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
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rider. Representing Estonia, she competed at the
2014 World Equestrian Games
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and at the
2011 European Dressage Championship. She placed 61st place in individual dressage at the 2011 Europeans held in
Rotterdam
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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
Nice
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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.
Personal bests
References
Living people
1982 births
Sportspeople from Tallinn
Estonian female equestrians
Estonian dressage riders
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