Bernardo Alves

Bernardo Alves
Personal information
Full name Bernardo Cardoso de Resende Alves
Born November 20, 1974
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Home town ,  Brazil
Height 1.86 m
Weight 76 kg
Internationales Pfingstturnier Wiesbaden 2014

Bernardo Cardoso de Resende Alves (born November 20, 1974, Belo Horizonte)[1] is a show jumping rider from Brazil.

Early life

He is the son of João Baptista Ribeiro de Resende Alves and Maria José Cardoso.[1] His interest in the sport of show jumping began at age four on a visit to a farm.[1] He began to learn the sport at this age under the instruction of Joseph Wilson.[1] His first attempts were dramatic as he took many falls, but he was determined and his trainer saw in him a lot of potential.[1] By the age of eight, his determination noticeably paid off, as he won his first title and graduated to the tutelage of Vitor Alves Teixeira.[1] By the age of 16, he was competing in the professional class. In May 2001, he trained for three months at the school of Nelson Pessoa in Belgium.[1] This prepared him for his debut at the CHIO Aachen.[1]

Career highlights

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