Lisa Margrit Wilcox (born September 8, 1966 in

Thousand Oaks, California Thousand Oaks is the second-largest city in Ventura County, California, United States. It is in the northwestern part of Greater Los Angeles, approximately from the city of Los Angeles and from Downtown. It is named after the many oak tr ...

) is an

equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or Riding in British English) Examples of this are: * Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i ...

riding instructor best known for her success in dressage. Lisa has won ribbons in approximately 660 competitions, including the team silver medal at the

FEI World Equestrian Games The FEI World Equestrian Games are the major international championships for equestrianism, and are administered by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI). The games have been held every four years, halfway between sets of consecutive S ...

in 2002 and a bronze medal in team dressage in the 2004 summer olympics. Though Wilcox is originally from

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...

, in 1994 she moved to

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

to train under

Herbert Rehbein Herbert "Herb" Rehbein (15 April 1922 – 28 July 1979) was a German songwriter, composer and arranger of light orchestral music. Together with his friend and collaborator Bert Kaempfert, he was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall ...

and has spent the majority of her time living and riding in Europe since then. In addition to riding, Wilcox has also appeared as a model for the European fashion boutique A'Dashi. In 2006, Wilcox worked with Rick Rockefeller-Silvia and two of his stallions at the Raleigh CDI, as well as at a Pas de deux exhibition in Florida. "Lisa Wicox, Rick Silvia, Dream Street Stallions"
/ref> One stallion, Lullaby, became the

United States Equestrian Team The United States Equestrian Team (USET) refers to the American national teams in Olympic and non-Olympic disciplines of horse sport. US Equestrian, the governing body of horse sport in the United States, selects, trains and funds the teams. The O ...

's alternate for the Young Horse World Championships in 2006.

References

1966 births Living people American dressage riders American female equestrians Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ventura County, California Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in equestrian 21st-century American women {{US-equestrian-bio-stub