Tanya Karen Seymour (born 5 November 1983 in
Port Elizabeth
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,
South Africa) is a South African
dressage
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rider. She competed at the
2014 World Equestrian Games
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in
Normandy, where she placed 20th with the South African team in the team competition and 98th in the
individual dressage competition.
She was born in South Africa but moved to Australia with her family in 2000. She has been based in Germany since 2007, where she is coached by
Jonny Hilberath. She believes that riding should be light and harmonious, with the horse always happy and willing to perform. She credits her support team with maintaining her horses in the highest standard of care possible to ensure they can perform to their best ability.
She earned an individual dressage
2016 Summer Olympics
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quota place for South Africa after finishing 4th at the Olympic qualification event held in
Perl,
Germany. She finished in 56th place at the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the first ever South African dressage rider to compete at the Olympics.
In 2019, she competed as the first South African rider at the World Cup finals in
Goteborg
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,
Sweden
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. In October later that year, she qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with the South African team during a special Olympic qualifier event in
Exloo,
Netherlands. Due the postponement of the Olympic Games some of the South African team members fell out and South Africa could not fulfils the Olympic criteria to compete. Seymour was nominated to represent South Africa for the second time as individual with her horse Ramoneur, but had to withdraw one day before the vet-check due a minor injury of her horse after arriving in Tokyo.
Dressage results
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Cup
Final
References
External links
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Living people
1983 births
Sportspeople from Gqeberha
South African female equestrians
South African dressage riders
Place of birth missing (living people)
Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic equestrians for South Africa
Australian people of South African descent
Sportspeople of South African descent
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