Hiroyuki Kitahara (北原広之, born 13 September 1971) is a Japanese

dressage Dressage ( or ; a French term, most commonly translated to mean "training") is a form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an art sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery. As an equestrian sport defined b ...

rider. He represented Japan 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 won team silver at the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

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. In 2019 he set a new record by winning a CDI in Europe as first Japanese dressage rider. Hiroyuki started riding at the age of eight at the Japan Racing Association's club in

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, while joining the Japanese youth team. In his riding career he worked several times in Germany from 1999 till 2001 and from 2007 till 2008. In 2018 he returned to Germany to prepare for the

2020 Olympic Games The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

to train with Finnish team rider Henri Ruoste. Kitahara was part of the Japanese dressage team during the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in his city of birth

. He competed with his horse Huracan in the Grand Prix and finished 45th in the individual competition.

References

1971 births Living people Japanese equestrians Japanese dressage riders Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in equestrian Equestrians at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Japan Sportspeople from Tokyo {{Japan-equestrian-bio-stub