Forty-Two Riders Qualify for Budweiser World Cup 2003,
the Show Jumping World Cup Final
Las
Vegas, NV—April 2, 2003—Forty-two riders from sixteen
countries have qualified to compete at Budweiser World Cup 2003,
the Show Jumping World Cup Final, April 16-20, at the Thomas &
Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV.
This elite group of the world’s best riders has earned the
right to compete in Las Vegas by qualifying from eight leagues over
the past year. They will compete amid the glitz and glamour of the
Las Vegas lights. The United States, with 14, and Germany, with
10, have the greatest number of athletes participating in the competition.
Following
is the list of all qualified athletes:
Western
Europe
20 qualified |
BEL
Ludo Philippaerts
BRA Rodrigo Pessoa
DEN Thomas Velin
FRA Edouard Couperie
GBR Robert Smith
GER Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum
GER Lars Nieberg
GER Markus Ehning
GER Ludger Beerbaum
GER Markus Merschformann
GER Toni Hassmann
GER Christian Ahlmann
GER Otto Becker
GER Sören von Rönen
GER Franke Sloothaak
IRL Trevor Coyle
NED Gerco Schröder
NED Jan Tops
NED Eric van der Vleuten
SUI Markus Fuchs |
|
USA-East
Coast
8 qualified
|
USA
Beezie Patton-Madden
Candice King
Laura Kraut
Lauren Hough
Leslie Howard
Margie Goldstein-Engle
McLain Ward
Norman Dello Joio |
USA-West
Coast
4 qualified |
USA
John French
Nicole Shahinian-Simpson
Richard Spooner
Will Simpson |
|
Canada
2 qualified
|
CAN
Karen Cudmore
Melissa Brown |
Central
Europe
4 qualified |
CZE
Petr Dolezal
CZE Ales Opatrny
POL Grzegorz Kubiak
USA Robert Chelberg |
|
Australia
1 to come
|
AUS
Anthony Thomas |
New
Zealand
1 qualified |
NZL
Molly Savill |
|
Japan
1 qualified
|
JPN
Ryuma Hirota |
|
Wild
Card
1 qualified
|
USA
Peter Wylde |
To
order tickets or for more information on the excitement of Budweiser
World Cup 2003, please visit www.worldcuplasvegas.com
or call (702) 260-8605.
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