Therese Nilshagen (born 24 January 1983) is a Swedish

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rider. At the European Championships in Gothenburg 2017, she won team silver and at the Rotterdam 2019, she won team bronze, both with the black stallion Dante Weltino OLD. In 2016 she was selected for the

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, but during the vet-check, the horse was not fit, so she was replaced by fellow team rider

Mads Hendeliowitz Mads Hendeliowitz (born 14 January 1982) is a Danish-born Olympic dressage rider who has been representing Sweden since 2010. Dressage Mads Hendeliowitz competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with an Oldenburg stallion Ji ...

. In 2021, Nilshagen was part of the Swedish Olympic team during the

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, finished 14th in the individual final and 6th with the team.

Biography

Nilshagen started riding at an age of 8 at the local riding school in Sweden. Her international debut was in 2015 in Cappeln on Small Tour Level. In 2016 she competed for the first time at international Grand Prix level. That same year she was selected for the Swedish Olympic team. She is currently based in Germany. Nilshagen is fluent in Swedish, German, English and Finnish.

References

Living people 1983 births Swedish female equestrians Swedish dressage riders Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Sweden Sportspeople from Stockholm {{Sweden-equestrian-bio-stub