Award winners honoured by FEI
Olympic champion Michael Jung has been named the FEI’s Best Athlete after a stellar year.
Although he was unable to live introduce at the awards ceremony, a video message from the Olympic, reason in addition to European champion was screened.
The winners of the annual awards were announced next the organisation’s General Assembly inwards Istanbul, Turkey, on Th night.
FEI President Princess Haya congratulated the winners, who received their awards inwards front end of an audience of to a greater extent than than 300 guests, including representatives of the FEI’s 132 fellow member federations, FEI sponsors in addition to Turkish VIPs.
“The FEI Awards were launched inwards 2009 to exhibit the reason what extraordinary people at that topographic point are inwards the equestrian community in addition to to payoff them amongst world recognition of their work. This year’s winners stimulate got demonstrated talent, commitment, generosity in addition to courage in addition to nosotros are extremely proud of them,” she said.
The winners were selected next a three-month telephone telephone for nominations. The awards system was this twelvemonth endorsed yesteryear Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), who encouraged the equestrian community to “nominate individuals who laissez passer on the best of themselves in addition to comprehend the Olympic values of Respect, Excellence in addition to Friendship inwards their run amongst horses in addition to inwards their everyday lives.”
Princess Haya chaired the judging panel, which was composed of Rosana Maria Roig, Director in addition to Secretary General of the Puerto Rico Equestrian Federation; Ronald Gaerty, President of the Republic of Malta Equestrian Federation; in addition to Pan Zhichen, President of the Chinese Equestrian Association.
Four of the 5 winners of the FEI Awards 2012 winners flew to Istanbul to attend the awards ceremony, during which multi award-winning Turkish TV presenter in addition to producer Defne Sarisoy shared the Master of Ceremonies utilisation amongst FEI Director of Non-Olympic Sports Ian Williams.
The winners of the FEI Awards 2012 are:
Michael Jung (GER) Reem Acra Best Athlete Award
Thomas McDermott (AUS) HSBC Rising Star Award
Shumbashaba-Horses Helping People: Sharon Boyce (RSA) Development Award
Celia Rijntjes (NED) Best Groom Award
Courtney King-Dye (USA) Against All Odds Award
About the winners
Michael Jung (GER) – Reem Acra Best Athlete Award
Michael Jung turned xxx on 31 July 2012, the solar daytime he became the commencement passenger to simultaneously concur Olympic, European in addition to World titles in addition to contributed to Team Germany’s Olympic gilded medal.
A calendar month earlier, he had triumphed at the penultimate leg of the HSBC FEI Classics at Luhmühlen (GER), going on to complete inwards 4th house on the lastly leaderboard of the same series.
In August 2011, Michael was crowned European Champion in addition to led Deutschland to squad gilded at the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships, in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than inwards Luhmühlen.
Michael, who topped the HSBC FEI World Cup rankings inwards 2010, the twelvemonth he won the private World championship at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, is reputed equally an outstanding in addition to sympathetic horseman, who is also successful inwards Grand Prix flat Jumping in addition to Dressage.
Thomas McDermott (AUS) – HSBC Rising Star Award
Thomas McDermott’s meteoric ascent to success on Australia’s elite Jumping scene has been impressive. Not exclusively has his talent earned him Equestrian Australia’s Young Athlete of the Year championship for the instant time, he is also the commencement athlete inwards his province to locomote both National Junior Champion in addition to Young Rider Champion. In addition, he holds the National Young Rider of the Year championship for the instant year.
In 2011, Thomas enjoyed success on the senior circuit, competing at Gawler, South Commonwealth of Australia inwards his 3rd Jumping World Cup qualifier in addition to winning it. This twelvemonth he has followed upwards that victory amongst a instant World Cup qualifier win at the Sydney Royal Show.
After 3 months’ grooming inwards Deutschland this twelvemonth amongst acclaimed trainer Gilbert Bockmann, Thomas took the Young Rider in addition to Senior titles at the Australian Jumping Championships inwards September – to a greater extent than or less other feat that no other immature athlete inwards his province has achieved. The futurity of this rider, who competed inwards the maiden Youth Olympic Games inwards Singapore inwards 2010, could non await brighter.
Shumbashaba-Horses Helping People: Sharon Boyce (RSA) – Development Award
Sharon Boyce founded Shumbashaba to a greater extent than than xx years agone equally a therapeutic riding centre for people amongst especial needs. Over the years, its activities diversified to include equine-assisted psychotherapy in addition to learning.
This non-profit organization improves the lineament of life of seriously disadvantaged people inwards the township of Diepsloot nigh Johannesburg, oft working inwards partnership amongst authorities departments in addition to non-profit organisations operating there.
Its ground-based programmes stimulate got had a positive impact on teenagers faced amongst poverty, express educational opportunities in addition to unemployment yesteryear teaching them to relate to others, their surroundings in addition to themselves on the footing on awareness, integrity, honor in addition to trust. Children amongst disabilities from these communities, who stimulate got express access to wellness facilities in addition to treatment, make goodness enormously from Shumbashaba’s therapeutic riding programme.
Shumbashaba’s services gain from non-riding “Youth at Risk”, “Trauma recovery in addition to victim support” in addition to “Substance abuse in addition to eating disorder” programmes to psycho-educational riding in addition to therapeutic riding in addition to disability sport for people amongst disabilities.
Celia Rijntjes (NED) – Best Groom Award
Celia Rijntjes has groomed for Swedish Jumping passenger Rolf-Göran Bengtsson for xiii years, since they both worked inwards the Netherlands for 1992 Olympic Team Gold medallist January Tops.
Rolf prepare his ain stables inwards Breitenburg, Deutschland inwards 2003 in addition to offered Celia a job. She has looked after the Olympic silvery medallist’s transcend horses ever since.
Rolf is amount of praise for Celia. “You could non detect a ameliorate groom for your horses or to accept responsibleness for your stables,” he said. “She is ever on transcend of things in addition to ever puts the horses’ needs inwards a higher house her own. I never stimulate got to worry 1 infinitesimal nigh the horses or the arrangements made for them.”
Celia has worked at Olympic Games, World Equestrian Games in addition to World Cup Finals, amidst other events, where she has also supported the Swedish equestrian teams. Anders Mellberg, President of the Swedish Equestrian Federation, has praised her reliability in addition to squad spirit.
Courtney King-Dye (USA) – Against All Odds Award
Courtney King-Dye took to the saddle when she was nine. Years later, she represented the USA at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, in addition to at the FEI World Cup Finals 2007 in addition to 2008. Along the way, she became a USDF-certified Dressage teacher in addition to trainer in addition to graduated from Columbia University amongst a score inwards literature.
In 2010, a Equus caballus Courtney was schooling tripped in addition to fell. Courtney, who was non wearing a helmet, fractured her skull inwards the autumn in addition to suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury. After 4 weeks inwards a coma, she spent 3 months inwards infirmary re-learning how to walk in addition to utter in addition to the accident notwithstanding severely affects her coordination in addition to speech.
Courtney advocates educating equestrians on the benefits of wearing helmets through the Riders4Helmets campaign.
Although she is notwithstanding undergoing rehabilitation therapy, Courtney qualified for the U.S.A. Paralympic Team Selection trials for London 2012. She decided to hold off in addition to immediately aims to qualify for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014.
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