 Freese at the 2024 Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Isabel Bache | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian, German | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 January 1979 Oslo, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Equestrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Holga Finken | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2024 Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World finals | 2022 FEI World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Isabel Freese (born 19 January 1979) is a Norwegian dressage rider. She competed at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning as individual and also competed at the 2013 and 2017 European Championships. [1] Freese competed at several World Championships for Young Dressage Horses in which she won a bronze medal in 2018 and 2019. [2]
Freese started riding at the age of six in her hometown Oslo. At the age of 20 she moved to Germany to pursue her equestrian career. [3] Freese was nominated by the Norwegian Equestrian Federation to represent Norway as individual at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. [4] She made it to the individual final, finishing 10th in the individual Freestyle with a personal best and Norwegian record of 83.050%, which is also the best result in history for a Norwegian dressage rider at the Olympics. [5]
