Britta Näpel

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Britta Näpel (born February 16, 1966 in Langenhagen ) is a German rider who successfully competes in dressage for riders with disabilities .

Life

Näpel is a master horse economist and lives in Wonsheim , where she runs a center for therapeutic riding. Her home trainer is the German dressage rider Uta Gräf , and she is trained by the respective national trainer at major competitions.

Britta Näpel began riding at the age of 14, and she was mainly active as an eventing rider. In 1998 she poisoned herself with an insect repellent; a serious consequence of this was spastic paralysis, especially in the legs and trunk area. In 2002 she started riding again as part of hippotherapy . A year later she took part in the disabled dressage sport.

Britta Näpel is assigned to competition class Grade III (until 2016 referred to as Grade II). As an aid, she rides with two whips and special stirrups that prevent her feet from slipping through.

successes

  • World Championships:
    • 2007, Hartpury: 2nd place in the individual with Durbridge , 1st place in the individual freestyle, 2nd place with the team
    • 2010, Lexington KY (World Equestrian Games) : 2nd place in the individual with Aquilina , 7th place in the individual freestyle, 2nd place with the team
  • European Championships:
    • 2005, Sóskút: with Billy the Kid 5th place in the individual, 2nd place in the individual freestyle, 2nd place with the team
    • 2009, Kristiansand: with Invisible Touch 3rd place in the individual, 3rd place in the individual freestyle, 2nd place with the team
    • 2011, Moorsele: with Aquilina 2nd place in the individual, 2nd place in the individual freestyle, 3rd place with the team
  • German championships:
    • 2003, Lingen: 3rd place with Loverboy
    • 2004: 2nd place with Loverboy
    • 2005, Aubenhausen: 2nd place with Billy the Kid
    • 2006, Munich: 1st place with Billy the Kid
    • 2007, Mannheim: 1st place with Durbridge
    • 2008, Berlin: 2nd place with Durbridge
    • 2009, Berlin: 3rd place with Invisible Touch
    • 2010, Berlin: 2nd place with Aquilina
    • 2011, Überherrn: 1st place with Aquilina
    • 2012, Überherrn: 2nd place with Aquilina

Awards

In November 2012, she and 163 other athletes were awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ EM in Gothenburg also season highlight for para-dressage riders , Uta Helkenberg / German Equestrian Association , February 28, 2017, accessed on March 12, 2017
  2. ↑ Britta Näpel about herself
  3. ↑ Star portrait of the German Equestrian Association : Britta Näpel ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pferd-aktuell.de
  4. ↑ Olympic rider honored by the Federal President , St. Georg, November 9, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Näpel, Britta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dressage rider in disabled sports
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Langenhagen