Marcela Krinke-Susmelj (born 18 October 1965 in

Vlašim Vlašim (; german: Wlaschim) is a town in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. Vlašim is known for its castle and English style park. Administrative parts Villages of Bolina, D ...

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) is a Czech-born Swiss Olympics

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rider. She participated at the

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, where she placed 24th in the individual competition. Krinke-Susmelj also competed at three editions of

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(2006, 2010 and 2014), six

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(2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017) and four World Cup Finals (2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017). Her current best championship results are two 8th places in team dressage competitions (from the 2005 Europeans and the 2006 Worlds), while her current best individual result is 11th place in freestyle dressage from 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 ...

. She is married to the former Yugoslav dressage champion

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and has two children.

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Living people 1965 births Swiss female equestrians Swiss dressage riders People from Vlašim Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians of Switzerland {{Switzerland-equestrian-bio-stub