Endurance rider and official Kathy Brunjes dies
The endurance community is mourning the loss of Kathy Brunjes, a passenger who competed at the highest degree together with was too involved inward the governance of the sport.
The the States Equestrian Federation (USEF) said Brunjes, 59, lost her courageous get out against cancer on Thursday.
Brunjes was an avid endurance rider, logging 6745 lifetime contest miles.
Her passion for the sport of endurance saw her compete all over the world, including representing the the States inward Jerez, Kingdom of Spain at the 2004 FEI World Endurance Championships.
Brunjes together with then travelled to Abu Dhabi, UAE inward 2008 to compete inward the President’s Cup together with later on the same twelvemonth equally a fellow member of the United States team at the FEI World Endurance Championship inward Malaysia.
She participated inward governance of the sport equally a fellow member of the USEF Board of Directors since 2007.
She served on the Youth Sports Committee, the Administration together with Finance Working Group, the Endurance High Performance Committee together with was the chair of the Endurance Eligible Athletes’ Committee.
Brunjes was too active inside the American Endurance Ride Conference equally a quondam chair together with equally a fellow member of the International Committee.
Brunjes’ contributions were non express to equestrian sport; she served equally the Director of Library Services inward her habitation solid soil of Maine.
Brunjes was instrumental inward instituting the Maine Humanities Council Literature together with Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Healthcare program, receiving the Eleanor Cains Distinguished Medical Librarian Award inward 2005. Governor John Baldacci appointed Brunjes to the Maine State Library/State of Maine Library Commission.
“The Federation sends our deepest sympathies together with condolences to the Brunjes household unit of measurement together with to the entire endurance community,” USEF master copy executive John Long said.
“Kathy was a tireless ambassador for the sport both on the plain of play together with off; her dedication to equestrian sport was unrivaled. She volition hold upwards greatly missed.”
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