Antonio/Antoni Chłapowski (born December 31, 1943, in
Lwów
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...
,
Poland) 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 Co ...
. Chłapowski has
both Polish and Swedish citizenship.
Formula Ford career
Chłapowski's was the first sport was
Formula Ford. 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
Strömsholm
Strömsholm () is a locality situated, in the vicinity of Herrskogen, in Hallstahammar Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden with 664 inhabitants in 2010.
In Strömsholm is Strömsholm Palace, and from 1621 Strömsholm was a center of militar ...
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
Wilhelm "Willi" Melliger (26 July 1953 – 16 January 2018) was a Swiss equestrian and Olympic medalist. With his horse Calvaro V, he won two Olympic silver medals: the first in show jumping at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the second ...
,
Stanny van Paesschen and Helen and Peter Weinberg. Chłapowski is now an outstanding coach and also a professional
farrier. 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
Poznań.
References
External links
FEI before Pony EM 2004Swedish Equestrian about Pony EM 2011
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Living people
Polish motorsport people
1943 births
Sportspeople from Lviv
Polish male equestrians