Arly Golombek is a professional horse rider from Detroit, Michigan. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Golombek was born on August 17, 1983, in Detroit, Michigan. She attended Michigan State University for business management and started riding horses at age 9. She become a professional equestrian since age of 23 and has been competing internationally since age 30 as a member of the Israeli showjumping team. [5] [6] Golombek has won an International high jump 6 bar competition in Biarritz France with her mare Dolce Vita and has also won a team bronze and individual silver in Maccabi games 2019 with her mare Vanilla Mail. [7] [8] [9] [10] She got 4th Place in the Prix of Macôn in 2019 with a stallion named Very Good de la Bonn. [11] [12] [13] [14] She also won the open national division champion with her horse vanilla Mail 2020. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] She is one of the sponsored riders of Parlanti, a premium equestrian boot designer from Italy.
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