Abdullah ibn Mutaib Al Saud
Abdullah ibn Mutaib Al Saud medal table |
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bronze | 2012 | Team (with Davos ) |
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gold | 2006 | team |
Abdullah bin Mutaib Al Saud ( Arabic عبد الله بن متعب آل سعود, DMG ʿAbd Allāh b. Mutʿib Āl Saʿūd ; * October 13, 1984 in London ) is a Saudi Arabian prince and equestrian .
Personal
Prince Abdullah is the grandson of the former Saudi King Abdullah . He studied law at King Saud University in Riyadh.
Career
He began equestrian sports at the age of seven and made his international debut in 2002. In 2006 he won the gold medal in show jumping with the Saudi team at the Asian Games in Doha. In the individual competition he was eighth. In 2008 he took part in the Olympic Games for the first time on Obelix . With the team he reached rank 11, as an individual rider ranked 54.
In 2012 he won the bronze medal in show jumping with the Saudi team at the Olympic Games in London on Davos .
From May 2012 he trained with Paul Schockemöhle in Germany. The Saudi Arabian team has been trained by Stanny van Paesschen since 2010 . At the end of April 2014, the Saudi Arabian Equestrian Federation announced that Prince Abdullah would end his international sports career. He remains connected to the equestrian sport, among other things as patron of tournaments in his home country.
Horses (excerpt)
- Obelix (* 1996), brown KWPN Wallach, father: Burggraaf, mother's father : Nimmerdor; previously ridden by Hervé Godignon and Otto Becker
- Davos (* 2000, formerly Candiago Z ), Zangersheidee gray gelding, father: Cathago Z
- Allah Jabek (* 1997), brown Selle Français- Wallach, father: Quidam de Revel
successes
Championships and World Cup
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Olympic Games :
- 2008, Hong Kong : 11th place with the team and 54th place in the individual with Obelix
- 2012, London : 3rd place with Davos with the team and 26th in the individual
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Asian Games :
- 2006, Doha : with Saudia 1st place with the team and 8th place in the individual
- 2010, Guangzhou : with Obelix 1st place with the team and 21st place in the individual
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Pan-Arabic Games :
- 2011, Doha: with Sanorita 1st place with the team and 14th place in the individual
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World Equestrian Games :
- 2006, Aachen : 22nd place with Allah Jabek with the team and 113th place in the individual
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World Cup Finals :
- 2007, Las Vegas: with Al Saad Khaled 39th place
- 2010, Geneva: 25th place with Allah Jabek
Web links
- Abdullah Al Saud at the FEI
- Abdullah ibn Mutaib Al Saud in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ The most expensive precious metal of the Olympic Games (8/2012)
- ↑ HRH Prince Abdullah bin Miteb retires from international competition ( Memento from April 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), worldofshowjumping.com, April 29, 2014 (English)
- ↑ FEI horse database: Obelix
- ↑ FEI horse database: Allah Jabek
- ^ Abdullah ibn Mutaib Al Saud in the FEI database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Abdullah ibn Mutaib Al Saud |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | عبد الله بن متعب آل سعود (Arabic); ʿAbd Allaah b. Mutʿib Āl Saʿūd |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saudi Arabian prince and equestrian |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1984 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |