Jan Johannes "Jur" Vrieling (born 31 July 1969) is a Dutch show jumping rider. He was born in

Slochteren Slochteren () is a village and former municipality with a population of 15,546 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. On 1 January 2018, Slochteren merged with Hoogezand-Sappemeer and Menterwolde, forming the municipal ...

. He competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

2016 disqualification

In the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Vrieling was disqualified after causing his horse Zirocco Blue to bleed during the competition in violation of Article 242.3.1 of the FEI Jumping Rules: Horses bleeding on the flank(s), in the mouth or nose or marks indicating excessive use of spurs or of the whip anywhere on the Horse.

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* * * * 1969 births Living people People from Slochteren Dutch show jumping riders Olympic equestrians for the Netherlands Dutch male equestrians Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Groningen (province) 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub