Harrie Smolders (born 10 May 1980) is a Dutch Olympic

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rider. He competed at the

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, where he placed 7th in the

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and 27th in the individual competition. Smolders participated at the

2010 World Equestrian Games The 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games (officially the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games) were held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. from September 25 to October 10, 2010. This was the sixth edition of the FEI World Eques ...

and at the 2009 European Championships. He finished 4th in the team jumping event at the 2009 Europeans held at

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. Smolders also participated at four editions of the

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finals (in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2016), with his best result coming in 2016 when he finished 2nd. He won the Global Champions Tour 2017, becoming CHAMPION OF THE CHAMPIONS with still one show to come, first in history. Sponsored by Copernicus, Vestrum, Parlanti and CWD. In 2018 Harrie Smolders secured the number one spot of the Longines World Ranking for the first time in his career. This position was previously held by the Olympic silver medalist Kent Farrington.

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Living people 1980 births Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics Dutch male equestrians Olympic equestrians of the Netherlands {{Netherlands-equestrian-bio-stub