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Maikel van der Vleuten (born 10 February 1988) is a Dutch show jumping rider. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he won a silver medal in team jumping and finished 37th in the individual. [1]
As of May 2020, he is ranked as the #15 rider in the world. He has previously been ranked as high as #5 in the world. [2]
Maikel van der Vleuten was born on 10 February 1988 in Geldrop, the Netherlands. His father, Eric, is a successful show jumper himself, and Maikel and his brother, Eric Jr., grew up with horses. Maikel began riding at the age of 6 and starting competing internationally at the age of 13 in the pony divisions. [3] [4] He competed in his first championship as a junior rider in 2004, and in 2005 he won team gold with Nobel at the FEI European Junior Championship. In the years 2006–2009, van der Vleuten competed in the FEI Young Rider Championships each year, taking home a team silver and a team bronze, and finishing fifth individually three of the four years. [2]
Van der Vleuten began competing at the senior level in 2010, jumping his first 5* competition at Rotterdam (NEL). [4] He jumped at his first senior championship the following year, competing for the Netherlands at the 2011 European Championships in Madrid (ESP) where the team finished fourth. In 2012, van der Vleuten was selected for the Dutch team to compete at the London Olympic Games with Verdi TN, where the team won the silver medal. [3] Two years later, Verdi TN and van der Vleuten won the gold medal with the Dutch team at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy (FRA). They were also 6th at the FEI World Cup Finals in Lyon (FRA) and won the FEI Nations Cup Final in Barcelona (ESP). [2]
Van der Vleuten continued to his international success, winning team gold at the 2015 European Championships, and recording another 6th-place finish at the FEI World Cup Jumping Finals, this time in Las Vegas, NV (USA). Verdi TN and van der Vleuten competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro where they finished 20th individually. Although van der Vleuten had other horses in his string, he used Verdi TN at nearly every championship until Verdi's retirement in March 2020. [2] [5]
Van der Vleuten and his father, Eric, are sponsored by the VDL Groep, an international company that is involved in manufacturing and subcontracting, as well as Massimo Dutti. [6] [7] The duo also is part of the Madrid in Motion Global Champions League team, alongside Eduardo Alvarez Aznar, Mark McAuley, Cindy van der Straten, and Michael G Duffy. [8]
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| Year | Place | Horse | Event | Rating | Show | Location |
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| 2019 | 1 | Beauville Z | Longines World Cup Qualifier | CSI5*-W | La Coruña | La Coruña (ESP) |
| 2019 | 1 | Dana Blue | Rikstoto Grand Prix | CSI5*-W | Kingsland Oslo Horse Show | Oslo (SWE) |
| 2019 | 1 | Dana Blue | LGCT Grand Prix of Valkenswaard | CSI5* | LGCT Valkenswaard | Valkenswaard (NEL) |
| 2019 | 1 | Beauville Z | LGCT Grand Prix of Monte Carlo | CSI5* | LGCT Monte Carlo | Monaco (MCO) |
| 2019 | 1 | Dana Blue | Longines Grand Prix | CSI5* | CHIO Twente | Geesteren (NEL) |
| 2018 | 1 | Arera C | Audi Prize 1.55m | CSI5* | Dutch Masters | s-Hertogenbosch (NEL) |
| 2017 | 1 | Arera C | Christmas Cracker 1.55m | CSI5*-W | London Olympia | London (GBR) |
| 2017 | 1 | Verdi TN | Verona World Cup Qualifier | CSI5*-W | Fieracavalli | Verona (ITA) |
| 2016 | 1 | VDL Groep Quatro | Winning Round 1.50m | CSI5*-W | IFEMA Madrid | Madrid (ESP) |
| 2016 | 20 | Verdi TN | Rio de Janeiro Olympics - Individual | OLY | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro (BRA) |
| 2016 | 1 | Arera C | Anemone Horse Trucks Grand Prix | CSI4* | Jumping Amsterdam | Amsterdam (NEL) |
| 2015 | Gold | Verdi TN | European Championships | CH-EU | European Championships | Aachen (GER) |
| 2015 | 6 | Verdi TN | FEI World Cup Jumping Finals | WC | World Cup Finals | Las Vegas, NV (USA) |
| 2014 | 1 | Verdi TN | FEI Nations Cup Final | CSIO5* | Nations Cup Final | Barcelona (ESP) |
| 2014 | 1 | Ziemar | Beijing World Cup Qualifier | CSI2*-W | Beijing | Beijing (CHN) |
| 2014 | Gold | Verdi TN | World Equestrian Games - Team | WEG | World Equestrian Games | Normandy (FRA) |
| 2014 | 1 | Verdi TN | LGCT Grand Prix of Madrid | CSI5* | LGCT Madrid | Madrid (ESP) |
| 2013 | 1 | VDL Groep Sapphire B | London World Cup Qualifier | CSI5*-W | London Olympia | London (GBR) |
| 2013 | 1 | Verdi TN | Longines Grand Prix of Lyon | CSI5* | Equita' Lyon | Lyon (FRA) |
| 2013 | 1 | Verdi TN | Al Ain Longines Grand Prix | CSIO5* | Al Ain Horse Show | Al Ain (AUH) |
| 2012 | Silver | Verdi TN | London Olympic Games - Team | OLY | Olympic Games | London (GBR) |
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