Geir Gulliksen (show jumper)

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Geir Gulliksen with L'Espoir at the Hamburg Championships 2011 (CSI 5 *)

Geir Gulliksen (born January 9, 1960 in Ålesund ) is a Norwegian show jumper .

In April 2013, he is number 269 in the world rankings. In May 2011 it was ranked 143rd.

Career

Together with Morten Djupvik , Tony André Hansen and Stein Endresen , he won the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games . After a positive doping test from Hansen's horse Camiro , the team's medals were revoked . In 2001 Gulliksen was voted Sportsman of the Year.

In February 2012, following a riding accident a few days earlier, he was admitted to hospital with blood clots in his lungs.

Gulliksen lives in Lierskogen , is married and has two children. Both his daughter Victoria and his son Johan-Sebastian ride advanced level jumping competitions.

Horses

current:
  • Dorada (* 1998), Irish sport horse , chestnut gelding, father: Harlequin du Carel, father of mother: Clover Hill, owner: Stall Gullik AS, since 2012 together with Victoria Gulliksen, previously by Shane Breen (2009-2011) and William Funnell (2012) ridden.
  • Edesa S Banjan (formerly: Banjan van de Roze Weide ; * 2001), Belgian warmblood, father: Toulon, mother's father: Lys de Darmen, since 2012, previously ridden by Marlon Módolo Zanotelli .
former competition horses:
  • L´Espoir (* 1996), chestnut gelding, father: Landwind II, mother's father: Feinschnitt I, from 2007, previously ridden by Ludger Beerbaum , retired from the sport in early 2016
  • Cattani (* 1995), Holsteiner , brown gelding, father: Corrado I, mother's father: Silvester, 2006 - 2009, then ridden by Henrik von Eckermann and Alexandra Thornto.
  • Storm (* 1999), KWPN, bay gelding, father: Grandeur, mother's father: Nurprimus, 2010 - 2012 together with Victoria Gulliksen, previously ridden by Henrik von Eckermann.
  • Lord II Z (* 1993), Belgian warmblood , brown gelding, father: Landlord, mother father: Rebel I , 2008 - 2011 together with Victoria Gulliksen.
  • Cor d'Alme Z

successes

Championships and World Cup

  • Olympic games
    • 2008 , Hong Kong: with Cattani
  • World championships
    • 1994: with Cor d'Alme Z , 20th place with the team and 47th place in the individual
    • 2006, Aachen: with Cattani , 21st place with the team and 17th place in the individual
    • 2010, Lexington: with L'Espoir
  • European championships
    • 1995, St. Gallen: with Cor d'Alme Z , 12th place with the team and 46th place in the individual
    • 1999, Hickstead: with Calido , 14th place with the team and 18th place in the individual
    • 2001, Arnhem: with Calido , 10th place with the team and 20th place in the individual
    • 2003, Donaueschingen: with Frisky , 18th place with the team and 55th place in the individual
    • 2007, Mannheim: with L'Espoir , 6th place with the team and 48th place in the individual
    • 2009, Windsor: with Cattani , 9th place with the team
    • 2011, Madrid: with L'Espoir , 14th place with the team and 57th place in the individual
  • World Cup Finals
    • 2006, Kuala Lumpur: 19th place with Cattani
    • 2009, Las Vegas: 36th place with Cattani

Web links

Commons : Geir Gulliksen (show jumper)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FEI world ranking list show jumping number 124  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (50 best international results of every show jumper from May 1st 2010 to April 30th 2011; PDF; 155 kB)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.fei.org  
  2. ↑ www.nzz.ch
  3. ↑ Geir Gulliksen to hospital ( memento of the original from October 23, 2013 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. , worldofshowjumping.com, February 29, 2012 (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.worldofshowjumping.com
  4. ↑ Kingsland signs the Gulliksen family ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2013 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. , worldofshowjumping.com, May 4, 2012 (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.worldofshowjumping.com
  5. ↑ FEI person detail: Johan-Sebastian Gulliksen
  6. ↑ L'Espoir by Geir Gulliksen now retired , globalquestriannews.com, March 2, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Gulliksen, Geir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian show jumper
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Ålesund