Following the approval of the USEF High Performance Working Group and the USEF Executive Committee, the FEI Nominated Entry for the U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team for the 2012 Paralympic Games is as follows.
Greenwich Park - Site of 2012 Paralympics
FEI has nominated rider and horse entries for 2012 Paralympic Games.
© 2012 by Gryffindor
Athletes and horse are listed in ranked order based on the results from the 2012 USEF Selection Trials & National Para-Equestrian Championship:
- Jonathan Wentz and Kai Handt’s NTEC Richter Scale
- Rebecca Hart and Jessica Ransehousen’s Lord Ludger
- Donna Ponessa and Wesley Dunham’s Western Rose
- Dale Dedrick and her own Bonifatius
- Donna Ponessa and Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center’s PG Ganda
- Jonathan Wentz and Michele Miles’ Silvano
- Mary Jordan and Deecie Denison’s Sebastian
- Rebecca Hart and Jessica Ransehousen’s Carlingfords Taldi
- Wendy Fryke and her own Lateran
- Elizabeth Pigott and Regina Cristo’s One Night Stand
- Mary Jordan and her own P. Sparrow Socks
- Robin Brueckmann and her own Radetzky
The four athlete/horse combinations comprising the team will travel to England to compete
in the 2012 Paralympic Games. Chef d’Equipe Missy Ransehousen will join the named
athletes when the riders enter a boot camp before London. The Paralympic Equestrian
events take place in London, England at Greenwich Park August 30-September 4, 2012.
ABOUT THE EQUESTRIAN PARALYMPICS (courtesy of FEI)
Host nation Great Britain, Germany, Denmark and Canada have qualified the maximum number of riders and will each be represented by a team of four and one individual.
Nine countries – USA, The Netherlands, Brazil, Ireland, Italy, Belgium, South Africa, Australia and France – have qualified four riders.
The National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) of Singapore and Mexico, which had originally qualified four riders, returned one qualification slot each and will be represented by three-rider teams. The unused slots were re-allocated to Norway and Israel on the basis of the Individual Para-Equestrian Rankings of athletes not already qualified with a team. As a result, Norway, which had already qualified two individual riders, will be fielding a composite team consisting of three members.
New Zealand and Finland will be represented by two individual riders apiece. Bermuda, Argentina, Japan, Hong Kong and Austria have each been allocated one individual slot.
Three Bipartite Commission invitations have been issued to Thomas Haller of Austria, Lee Frawley of the Virgin Islands and Anita Johnsson of Sweden.
A total of 78 Para-Equestrian riders will be battling it out for the 11 sets of medals available