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Federation
Equestre Internationale News
11 July 2002
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- 2002 World Equestrian Games
- Michael Stone appointed Sports Director
- Samsung nations Cup Preview: Falsterbo, Lummen, Bucharest
- Dressage Championship of the Americas
2002 World Equestrian Games
53 nations have already announced their participation at the 2002
World Equestrian Games that will take place from 10 to 22 September
in Jerez (Spain). The following nations will be represented by
competitors in at least one of the seven disciplines (show jumping,
dressage, eventing, driving, endurance, vaulting, reining) which
will award their world champion titles at the World Equestrian
Games:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil,
Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Croatia,
Denmark, Dutch Antilles, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great
Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel,
Italy, Japan, Jordan, Luxembourg, Libya, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
South Africa, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Tunisia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, United States
of America.
Amongst the above mentioned nations 9 National Federations have
entered competitors (either as team or individuals) in all seven
disciplines. These are: Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain,
Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland and USA. The discipline
with the highest number of participating countries is Jumping
with 41 nations; 38 nations are entered in Endurance; 29 in Dressage,
27 in Eventing; 21 in Vaulting; 17 in Driving and 14 in Reining.
To get to know the names of the competitors in each discipline
we'll have to wait for the scheduled deadlines: nominated entries
12th August; definite entries 1st September.
Michael Stone appointed Sports
Director
At its recent meeting the FEI Executive Board approved the promotion
of the FEI Assistant Secretary General Michael Stone to the newly
created position of FEI Sports Director. This position will commence
in October 2002 and form part of a new management structure within
the FEI Secretariat, which will include a management board consisting
of the Secretary General, the Sports Director and the Director
of Administration. These changes are part of the ongoing implementation
of the FEI Strategic Plan as approved by the FEI General Assembly
in Mainz (GER) 2000.
Samsung nations Cup Preview
CSIO**** Falsterbo (SWE), 11 - 14 July 2002
The Samsung Nations Cup will take place on Friday, 12 July,
- first round beginning at 15h,
- second round beginning at 16h45.
The following nine teams will be participating (in the alphabetical
order): Brazil (BRA), Denmark (DEN), France (FRA), Germany (GER),
Ireland (IRL), Italy (ITA), Korea (KOR), Sweden (SWE), and Switzerland
(SUI).
BRA
Rodrigo Pessoa, Bernardo Alves, Alvaro Affonso De Mirandra, Rodrigo
Sarmento
DEN
Merethe Jensen, Lars N Pedersen, Sören Pedersen, Michael
Aabo,
FRA
Bruno Broucqsault, Roger Yves Bost, Olivier Guillon, Eric Navet
GER
Marcus Ehning, Jörg Kreutzmann, Lars Nieberg, Franke Sloothaak.
IRL
Shane Carey, Robert Splaine, Cian O´Connor, Denis Coakley
ITA
Jerry Smit, Gianni Govoni, Roberto Arioldi, Duccio Bartalucci
KOR
Soon- Won Hwang, Jung-Hyun Joo, Bong-Gak Sohn, Jung-Ho Woo.
SWE
Peter Eriksson, Helena Persson, Jens Fredriksson, Royne Zettermann
SUI
Markus Fuchs, Werner Muff, Ernst Wettstein, Marin Walther
www.falsterbohorseshow.se
- www.equipe.nu
TV broadcast:
Eurosport, Friday, 12 July, 20h15 - 21h1 and Saturday, 13 July,
10h00 -11h00;
SVT Swedish television, Friday, 12 July, 22h50 - 23h00;
MBPtvs - schedule to be confirmed.
CSIO*** Lummen (BEL), 11 - 14 July 2002
The Samsung Nations Cup will take place on Friday, 12 July, from
15h to approximately 18h.
The following ten teams will be participating (in the alphabetical
order): Belgium (BEL), France (FRA), Germany (GER), Great Britain
(GBR), Ireland (IRL), Italy (ITA), Japan (JPN), The Netherlands
(NED), Portugal (POR), and Switzerland (SUI).
BEL
Ludo Philippaerts, Marc Van Dyck, Jos Lansink, Peter Postelmans
FRA
Gilles Bertran de Ballanda, Katie Prudent, Patrice Delaveau, Christian
Hermon
GER
Eva Bitter, Holger Hetzel, Alois Polmann-Schwekhorst, Thomas Schepers
GBR
Richard Davenport , Andrew Davies , William Funnel, Di Lampard
IRL
Edward Doyle, Kearins Darraghs, Shane Breen
ITA
Filippo Moyersoen, Piergiorgio Bucci, Niccolo Marzichi Lenzi,
Christian Pitzianti
JPN
Ryuma Hirota, Mariko Kato, Toshiki Masui, Taizo Sugitani
NED
Kevin Olsmeyer, Leon Thijssen, Mathys Van Asten, Albert Voorn
POR
Miguel Maria Bravo, Joao Chuva, Bernardo Mathias, Luis Sabino
SUI
Walter Gabathuler, Claudia Gisler, Theo Muff, Celine Stauffer
Results on www.lummen-horses.be
- www.scg-nl.nl - www.horses.nl
CSIO***(-W), Bucharest (ROM), 11 - 14 July 2002
The Samsung Nations Cup will take place on Friday, 12 July,
- first round beginning at 17h,
- second round beginning at 18h.
The following five teams will be participating (in the alphabetical
order): Bulgaria (BUL), Germany (GER), Hungary (HUN), Poland (POL),
and Romania (ROM).
BUL
Anton Datsinski, Ivailo Liubenov, Asparuh Atanasov, Veneto Tenev
GER
Mathias Mock, Paul Hofmann, Henrik Griese, Matthias Raisch
HUN - to be confirmed
POL
Grzegorz Kubiak, Lukasz Jonczyk, Jacek Zagor
ROM
Stefan Stoica, Marian Feraru, Izabela Selistean, Claudiu Gheorghe
TV broadcast:
The event will be broadcast by the following Romanian channels:
TVR
(Romanian national TV), Prima, and Realitatea TV
Samsung Nations Cup 2001/2002 World Final will take place in Donaueschingen
(GER) on Saturday 24 August.
Dressage Championship of the
Americas
The Dressage Championship of the Americas will take place in Blainville,
Quebec, just north of Montreal (CAN) from 17 to 21 July 2002.
Expanded from the North American Dressage Championship concept,
the prestigious FEI 'Coupe des Ameriques' will be presented in
conjunction with the fourth annual CDI-W Dressage International
de Blainville, presented by Swarovski Canada, and features $40,000
in prize money between the two competitions.
The 2002 Dressage Championship of the Americas will act as an
official FEI Regional Championship. The ground-breaking undertaking
will see countries from North, Central and South America invited
to compete in Team competition at the Grand Prix, Advanced, Young
Rider and Junior levels. Each country may field up to three teams,
consisting of two riders, at each level and individual entries
will also be accepted. If unable to transport their own horses,
riders may compete on borrowed
horses.
Each level will consist of three tests with the first two determining
the team medals. The third and final test, the Musical Freestyle,
will determine the overall individual standings. Expressions of
interest have been received from 14 countries including Argentina,
Brazil, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, the United
States and Venezuela.
www.classiqueblainville.com
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FEI
PRESS NEWS IN COOPERATION WITH:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.
Samsung Electronics has supported sports marketing activities
world-wide with a strong initiative in equestrian sports since
1988. In 1996 Samsung took the world-wide sponsorship of the Nations
Cup. Samsung is a long time partner of equestrian sport and has
been the patron of the International Jumping and Dressage Competitions
(now called Challenge) aimed at developing the sport on a worldwide
basis since 1988. Samsung believes strongly in the values of sport,
which promote deeper
understanding and mutual exchange between people of the world.
GANDINI HIGH FASHIO FABRICS
Gandini Tessuti Alta Moda (Gandini High Fashion Fabrics) was founded
in 1925 and is active in the creation and design of high-quality
fabrics. In 2001 Gandini became the new sponsor of the FEI World
Jumping Riders Rankings.
BCM
Best Communication & Management, BCM, is specialised in the
organisation, management and sponsorship of equestrian events.
BCM's services range from providing various facilities to organising
the entire show. Beside its activities in event organisation,
BCM is also the publisher of the official equestrian yearbook
'L'Année Hippique,'
and of the monthly magazine 'Horse International'.Since 1998,
BCM supports the World Cup Dressage and the World Dressage Rankings.
PSI
In 2001 Performance Sales International (PSI) granted its support
to the FEI Jumping and Dressage Challenge. This series of approximately
100 competitions taking place in over 60 countries serves to develop
dressage and show jumping in nations wishing to reach the highest
competition level.
UAE NF
Since 1999, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Equestrian and Racing
Federation produces the FEI Endurance Riders Rankings. The 2001
edition was won by Dato Kamruddin bin Abdul Ghani (MAS).
DRIVING
Thank you to the supporters of the Driving discipline: Finn Caspersen,
supporter of the Four-in-Hand Top Driver Award, Van der Wiel Harness
supporter of the Top Driver Award for Pairs, Kühnle who supports
the Singles Top Driver Award. The US company Driving Essentials
and the Canadian Freedman Harness support the North American Challenge
WALDRIED DRESSAGE STABLES
Since 2001, Waldfried Dressage Stables is supporting the Euro
Future Cup, a Dressage Series aimed at encouraging the progress
of Young Riders.
The FEI would like to take this opportunity to thank its faithful
sponsors for their ongoing support.
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