Irish Rider Third In Grand Prix
DRESSAGE RESULT - MILAN MASTERS CDI*** ITALY - 14TH DECEMBER 2002
International Dressage Competition
Milan Masters Grand Prix
1.RUBINSON;Stephanie PETERS (NED); 66.48% (€2,000)
2.HIGH FLYER;James CONNOR (ITA); 65.60% (€1,100)
3.FOSBURY 2;Anna MERVELDT-STEFFENS; (IRL) 65.40% (€900)
4.RITTERSPORT;Hans STAUB; 63.16% (SUI) (€800)
5.GAROFANO; Patricia SARASIN; 63.04% (SUI) (€300)
6.WARKANTOS; Fabiene GODELLE; 62.20% (FRA) (€300)
Rider information:
ANNA MERVELDT-STEFFENS
Date of birth: 20/9/1962
Height: 168cm
Weight: 60kg
Horses: Fosbury 2.
Career performance:
1992 Olympics - Barcelona - 11th individually.
1993 - European Championships - Lipica - 9th individually.
1994 - World Equestrian Games - The Hague - 6th individually.
Placed 1st in the Grand Prix Special at the following international
shows:
Frauenfeld CDI - Germany
Munich CDI - Germany
Rotterdam CDIO - The Netherlands
Spangenberg CDI - Germany
Frankfurt CDI - Germany
Anna returned to the international circuit in May 2000 after taking
a year out due to the arrival of her young son Philip.
She placed second in the Grand Prix Special at the Monza CDI***
in Italy on her first outing back and went on to win the Bavarian
Championships in July 2000. She was awarded the Irish Field Dressage
Rider of the year award for 2000 and again in 2001.
Her 2001 season was initially disrupted by the foot and mouth disease
restrictions and this meant she had only one international outing
prior to the European Dressage Championships in Verden, Germany
in early August. Despite this she qualified for the individual final
(top 15) and placed 14th individually with Darius 213. At the CDI
in Stadl Paura, Austria she introduced a new horse in her string,
Fosbury 2 owned by her trainer Johann Hinnemann, to international
competition for the first time with outstanding results. This new
partnership opened the show by placing 4th in the Grand Prix and
automatically qualified for the Grand Prix Special on the final
day of the show. Fosbury and Anna performed brilliantly to place
2nd in the Grand Prix Special an outstanding debut for a new horse
at this level. She was a member of the Irish team at the
World Equestrian Games in Jerez (2002) and individually placed 33rd.
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