Gert Bolmer (born April 25, 1983, in

Almelo Almelo () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The main population centres in the town are Aadorp, Almelo, Mariaparochie, and Bornerbroek. Almelo has about 72,000 inhabitants in the middle o ...

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) is a professional

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rider competing in

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. He is grade II disabled.

Career

Apart from numerous participations in national as well as international contests, he is best known for his participation in the Equestrian events of recent

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: * 2000 Summer Paralympics in

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. In the 2000 Summer Paralympics he earned a silver medal for the team test and a bronze medal for the freestyle to music. In the

he won two bronze medals for both team and individual dressage. He also participated in the 1999 world championship where he finished third in the team test, individual dressage and freestyle to music. In the following 2003 world championship he also finished third in the same categories except the team test where he finished fifth. The European championship of 2003 again yielded him two third places in the same categories as well as a fourth place for the team test.

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* * 1983 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 2000 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Almelo 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-Paralympic-medalist-stub