FEI presidency: Three Europeans chase role
Frenchman Pierre Durand, whose gold-medal-winning exploits at the 1988 Olympics were made into a moving-picture demonstrate inwards 2013, has pose his advert forwards for the presidency of the FEI.
Durand, 59, joins 2 other European candidates inwards the presidential contest, which volition locomote decided at the FEI’s General Assembly inwards Baku, Azerbaijan, early on inwards December.
Durand, nominated past times the French Equestrian Federation, was its president from 1993 to 1998. He the won the Olympic showjumping gilt inwards Seoul inwards 1988 atop the legendary horse, Jappeloup.
He has been joined inwards the race past times Ulf Helgstrand, nominated past times the Danish Equestrian Federation this week, together with Swiss nominee Pierre Genecand, who announced his candidacy inwards April.
Helgstrand, 63, a MD together with professor of Vascular Surgery, is president of the Danish Equestrian Federation together with vice-president of the European Equestrian Federation.
Genecand, 64, is a human being of affairs together with entrepreneur, who splits his fourth dimension betwixt Switzerland together with Argentina, where he breeds horses.
Nominations for the presidency unopen on September 1.
The major competitor for the presidency was sparked final calendar week when the incumbent, Princess Haya, announced her intention to pace downward inwards Dec after viii years inwards the role. It was widely believed that she would attempt a 3rd term.
The French federation, inwards announcing Durand’s candidacy, said it had enjoyed first-class relations amongst Princess Haya together with to a greater extent than mostly amongst the FEI over the final viii years.
France played a major piece of employment on the international equestrian scene, it said, together with was notable for the character of its events, its riders together with its breeding.
“The French Equestrian Federation wants a president who tin shipping away embody the Olympic values effectively together with save the multifariousness of international equestrian sports, inwards honor for the cultures of the 5 continents,” it said inwards a statement.
It said Durand’s candidacy had the amount back upward the federation’s president, Serge Lecomte, together with the Federal Committee.
The movie, Jappeloup, directed past times Christian Duguay, was released inwards 2013, telling the floor of the pair’s ascent to Olympic glory inwards Seoul.
At the get-go of the 1980s, Durand abandoned a promising legal career together with threw himself into his passion, showjumping, putting his organized faith inwards Jappeloup, a modest together with stubborn horse, exactly amongst a remarkable jumping ability.
Jappeloup, who stood at solely 15.2 hands, threw Durand into a boundary at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics together with fled the ring.
They continued to hit their partnership together with 4 years subsequently triumphed inwards Seoul, taking habitation the gold.
Helgstrand, who has been president of the Danish federation since 2003, said he believed he was hit for challenge of the presidency.
“I convey idea of this a lot since Princess Haya stated that she is non running for a 3rd period.
“But amongst the aspect of back upward I convey received from several places inwards the equestrian world, I’m confident that I’m hit for the post together with the challenges the equestrian basis faces if the national federations volition give me their support.”
Helgstrand is a old board fellow member together with vice-president of the Danish Warmblood Association.
He has been deputy chairman of FEI Group II since 2007, together with vice-president together with a charter fellow member of the European Equestrian Federation since 2010.
The manful somebody bring upward of 3 is married to Ewa together with lives inwards Dragoer, Denmark.
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