Tag: FEI
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Chardon victorious over Exell in third FEI World Cup
Budapest (HUN), Dec 03: The unexpected happened in Budapest (HUN) this afternoon as IJsbrand Chardon (NED) beat top favourite Boyd Exell (AUS) and won the third leg of the FEI World Cup™ Driving 2012/13. Exell finished in third place behind Chardon’s fellow Dutch driver Theo Timmerman. The competition that took place in the Hungarian capital’s…
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Swedish Federation celebrates centenary
Lausanne, Nov 29: The Swedish Equestrian Federation celebrated its 100 birthday at a glittering party in Stockholm last night. The gala evening was held in the City Hall, the venue that will host the Nobel Peace Prize dinner next month. HM Queen Silvia was the guest of honour at last night’s celebrations, along with London…
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FEI AWARDS WINNERS 2012 CELEBRATED
Istanbul – Turkey, Nov 9: AWARDS WINNERS, HRH Princess Haya, President of the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), the world governing body of horse sport, congratulated the winners of the FEI Awards 2012. Addressing an audience of more than 300 guests, including representatives of the FEI’s 132 member federations, FEI sponsors and Turkish VIPs, the FEI…
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Lord Coe names equestrian “one of the great Olympic sports”
Lord Sebastian Coe, Chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has described equestrian as “one of the great Olympic sports”. Lord Coe, who was elected as the new chairman of the British Olympic Association yesterday, addressed the FEI General Assembly in Istanbul (TUR) via video link today, congratulating the…
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FEI launches new equestrian pictograms
Lausanne (SUI), Nov 08: The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), the world governing body for horse sport, has launched new pictograms for its seven disciplines to celebrate the massive global growth of equestrian sport. Equestrian events in the seven disciplines governed by the FEI – Jumping, Dressage & Para-Dressage, Eventing, Driving & Para-Driving, Endurance, Reining and…
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Main decisions by the FEI Bureau
Istanbul (TUR), Nov 06: Assembly, The FEI Bureau confirmed the following appointments to the FEI Technical Committees at its meeting held in Istanbul (TUR) yesterdday, 6 November: FEI Medical Committee Dr Peter Whitehead (GBR) was appointed as chairman for a term of three years (2012-2015) to replace Dr Craig Ferrell, who passed away earlier this…
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FEI launches transformed FEI Nations Cup™
Istanbul – Turkey, Nov 06: The FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping will have a fabulous new look – and a new name – from 2013 onwards, following finalisation of a 16 million Euro four-year sponsorship package from the Saudi Equestrian Fund. The series will now be called the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™. The sponsorship deal, worth…
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FEI co-sponsors conference on Concussion in Sport
Lausanne, Nov 02: The FEI joined the IOC as one of five co-sponsors of the Fourth International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport in Zurich (SUI) this week. The two-day conference, which was held at the FIFA headquarters on 1 and 2 November, was also sponsored by FIFA, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and…
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FEI Balkan Dressage Championships 2012
Lausanne, Oct 19, 2012: The Greek hosts of the Balkan Dressage Championships welcomed five visiting nations to Athens, but kept hold of all of the gold medals on offer, as well as claiming all three individual medals in both the junior and senior championships. Staged at the Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre, site of the equestrian…
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Development and transport and quarantine issues
Lausanne, Oct 17, 2012: FEI Secretary General Ingmar De Vos has just returned from a two-day visit to the Chinese city of Chengdu, where he addressed the fourth Chinese Equestrian Development Forum last weekend. High on the list of topics for discussion at the Forum and at separate meetings between the Chinese Equestrian Association and the…