Theodora Elisabeth Gerarda "Anky" van Grunsven (born 2 January 1968) is a Dutch dressage champion who is the only rider to record three successive Olympic wins in the same event. Along with her Olympic successes, she has won numerous medals at the World Equestrian Games (WEG), and is the only rider to have competed at every WEG since they began in 1990. Anky van Grunsven, geboren op 2 januari 1968 te Erp, kreeg toen zij zes jaar oud was haar eerste pony, de Shetlander Heleentje. In het begin was zij alleen bezig met het poetsen en borstelen van Heleentje. Na de eerste lessen van haar vader, werd zij lid van de ponyclub in Erp.
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Anky van Grunsven Everything you want to know about Anky Anky became the World Champion Freestyle in The Hague in 1994. She won the World Cup Final nine times. The first time in Hollywood in 1995 where "Bonfire's Symphony", her freestyle music, played an important role. Annica VAN GRUNSVEN Team Netherlands Equestrian Dressage Olympic Medals 3 G 5 S 1 B Games Participations 7 First Olympic Games Seoul 1988 Year of Birth 1968 Olympic Results Biography In five editions of the Games, Anky van Grunsven has won nine individual Olympic equestrian medals, more than anyone else in history. Anky van Grunsven is the all-time leader among equestrian Olympians with nine (9) medals, and she is the only rider to win an individual event three times in a row, doing so in the individual dressage, which she won in 2000 (on Bonfire), 2004 and 2008 (on Salinero). Anky van Grunsven was born in Erp, the Netherlands, on January 2th, 1968. When she was six years old she got her first pony, a Shetland pony named "Heleentje". At first she would only clean and brush Heleentje. After taking the first riding lessons from her father, she joined the pony club in Erp.
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Theodora Elisabeth Gerarda "Anky" van Grunsven is a Dutch dressage champion who is the only rider to record three successive Olympic wins in the same event. Along with her Olympic successes, she has won numerous medals at the World Equestrian Games , and is the only rider to have competed at every WEG since they began in 1990. 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe The Netherlands' 3-time Olympic gold medalist; Anky Van Grunsven talks to the Athlete Profile series abou. 124K Followers, 652 Following, 1,356 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Anky Van Grunsven Official (@anky_van_grunsven_official) Owners. Anky van Grunsven dominated the dressage world for years with Bonfire and later with Salinero. She won all possible championships, e.g. three individual Olympic gold medals in a row: Sydney (2000), Athens (2004) and Hong Kong (2008). She is record holder in both the number of World Cup victories as well as victories in World Cup Finals.
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WEG2006 Freestyle Dressage Final performance of ANKY VAN GRUNSVEN riding her horse KELTEC SALINERO.To discuss all things Anky join the Anky Van Grunsven grou. At the end of December 2022, triple Olympic champion Anky van Grunsven gave an interview to the Dutch NRC newspaper in which she talks about her career and the recent passing of her last competition horse, Salinero. A summary of this interview was first printed in Dutch by Horses.nl. Here are a few of the quotes she gave in the interview
A Trailblazer in Dressage As Anky van Grunsven continued to hone her skills, she began to challenge the traditional norms of dressage. She believed that the sport could be more than just a series of prescribed movements; it could be a true partnership between horse and rider, a dance of harmony and expression. Anky van Grunsven was born on 2 January 1968 in Erp, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She is an actress, known for Sinterklaasjournaal (2001), Op stap met Dirk Scheele de Film (2018) and De Dik Voormekaar Show (2009).
Anky van Grunsven nieuwe voorzitter Indoor Brabant NU Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl
In a special interview with Olympics champion Anky Van Grunsven on Epona TV, filmed at the same FEI World Cup qualifier as the blue tongue, Anky defends her use of hyperflexion as a training method, saying that she uses it for a few minutes at a time, then lets the horse relax, but that she only uses it on her advanced horses, and horses that ar. Welkom op het officiële YouTube kanaal van Anky van Grunsven!
