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Wilcox Continues Climb |
USA Equestrian is
pleased to announce that according to FEI/BCM World
Dressage Rider Rankings, Lisa Wilcox continues her climb, moving from
8th to
7th place. Wilcox sits just behind Heike Kemmer, of Germany who occupies
the 6th spot. Ulla Salzgeber of Germany holds on to 1st place followed
by
Lars Petersen of Denmark, 2nd, Nadine Capellmann of Germany, 3rd, Isabell
Werth of Germany 4th and Anky van Grunsven of the Netherlands 5th.
Originally from Thousand
Oaks, CA, and now based in Cappeln, Germany, Wilcox
is trained by Ernst Hoyos from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria.
Other U.S. riders
in the top 100 include Guenter Seidel, 22nd, Kamilla
DuPont, 55th, Cheri Reiber 67nd, Debbie McDonald, 72th, Sue Jaccoma, 89th
and Gunnar Ostergaard, 93rd.
USA Equestrian Inc., as the National Equestrian Federation of
the U.S., is the regulatory body for the Olympic and World Championship
sports of dressage, driving, endurance, eventing, reining, show jumping,
and vaulting, as well as 19 other breeds and disciplines of equestrian
competition. As the country's largest multi-breed organization, the Federation
has over 77,000 members and recognizes more than 2,800 competitions nationwide
each year. It governs all aspects of competition, including educating
and licensing all judges, stewards, and technical delegates who officiate
at these shows.
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