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Robert Chelberg Wins The Central European League |
The FEI announced
today that U.S. Grand Prix Jumping Rider, Robert Chelberg,
based in Prague, CZE, won the Central European League which qualifies
him to
compete at the World Cup Final in Leipzig (GER), May 1-5, 2002 as an
additional U.S. rider. Chelberg finished the League 16 points ahead of
Hungarian rider Jozsef Turi who finished 6th in the Individual standings
at
the World Equestrian Games in Rome (ITA), 1998.
The Central European
League Final was held in Poznan (POL) on December 7 -
9, 2001 where Chelberg competed on his 11-year-old Russian Trakehner
stallion, Aktiv (by Vypas out of Aktisa).
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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