Marc Houtzager (born 9 January 1971 in

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) is a Dutch equestrian whose specialty is

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Early life

Houtzager began riding when he was 10 years old. His parents were caterers and he began to ride ponies at a place where they worked.

Competitions

At the

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in London, Houtzager rode Sterrehof's Tamino as was part of the Dutch team that won the silver medal in the team jumping event. Houtzager competed in the 2002

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circuit and won the meeting in Dublin. After that he kept on riding international tournaments, but never succeeded on World Cup level again. In 2008 he and his teammates became Dutch national champion in

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. Houtzager himself won an additional silver medal at the event in the individual competition. He was selected to represent the Netherlands at the Super League meeting in

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where they finished fourth. At the

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he became fifth in the individual competition. Later that year he finished fourth at the Grand Prix in

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with his horse Opium. Due to injuries of former Olympic champion

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and

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he and

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were selected by coach

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to represent the Netherlands at the

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. Houtzager and Hoorn competed in both the individual as well as the team competition in which they formed a team with

Gerco Schröder Gerco Bernardus Schröder (born 28 July 1978, in Tubbergen) is a Dutch show jumping equestrian. He currently ranks third on the FEI Rolex Ranking List. Gerco Schröder represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he took pa ...

and

Vincent Voorn Vincent Voorn (born 16 February 1984 in Someren) is a Dutch show jumper.

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References

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