Anky van Grunsven
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Olympic Games
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2000 Sydney | Individual dressage
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2004 Athens | Individual dressage |
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2008 Beijing | Individual dressage |
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1992 Barcelona | Team dressage
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1996 Atlanta | Individual dressage
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1996 Atlanta | Team dressage
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2000 Sydney | Team dressage
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2008 Beijing | Team dressage |
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2012 London | Team dressage |
World Championships
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1994 The Hague |
Freestyle dressage |
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2006 Aachen |
Freestyle dressage |
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1994 The Hague |
Team dressage |
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1998 Rome |
Individual dressage |
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1998 Rome |
Team dressage |
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2006 Aachen |
Special dressage |
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2006 Aachen |
Team dressage |
European Championships
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1999 Arnhem |
Individual dressage |
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2005 Hagen | Individual dressage |
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2007 La Mandria | Special dressage |
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2007 La Mandria | Team dressage |
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2009 Windsor |
Team dressage |
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1995 Mondorf |
Individual dressage |
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1995 Mondorf |
Team dressage |
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1997 Verden |
Individual dressage |
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1997 Verden |
Team dressage |
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1999 Arnhem |
Team dressage |
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2001 Verden |
Team dressage |
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2005 Hagen | Team dressage |
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2007 La Mandria | Freestyle dressage |
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1991 Donaueschingen |
Team dressage |
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2009 Windsor |
Freestyle dressage |
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2015 Aachen | Team reining |
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1995 Los Angeles | Individual dressage |
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1996 Göteborg | Individual dressage |
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1997 Den Bosch | Individual dressage |
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1999 Dortmund | Individual dressage |
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2000 Den Bosch | Individual dressage |
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2004 Düsseldorf | Individual dressage |
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2005 Las Vegas | Individual dressage |
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2006 Amsterdam | Individual dressage |
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2008 Den Bosch | Individual dressage |
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1998 Göteborg | Individual dressage |
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2009 Las Vegas | Individual dressage |
Theodora Elisabeth Gerarda "Anky" van Grunsven (born 2 January 1968) is a Dutch
In addition to her Olympic and World Equestrian Games successes, van Grunsven holds the record for the most wins at the
Personal life
Van Grunsven was born in
Van Grunsven is married to Dutch national equestrian coach
In 1999, van Grunsven, "frustrated by the lack of fashion in the equestrian world", developed a line of equestrian clothing, now sold internationally.[4]
Competitive career
Olympics and World Equestrian Games
Van Grunsven holds the record for winning the most Olympic medals by an equestrian, with nine medals, and is the only person to have won any equestrian event in three successive Olympics.
With her last Olympic ride on Bonfire, at the
Along with her Olympic successes, van Grunsven has also won numerous medals at the
At the
Other competition
Van Grunsven has won the
In 2002, Bonfire was retired, after a nine-year international career. The pair's gold medal-winning freestyle dressage performance at the 1994 World Equestrian Games marked the first the time event had been held at the Games, and "changed the world of dressage forever", according to fellow Olympic gold medalist
In January 2003, van Grunsven sustained a fracture of a bone in her upper leg in a fall from a horse in training, and required surgery.[14] A metal plate was embedded in her leg to immobilize the bone during the healing process, and van Grunsven recovered, winning the 2003 Dutch Dressage Championships in June. In September, she underwent a second surgery to have the plate removed.[15] In 2004, she became the first Dutch rider to win the CHIO Aachen dressage competition, a top international competition.[16]
International Championship results
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1988 | Olympic Games | Prisco | 5th | Team | |||||||
36th | Individual | ||||||||||
1989 | World Cup Final | Prisco | 7th | ||||||||
1989 | European Championships | Prisco | 5th | Team | |||||||
22nd | Individual | ||||||||||
1990 | World Equestrian Games | Prisco | 8th | Team | |||||||
23rd | Individual | ||||||||||
1991 | European Championships | Bonfire | ![]() |
Team | |||||||
5th | Individual | ||||||||||
1992 | Olympic Games | Bonfire | ![]() |
Team | |||||||
4th | Individual | ||||||||||
1994 | World Equestrian Games | Bonfire | ![]() |
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1996 | Olympic Games | Bonfire | ![]() |
Team | |||||||
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Individual | ||||||||||
1997 | World Cup Final | Bonfire | ![]() |
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1998 | World Equestrian Games | Bonfire | ![]() |
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Individual | ||||||||||
1999 | European Championships | Bonfire | ![]() |
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2000 | World Cup Final | Bonfire | ![]() |
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2000 | Olympic Games | Bonfire | ![]() |
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2001 | European Championships | Idool | ![]() |
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17th | Individual | ||||||||||
2002 | World Equestrian Games | Krack C | 5th | Team | |||||||
11th | Individual | ||||||||||
2004 | World Cup Final | Salinero | ![]() |
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2004 | Olympic Games | Salinero | 4th | Team | |||||||
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2005 | World Cup Final | Salinero | ![]() |
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2005 | European Championships | Salinero | ![]() |
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2006 | World Cup Final | Salinero | ![]() |
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2006 | World Equestrian Games | Salinero | ![]() |
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Individual Special | ||||||||||
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Individual Freestyle | ||||||||||
2007 | European Championships | Salinero | 77.458% | ![]() |
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77.480% | ![]() |
Individual Special | |||||||||
85.800% | ![]() |
Individual Freestyle | |||||||||
2008 | World Cup Final | Salinero | 85.200% | ![]() |
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2008 | Olympic Games | Salinero | 74.750% | ![]() |
Team | ||||||
82.400% | ![]() |
Individual | |||||||||
2009 | World Cup Final | Painted Black | 82.150% | ![]() |
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2009 | European Championships | Salinero | 73.827% | ![]() |
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77.917% | 4th | Individual Special | |||||||||
87.250% | ![]() |
Individual Freestyle | |||||||||
2012 | Olympic Games | Salinero | 73.343% | ![]() |
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82.000% | 6th | Individual | |||||||||
2015 | European Reining Championships | Whizashiningwalla BB | 207.00 | ![]() |
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Rollkur
Van Grunsven was closely linked with the controversial training method rollkur,[17] and advocated use of the method as recently as 2007.[18] She has since moved to distance herself with the method since the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) declared in February 2010 that this method "is seen as an aggressive way of a deep moving horse. This is forbidden as well as any head-neck position which is obtained in an aggressive way."[19]
In a lawsuit announced on 24 August 2010, van Grunsven claimed to have been defamed by journalist Astrid Appels on the website eurodressage.com. A release posted on that website announcing the lawsuit reported that "according to Anky, images of her horses can not be connected to the controversial rollkur training method." The lawsuit was scheduled to begin 8 September 2010 in 's-Hertogenbosch[19] but van Grunsven withdrew the case.[20]
See also
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event
- List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists
- List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
References
- ^ a b c d "Anky van Grunsven". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ a b Marston, Victoria (20 May 2010). "Anky van Grunsven reveals". Horse & Hound. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "Isabell Werth, Anky van Grunsven & Steffen Peters to Compete at Palm Beach Exquis World Dressage Masters". Dressage News. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Athletes: Anky van Grunsven: Bio". NBC Sports. 2008. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ Warne, Sarah (28 August 2012). "Van Grunsven Winding Down After the 2012 Olympic Games". Eurodressage. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ White, Charlotte (26 April 2012). "Anky Van Grunsven and Salinero aim for London Olympics". Horse & Hound. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ a b Braddick, Kenneth J. (1 October 2010). "Anky van Grunsven is Only Rider to Compete at Every WEG". Dressage News. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ "From Dressage to Reining". America's Horse Daily. American Quarter Horse Association. 8 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ a b c "Equestrian: Anky van Grunsven". ESPN. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ Braddick, Kenneth J. (2012). "Anky van Grunsven on the Past, the Now and the Future – Part 1 of 2". Dressage News. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ Heath, Sophia (29 October 2013). "Olympic superstar Bonfire put to sleep". Horse & Hound. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ Bliss, Leslie (29 July 2003). "Olympics superstar Bonfire retires". Horse & Hound. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Anky van Grunsven's dressage star Salinero bows out". Horse & Hound. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Anky van Grunsven Breaks Leg". Eurodressage. 17 January 2003. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Anky van Grunsven Back in Hospital for Surgery". Eurodressage. 1 September 2003. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Anky van Grunsven Writes History by Winning Aachen Grand Prix Championship". Eurodressage. 20 July 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ Bryant, Jennifer O. (11 August 2012). ""Rollkur": Dressage's Dirty Word". The Horse. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ "The Rollkur Debate Still Hot in Great Britain". Eurodressage. 20 March 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Anky van Grunsven Sues Eurodressage". Eurodressage. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ Carruthers, Fiona (14 July 2012). "Cruel twist to the elite sport of dressage". Australian Financial Review. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
In a lawsuit launched in August 2010, Grunsven claimed she was defamed by Appels. However, she withdrew legal action in September.
External links
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- Anky van Grunsven (and here) at FEI
- Anky van Grunsven at Olympedia
- Anky van Grunsven at Olympics.com
- Anky van Grunsven at NOC*NSF (in Dutch) (English translation)