Nicolas Wettstein

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Nicolas Wettstein
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Wettstein at the 2014 World Equestrian Games
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Born (1981-03-30) 30 March 1981 (age 42)
Basel, Switzerland [1]

Nicolas Wettstein (born 30 March 1981) is an Ecuadorian Olympic eventing rider. [2] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the individual competition, but failed to complete the cross-country phase. He then qualified to represent Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3] Riding Altier d'Aurois, he improved on his Rio performance, and eventually placed 41st.

Wettstein also participated at the 2014 World Equestrian Games and at the 2015 Pan American Games. He finished 4th in the team eventing competition at the 2015 Pan Am Games held in Toronto, Canada.

International Championship Results

Results
YearEventHorsePlacingNotes
2002European Young Rider ChampionshipsCap du Tremblay9thTeam
33rdIndividual
2009World Young Horse ChampionshipsOnzieme Framoni40thCCI**
2014World Equestrian GamesNadeville MerzeRETIndividual
2015Pan American GamesOnzieme Framoni4thTeam
13thIndividual
2016Olympic GamesNadeville MerzeRETIndividual
2018World Equestrian GamesMeyer's Happy67thIndividual
2019Pan American GamesOnzieme FramoniELIndividual
2021Olympic GamesAltier d'Aurois41stIndividual
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

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References

  1. "Nicolas Wettstein".
  2. "Nicolas Wettstein". fei.org. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. "Samantha Arévalo se clasifica a sus terceros Juegos Olímpicos". Hola News. 2021-06-19. Retrieved 2021-06-28.