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The International Federation for Equestrian Sports is the international governing body of equestrian sports. The FEI headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The FEI World Equestrian Games are the major international championships for equestrianism, and are administered by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI). The games have been held every four years, halfway between sets of consecutive Summer Olympic Games, since 1990. Prior to that year, all ten of the FEI's individual disciplines held separate championships, usually in separate countries. The modern WEG runs over two weeks and, like the Olympics, the location rotates to different parts of the world. Riders and horses competing at WEG go through a rigorous selection process, and each participating country sends teams that have distinguished themselves through competition as the nation's best in each respective discipline. At the 2010 Games, 57 countries were represented by 800 people and their horses.
Equestrian sports were first included in the Olympic Games in the Summer Olympics of 1900 in Paris. They were again included in 1912, and have been included in every subsequent edition of the Games. Currently, the Olympic equestrian disciplines are dressage, eventing, and show jumping. In each discipline, both individual and team medals are awarded. Since the XV Olympiad in Helsinki in 1952, women and men compete on equal terms.
Elizabeth Madden is an American Olympic champion equestrian competing in show jumping. She has two Olympic golds and one silver in team jumping, and an individual bronze. She won the FEI Show Jumping World Cup twice; won two silvers and two bronzes at World Championships; and won two golds, one silver and two bronzes at the Pan American Games. She was the first American to break into the international top three show jumping ranking, and the first woman to win over one million dollars in show jumping prize money.
Benjamin Richard Maher MBE is a British show jumper. He represented Britain at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2009 European Championships in Windsor, 2012 London Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He won the team jumping gold at the London Olympics with Team GB, their first team jumping gold medal for 60 years, and an individual gold for Great Britain at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He also won bronze at the 2011 Europeans Championships in Madrid, Spain. He has won many international Grand Prix, including the Olympia Grand Prix, the King George V Gold Cup at Hickstead and an FEI World Cup Qualifier Grand Prix at Wellington with various rides.
Daniel Bluman is a Colombian-born Israeli Olympic show jumping rider. In July 2019 Bluman, as part of Israel's four-rider squad, qualified to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He will represent Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Ashlee Bond is an American-Israeli show jumping rider who competes for Israel. She represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and has qualified to represent Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Nayel Nassar is an Egyptian American professional equestrian. He first began riding at age five and jumping at ten. Nassar qualified for the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) Show Jumping World Cup Finals in 2013, 2014, and 2017, and the FEI World Equestrian Games in 2014. He competed at the Longines FEI World Cup Finals in Paris and regularly competes on the international Grand Prix circuit.
The 200 quota places for equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics were divided between the three disciplines. Teams in each discipline consisted of three horse and rider pairs; any NOC that qualified a team also received three entries in the individual competition for that discipline. NOCs that did not qualify teams could earn one individual place in dressage and jumping and up to two individual places in eventing, for a total of 15 entries in jumping and dressage and 17 for eventing. Teams qualify primarily through specific competitions, while individuals qualify through rankings. The host nation, France, automatically qualified a team in each discipline.
Amre Hamcho, a Syrian equestrian, secured his spot at the Paris 2024 Olympics, making him the country's second-ever equestrian qualified for Olympics. Hamcho has made remarkable achievements in show jumping, receiving trophies and medals throughout his career. His elder brother, Ahmad, was the first Syrian equestrian to participate in the Olympics, competing in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Ioli Mytilineou is a Greek equestrian. She competed at the 2022 FEI World Equestrian Games and at the 2021 and 2023 European Championships in Riesenbeck and Milan. She is currently the highest ranked Greek rider in the FEI World Ranking in Show-Jumping.
Erynn Ballard is a Canadian show jumping competitor. She represented Canada at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon and the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning. She took also part in the 2023 World Cup Finals in Omaha.
Max Kühner is a German born Austrian show-jumping rider. He represented Austria at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina and the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark, where he finished 12th in team dressage and 6th in the individual competition. He also represented Austria at the five European Show Jumping Championships and five FEI World Cup Finals. He is currently the highest ranked Austrian show-jumper. He represents Austria since 2015.
Abdulrahman Alrajhi is a Saudi Arabian show jumping rider. He competed at the 2022 Asian Games and the 2022 Asian Games, where he won team silver and team gold in the team competition. He also took part in the 2018 FEI World Cup Finals and the 2023 FEI World Cup Finals. He has been selected to represent the Saudi Arabian team at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Takashi Haase Shibayama is a Japanese equestrian. He has been selected by the Japanese Equestrian Federation to represent the Japanese show-jumping team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, which will be his first Olympic appearance.
Andrius Petrovas is a Lithuanian equestrian. Petrovas competed at the 2022 FEI World Championships, at the 2022 FEI World Cup Finals and at the 2023 FEI World Cup Finals. He has been selected by the Lithuanian Equestrian Federation to represent Lithuania as individual at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, which will be his first Olympic appearance.
Janakabhorn Karunayadhaj is a Thai equestrian. Karunayadhaj competed at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games and at the 2022 Asian Games. She has been selected by the Thai Equestrian Federation to represent Thailand as individual at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, which will be her first Olympic appearance.
Adam Grzegorzewski is a Polish equestrian. Grzegorzewski has been selected by the Polish Equestrian Federation to represent the Polish show-jumping team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Michał Tyszko is a Polish equestrian. Tyszko has been selected by the Polish Equestrian Federation to represent the Polish show-jumping team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Paweł Warszawski is a Polish equestrian. He competed at various international championships representing the Polish team, including the World Breeding Championships and the European Championships. Warszawski has been selected by the Polish Equestrian Federation to represent the Polish eventing team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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- ↑ "Maksymilian Wechta". FEI.org. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ↑ "Maksymilian Wechta tops the Grand Prix of CSI3*-W Poznań: "The perfect scenario became reality"". Equnews. 19 December 2021.
- ↑ "Definite entries for Paris 2024 confirmed". World of Show Jumping. 11 July 2024.
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