Kimberly "Kim" Severson (born August 22, 1973, in

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) is a highly successful international

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. She took several years of dressage lessons before training in

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, and began with a background in

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. One of her first upper level event horses was Jerry McGerry, whom she took intermediate. Her most well known mount is the English

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gelding

Winsome Andante Winsome Andante (April 6, 1993 - September 25, 2019) was an English imported crossbred eventer (84.5% Thoroughbred, 9.5% Arabian, and 6% Irish) who competed successfully to the highest levels of the sport of eventing. His rider, Kimbe ...

(aka "Dan") owned by Linda Wachtmeister and Plain Dealing Farm. The pair won the

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three times, an unmatched feat. Dan was retired in a ceremony at Rolex in 2008.,

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website. 2007-11-12. Accessed 2008-06-09. She currently lives in

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Awards

* 1999 Rolex Kentucky CCI*** First Place with Over the Limit * USEA's Lady Rider of the Year 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 * 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain Team Gold with Winsome Adante * 2002 Rolex Kentucky CCI**** First Place with Winsome Adante * 2004 Rolex Kentucky CCI**** First Place (full format with steeplechase) with Winsome Adante * 2004 Athens Olympics Individual Silver Medal and Team Bronze with Winsome Adante * 2005 Rolex Kentucky CCI**** First Place with Winsome Adante * 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games 17th Individually with Winsome Adante - Team finished 4th * 2007 The Fork CICW-*** First Place with Winsome Adante * 2007 Badminton CCI**** Third Place with Winsome Adante

CCI5* results

References

1973 births Living people Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tucson, Arizona American event riders American female equestrians Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in equestrian Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in equestrian 21st-century American women {{US-equestrian-bio-stub