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Guenter Seidel Wins At CDI Fritzens
Gladstone, NJ-September 10, 2001-U.S. Equestrian
Team (USET) veteran dressage rider Guenter Seidel of Del Mar, CA won the Grand
Prix and the Grand Prix Freestyle at CDI Fritzens in Austria over the week-end.
Seidel, who won team Bronze medals at both the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games,
topped a world-class field of riders. Riding Nikolaus 7, owned by Dick and Jane
Brown, Seidel received scores of 71.6% in the Grand Prix and 76.66% in the
Freestyle. Additionally, he and Nikolaus were named "Best Horse and
Rider" of the CDI.
Placing second in the Grand Prix was two-time Olympic team Gold Medalist Monica
Theodorescu of Germany while third place went to Lone Jorgensen of Denmark who
finished seventh individually in last year's Sydney Olympic Games.
In addition to his two Olympic medals, Seidel has also won a team Silver medal
at the 1995 Pan American Games and a team Gold medal at the 1995 Can-Am
Dressage Challenge. He won the USET Intermediaire Championship in 1992 and 1996
in addition to the USET Grand Prix Championship in 1998. The United States
Equestrian Team is a non-profit organization that selects, trains, equips and
finances equestrians of the highest possible standard to represent our country
in major international competition, including the Olympic Games and the World
Championships. To accomplish this the USET seeks out and nurtures the
development of talented athletes - riders, drivers and horses - and provides
the support and guidance they need to help them attain their fullest potential.
For more information on the USET, please call (908) 234-1251, or visit USET
ONLINE at www.uset.org
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