Kyra Marie Christine Kyrklund (born 30 November 1951 in
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...
) is a Finnish
dressage rider and trainer who currently lives in
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ...
. In 1991 she and "Matador II" won the
World Cup Finals in Paris. She has competed in six Olympics.
See also
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List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
A small fraction of the world's population ever competes at the Olympic Games; an even smaller fraction ever competes in multiple Games. 849 athletes (260 women and 589 men) have participated in at least five Olympics from Athens 1896 to Beiji ...
External links
Kyra Kyrklund's website (In English)*
Finnish dressage riders
Equestrians at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Finnish female equestrians
Olympic equestrians of Finland
Sportspeople from West Sussex
Sportspeople from Helsinki
1951 births
Living people
Swedish-speaking Finns
Dressage trainers
Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
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