High-level position for dressage’s Cara Whitham
Longtime Canadian dressage gauge as well as rider Cara Whitham is joining a squad to experts to operate amongst the country’s high functioning riders.
The creation of this squad is existence spearheaded past times Desi Dillingham, MBE, Special Advisor to Dressage Canada.
Dillingham is working closely amongst Dressage Canada to develop a dynamic squad of experts, which volition operate toward programs to back upwards riders aiming to correspond Canada at major games-including the upcoming 2014 World Equestrian
“I accept known Cara personally since nosotros were inward our early on teens. And I accept since seen her inward parallel positions inward dressage over the past times thirty years,” said Dillingham, who has a wealth of sense as well as noesis inward the champaign of dressage, every bit good every bit vast international connections as well as contacts across the equestrian industry.
“I am thrilled to accept her every bit business office of the team. What she doesn’t know isn’t worth knowing.”
Whitham, of Stoney Creek, Ontario, is the alone FEI official to hold 5* judging credentials for both dressage as well as eventing. As a rider, she was named a brusk as well as long-listed passenger for the Canadian Dressage Team numerous times, won Canadian Grand Prix as well as Grand Prix Freestyle Championship titles, as well as was Chef d’Equipe for Canada’s Dressage squad during a four-year European tour leading into the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. She was also Chef d’Equipe for the Costa Rican Gold Medal Team at the 2013 Central American Games inward Costa Rica.
She besides lent input into a high functioning excogitation that produced Canada’s alone Olympic Team Medal inward dressage to date, at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Other achievements include working on the Ground Jury for the the 2003 as well as 2011 Pan American Games, 2005 European Dressage Championships as well as the 2010 World Equestrian Games, as well as existence appointed to the Eventing Ground Jury for the 1998 as well as 2002 World Equestrian Games, every bit good every bit the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Whitham has attained FEI Dressage Technical Delegate status, as well as was television commentator for the 2007 World Equestrian Games, as well as 2004, 2008, as well as 2012 Olympic Games.
“I’m thrilled as well as honoured to hold upwards invited to hold upwards business office of Desi’s team. Dressage has e'er been my passion-in particular, Canadian Dressage,” said Whitham.
“I promise I tin pick out to this seat all the international sense as well as noesis that I accept been fortunate to hold upwards a business office of for hence many years. It’s hence exciting to encounter the hereafter for Canada.”
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