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Daniel Bluman
Daniel Bluman (born 15 March 1990) is a Colombian-born Israeli Olympic show jumping rider. In July 2019 Bluman, as part of Israel's four-rider squad, qualified to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Early and personal life Bluman was born in Medellín, Colombia. His father, Samuel, is an entrepreneur, and his mother, Orly, is an Israeli psychologist and social worker. He has a brother, Steven. His Polish-born Jewish grandfather on his father's side, a Holocaust survivor whose entire family was murdered, was in the Auschwitz concentration camp for three years and later emigrated to Colombia. His father's family is from Poland and Holland. His grandfather on his mother's side is Israeli, and his mother's family is from Israel and Hungary. Bluman attended Hebrew school growing up. When he was ten years old, he moved with his family to South Florida in the United States. An alumnus of Cypress Bay High School in Weston, Florida, Bluman earned an associate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equestrianism
Equestrianism (from Latin , , , 'horseman', 'horse'), commonly known as horse riding (Commonwealth English) or horseback riding (American English), includes the disciplines of riding, Driving (horse), driving, and Equestrian vaulting, vaulting. This broad description includes the use of horses for practical working animal, working purposes, transportation, recreational activities, artistic or cultural exercises, and animals in sport, competitive sport. Overview of equestrian activities Horses are horse training, trained and ridden for practical working purposes, such as in Mounted police, police work or for controlling herd animals on a ranch. They are also used in Horse#Sport, competitive sports including dressage, endurance riding, eventing, reining, show jumping, tent pegging, equestrian vaulting, vaulting, polo, horse racing, driving (horse), driving, and rodeo (see additional equestrian sports listed later in this article for more examples). Some popular forms of competi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Pessoa
Nelson Pessoa Filho (born December 16, 1935) is a Brazilian equestrian who competed in the sport of Show jumping. He was among the first Brazilian civilians to do well in the sport, as the military had dominated it in the Brazil of that era. Career highlights He competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and came fifth in Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Individual jumping. He moved to Europe in 1961. He won the 1966 European Show Jumping Championships and won twice at Hickstead. He came second in the 1984 Show Jumping World Cup, and in 1991 he was again second, riding Special Envoy. In 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona at 56 he was the oldest equestrian, while his 19-year-old son was the youngest. He owns a famous equestrian school at Haras du Ligny in Fleurus, Belgium. His students include Alvaro de Miranda Neto and Athina Onassis Miranda. His son is the Olympic gold medallist Rodrigo Pessoa Rodrigo de Paula Pessoa (born 29 November 1972 in Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Federation For Equestrian Sports
The International Federation for Equestrian Sports (, FEI) is the international governing body of equestrian sports. The FEI headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. An FEI code of conduct protects the welfare of the horses from physical abuse or doping. On March 2, 2022, in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the FEI banned Russian and Belarusian athletes, horses, and officials from FEI events, and subsequently an FEI Tribunal panel dismissed an appeal by Russia's Federation of Equestrian Sports challenging the ban. Disciplines The FEI recognizes eight disciplines under global governance in both regular and para-equestrianism competition: * Dressage * Combined driving * Endurance * Eventing * Para-equestrian * Reining * Show jumping * Equestrian vaulting The following two disciplines are under regional governance: * Horseball * Tent pegging The FEI does not govern or provide rules for horse racing or polo, but in the latter case, it has signed a Memoran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle G
Danielle is a modern French female variant of the male name Daniel, meaning "God is my judge" in the Hebrew language. Variants *Dana – Czech, German, Romanian Polish *Danette – English *Daniela – Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, English, German, Italian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Slovak, Latvian *Danièle – French *Daniélín - Irish *Daniella – English, Italian, Hungarian *Danielle – English, French, Odia *Daniëlle – Dutch *Danijela – Croatian, Serbian, Slovene *Danita – English *Danna – English *Dannielle – English *Danniella – English *Danuta – Polish *Danielė – Lithuanian * دانيال – Arabic * Даніэль (Danieĺ) Даніэла (Daniella) – Belarusian * ড্যানিয়েল (Ḍyāniẏēla) – Bengali * 丹妮尔 (Dānnīěr) – Chinese Simplified * 丹妮爾 (Dānnīěr) – Chinese Traditional * ડેનિયલ (Ḍēniyala) – Gujarati * דניאל – Hebrew * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashlee Bond
Ashlee Bond (born April 15, 1985) is an American- Israeli show jumping rider who competes for Israel. She has qualified to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Early life Her father is Steve Bond (né Shlomo Goldberg). He was born and raised in Haifa, Israel, and moved to the United States when he was 12 years old. Her mother, Cindy, is a filmmaker, and she has one younger sibling, her brother Dylan. Riding career Bond began competing at the age of six, won her first grand prix at age 16, and in 2001 was named Grand Prix Rookie Rider of the Year by both the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and the Pacific Coast Horse Association. In 2009, at 24, she was in the top 40 in the FEI World Rankings, was No. 2 on the Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Rankings, and was named "Chronicle of the Horse" Show Jumping Horseman of the Year. Between 2009 and 2014, Bond won the 2009 CHIO Aachen, 2014 HITS $1 Million Grand Prix, and an FEI Nations Cup. She won the $100,000 Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equestrian At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Individual Jumping
The individual jumping in equestrian at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held at Greenwich Park from 4 to 8 August. Like all other equestrian events, the jumping competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division. There were 75 competitors from 26 nations. The event was won by Steve Guerdat of Switzerland, the nation's first victory in individual jumping since 1924 and second overall (tying the United States for fourth-most). Gerco Schroder of the Netherlands took silver. Cian O'Connor of Ireland, who had been stripped of a gold medal in the event in 2004, earned bronze—Ireland's first medal in the event. Background This was the 24th appearance of the event, which had first been held at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been held at every Summer Olympics at which equestrian sports have been featured (that is, excluding 1896, 1904, and 1908). It is the oldest event on the current programme, the only one that was held in 1900. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
