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepo Puch
Josef "Pepo" Puch (born 10 January 1966 in Graz) is an Austrian-Croatian equestrian. He started in equestrian at fifteen. Puch competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for Croatia in the individual eventing with horse Banville D'Ivoy. He finished 63rd. In 2008, Puch was in an accident and has incomplete paraplegia as a result. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he won a gold medal and a bronze medal, this time competing for his birth country of Austria. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for disabled sports, athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, f ... he also won a gold medal in the individual championship test and a silver medal in the individual freestyle test grade 1b. References External links Video Interview with Pepo Puch [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regine Mispelkamp
Regine Mispelkamp (born in Heilbronn on 9 December 1970) is a German disabled equestrian. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ... she won a bronze medal in the Individual Freestyle Test Grade V. On 11 August 2021, she was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf, Germany's highest sports award, by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany.http://www.bundespraesident.de Der Bundespräsident/Reisen und Termine/ Verleihung des Silbernen Lorbeerblattes References External links * * 1970 births Living people German female equestrians German dressage riders Paralympic equestrians for Germany Paralympic bronze medalists for Germany Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2024 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Hosmar
Frank Hosmar (born 20 August 1968) is a Dutch Paralympic equestrian. He is a bronze medalist at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for disabled sports, athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, f .... He won also various medals at the World Equestrian Games and gold medalist at the European Championships in 2015, 2017 and 2019. References External links * * 1968 births Living people Dutch male equestrians Dutch dressage riders Paralympic equestrians for the Netherlands Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic medalists in equestrian Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Wells
Sophie Wells (born 5 May 1990) is an English para-equestrian who won three medals at the 2012 London Paralympics, three at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, two at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and two at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Personal life Wells was born on 5 May 1990 in Lincoln, England. She was born with amniotic band syndrome and as a result she has no feeling or little movement in her feet and has lost numerous fingers. Because of her disability she competes in the Grade V Paralympic classification, the classification for riders with the lowest level of physical disability. Wells completed her GCSEs and 3 A-levels (Biology, Physics & Sport) at Sir Robert Pattinson Academy in 2008, and started at the University of Lincoln doing Sport & Exercise Science, however left when entering into Year 2, to focus on the London 2012 Paralympics. Wells is currently studying for a Post Graduate Diploma and UKCC Level 4 in Coaching through the University of Gloucestershire. Despite the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michèle George
Michèle George (born 2 January 1974) is a Paralympic equestrian of Belgium. She won seven gold and one silver medal at the Paralympic Games. She was named " Belgian Paralympian of the Year" twice: in 2014 and in 2022. Early life Michèle George was born on 2 January 1974 in Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She began riding horses in 1982, when she was 12 years old, starting on racehorses and then trying show jumping. She eventually met a dressage rider, tried the discipline and "fell in love with it". Career After a horse-riding accident happened in 2008 that caused her to have hemiplegia in her left leg, she started competing in grade IV para-dressage. George competed at the 2009 European Championship, where she finished second. She then competed with her gelding Fbw Rainman at the 2010 World Equestrian Games, finishing second in the individual freestyle para-dressage test. In 2012, George and Fbw Rainman participated in the London Summer Paralympics, where they won t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Etzner Jakobsson
Louise Etzner Jakobsson (born 9 June 1960) is a Swedish female para-equestrian competing at Individual Championship test, Individual Freestyle test and Team test — grade III. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Jakobsson and her horse, the 13 year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding A gelding (Help:IPA/English, /ˈɡɛldɪŋ/) is a castration, castrated male horse or other equine, such as a pony, donkey or a mule. The term is also used with certain other animals and livestock, such as domesticated Camelidae, camels. By compa ... ''Zernard'' , won a bronze medal with the score 70.341 percent at the Individual Championship test grade III event, and a bronze medal with the score 73.650 percent at the Individual Freestyle test grade III. References External links * Louise Etzner Jakobssonat the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympicsalternate link [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manon Claeys
Manon Clayes (born January 3, 1986 in Maldegem) is a Paralympic equestrian of Belgium. She broke her neck and three vertebrae in her back in a horse-riding accident on Friday the 13th, April 2007. As a result of the accident, she sustained nerve damage on her right side and has only 30% power on that side of her body. She participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ... and won a bronze medal in both the Championship IV and Freestyle IV dressage competitions. References Paralympic equestrians for Belgium Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2024 Summer Paralympics 1986 births Belgian female equestrians Living people Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in equestr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodolpho Riskalla
Rodolpho Riskalla de Grande (born 29 December 1984) is a Brazilian equestrian, who won silver in the individual championship test grade IV at the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte .... References External links * * Rodolpho Riskallaat the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympicsalternate link * 1984 births Living people Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanne Voets
Sanne Voets (born 17 September 1986) is a Dutch Paralympic equestrian. She is gold medalled at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Voets became also World Champion and European Champion and several times National Dutch Champion. She is the most successful -para-equestrian rider for The Netherlands in History. Sanne Voets was the first rider who collaborated with a DJ to make a freestyle to music. On the music of DJ Armin van Buuren Voets won gold at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Para-Dressage results Paralympic Games World Championships European Championships A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ... References External links * * 1986 births Living people Dutch dressage riders Paralympic gold medalists for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Cathrin Lübbe
Ann Cathrin Lübbe (née Evenrud; born 23 January 1971) is a Norwegian Paralympic equestrian. She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal and silver medal. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ..., in Individual freestyle test grade III, winning a bronze medal. References External links * * * 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Hamar Norwegian female equestrians Paralympic medalists in equestrian Paralympic gold medalists for Norway Paralympic silver medalists for Norway Paralympic bronze medalists for Norway Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Paralympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rixt Van Der Horst
Rixt van der Horst (born 26 January 1992 in Luxembourg city, Luxembourg) is a Dutch Paralympic equestrian athlete. She won several medals at the Paralympics including at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo and the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci .... She became also the individual World Champion in 2014 and 2018 and European Champion in 2015 and 2019. References External links * * * 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Luxembourg City Paralympic equestrians for the Netherlands Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic medalists in equestrian Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Equestrian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
