Ludo Philippaerts
| Ludo Philippaerts | |
|---|---|
 Ludo Philippaerts riding Darco at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Games | |
| Personal information | |
| Nationality |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
| Discipline | Show jumping |
| Born |
22 June 1963 Genk, Belgium |
| Height | 5.9 ft 7.8 in (2.00 m) |
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb) |
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. 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.[1] At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Philippaerts and his late champion horse, Darco, ranked 7th.[2]
Philippaerts won the 2008 FEI World Cup final in Mechelen, 26–30 December 2008.[3] 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.[1]
He was the BP Cup Champion in Spruce Meadows in 2006[4] 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.[1][5] He ranked 15th at the 1989 European Championships in Rotterdam.[6]
Family
Philippaerts was born into an equestrian family. His brother, Johan Philippaerts, and his two older children are also show jumping riders.[7]
He and his wife Veronique have four children:[8]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Official FEI biography for Ludo Philippaerts
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Ludo Philippaerts of Belgium Takes an Early Lead in the First Leg of the FEI World cup Finals," Horses Daily news online, 21 April 2005
- ↑ Ludo Philippaerts and Darco
- ↑ Biography for Nicolas and Olivier Philippaerts, from their father's official website
- ↑ Official biography for Ludo Philippaerts, Just World International website