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Grete Ayache (born 12 March 1982 in
Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...
, Estonia), born as Grete Püvi, is an Estonian
dressage Dressage ( or ; , most commonly translated as "training") is a form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an art sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery. As an equestrianism, equestrian sport defined by th ...
rider. Representing Estonia, she competed at the
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and at the 2011 European Dressage Championship. She placed 61st place in individual dressage at the 2011 Europeans held in
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. She retired her Grand Prix horse, Talent, from the competition in 2016. The horse had been previously ridden by Bernard Bosseaux. In 2017 she won 3rd place in the FEI World Cup Dressage Central European League Freestyle competition.


Personal

Püvi started riding at the age of 12. She made her international debut in 2005 during the CDI in Warka, Poland. She is married to the reserve rider for the French Olympic team in 2016; Alexandre Ayache and together they have a daughter. She lives in
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. Her sister Pirjo Püvi is an opera singer and her uncle is Leo Näppinen, an Estonian scientist. Grete is fluent in Estonian, French, English, German, Finnish and Russian.


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Living people 1982 births Sportspeople from Tallinn Estonian female equestrians Estonian dressage riders {{Estonia-sport-bio-stub