Ludo Philippaerts
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Ludo Philippaerts (born 22 June 1963) is a Belgian show jumping rider. He is a native of Genk, Limburg, Belgium.
Career
Philippaerts is a four-time Olympian.[1] As an individual, he ranked 4th at both the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2004 Olympic Games. In Athens, the Belgian team, of which he was a part, ranked 6th.[2] At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Philippaerts and his late champion horse, Darco, ranked 7th.[3]
Philippaerts won the 2008 FEI World Cup final in Mechelen, 26–30 December 2008.[4] At the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, he had an individual rank of 9 and a team rank of 7. He competed at the World Equestrian Games twice before, in 1998 and 1990.[2]
He was the BP Cup Champion in Spruce Meadows in 2006[5] and the 2006 winner of the Global Champions Tour. In 2005, his fourth consecutive year of competition in the Show Jumping World Cup, Philippaerts ranked 9th.[2][6] He ranked 15th at the 1989 European Championships in Rotterdam.[7]
Family
Philippaerts was born into an equestrian family. His brother, Johan Philippaerts, and his four sons are also showjumping riders.[8]
He and his wife Veronique have four children:[9]
See also
- Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- CSIO Spruce Meadows 'Masters' Tournament
- European Show Jumping Championships
References
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- ↑ a b c Official FEI biography for Ludo PhilippaertsScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- ↑ Crebin, Tess, "Shock for Showjumping World: Ludo Philippaerts' Darco dies in Belgium," The Virtual Equestrian online, 7 April 2006
- ↑ "Comeback victory for Ludo Philippaerts at Mechelen World Cup," 31 December 2008
- ↑ "Belgium and Britain battle it out in the BP Cup," Hunter Jumper News, 9 September 2006
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- ↑ Ludo Philippaerts and Darco
- ↑ Biography for Nicolas and Olivier Philippaerts, from their father's official website
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External links
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- Belgian show jumping riders
- Belgian male equestrians
- Sportspeople from Genk
- Olympic equestrians for Belgium
- Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Belgian sportsmen