Antonio/Antoni Chłapowski (born December 31, 1943, in

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) is a sportsperson. He is a descendant of

Dezydery Chłapowski Baron Dezydery Adam Chłapowski (1788 in Turew – 27 March 1879) of the Dryja coat of arms was a Polish general, businessman and political activist. Early life His father Józef Chłapowski (born 1756, died 1826) was the baron of Kościan C ...

. Chłapowski has both Polish and Swedish citizenship.

Formula Ford career

Chłapowski's was the first sport was

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. He won the Danish championship, and came second in the Swedish championship and the championship of the Benelux countries. Antonio also qualified to second place in the final of the 1972 World Championships.

Some of the Swedish competition results in Formula Ford

Equestrian career

Eventually Chłapowski gave up his auto racing career to move to horses. Upon Chłapowski's graduation from the renowned Swedish education for Riding instructors at

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he received the highest instructor level, RIK III. Chłapowski continued his sports career as a member of the Swedish equestrian team. For many years he competed against and trained with riders like Jan Mathausen, Thomas and Markus Fuchs, Wilhelm Melliger,

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and Helen and Peter Weinberg. Chłapowski is now an outstanding coach and also a professional

farrier A farrier is a specialist in equine hoof care, including the trimming and balancing of horses' hooves and the placing of shoes on their hooves, if necessary. A farrier combines some blacksmith's skills (fabricating, adapting, and adju ...

. Chłapowskis dream is to make riding to the Polish national sport.

Company in Poland

1995 bought Chłapowski a decaying state-owned farm in Jaszkowo and founded the Centrum Hipiki. It has since the takeover renovated and built the Centre Hipiki Jaszkowo and continues so. Already in 2004, was Centrum Hipiki Jaszkowo classified by the FEI as one of the largest education and competition center in Europe for horses, ponies and riders, as well as one of Europe's biggest pony center. Antonio is strong devotee task of educating children, adolescents and adults in all aspects of riding to do. Centrum Hipiki has twice hosted the European Pony Championship, at Jaszkowo, south of the city of

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FEI before Pony EM 2004

Swedish Equestrian about Pony EM 2011
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chlapowski, Antonio Living people Polish motorsport people 1943 births Sportspeople from Lviv Polish male equestrians 20th-century Polish sportsmen