Sabine Schut-Kery (born 10 September 1968) is a German-American

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. She competed at the Pan-American Games in 2015 where she won team gold with the American team. In 2021 the US Equestrian Federation nominated Schut-Kery to represent the US at the

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, where she won a silver medal in the team competition.

Personal life

Schut-Kery was born in

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. She trained for many years in Germany, but in 1998 she moved to Texas to become Head Trainer at Proud Meadows. In 2005 she moved to California to pursue her dressage career. She became US citizen in 2007.

References

Living people 1968 births American female equestrians American dressage riders Equestrians at the 2015 Pan American Games Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in equestrian 21st-century American women {{US-equestrian-bio-stub