Grégory Wathelet

Grégory Wathelet medal table
Grégory Wathelet (2013)
Show jumping
Belgium Ukraine (2005-2007)
European championships
silver	2015	Single (with Conrad de Hus)
Belgian championships
gold	2013	Single (with Dream of India )

Grégory "Greg" Wathelet (born September 10, 1980 ) is a Belgian show jumper.

In August 2015 he was ranked 16th in the world.

Career

Grégory Wathelet with Cadjanine , CSI 4 * Hagen 2013

From 2002 to 2005 Wathelet rode for the Haras des Hayettes stable .

From autumn 2005 to November 2007 Wathelet rode for the Ukrainian billionaire Oleksandr Onishchenko and thus started in the sport for the Ukraine. After Onischenko sold Wathelet's best horse, the partnership began to end.

"I asked him if he was still motivated. I sensed he was less interested in reinvesting in horses and the situation became uncertain. So I took the decision to stop my contract. ( I asked him if he was still motivated. I sensed that he was less interested in reinvesting in horses and the situation became unsafe. ) "

He is now self-employed and known for training young horses at Grand Prix level in order to then sell them on.

Horses (excerpt)

Grégory Wathelet with Cadjanine Z at the International Whitsun tournament Wiesbaden (CSI 5 *)

• Conrad de Hus (* 2005), bay Holstein stallion, father: Con Air
• Cadjanine Z (* 2002), bay Zangersheider mare, father: Canabis Z, father of mother : Feinschnitt IZ; previously of Patrick Spits ridden by since July 2013 Rodrigo Pessoa riding
• Copin van de Broy , ridden by Marcus Ehning from the end of 2011, ridden by Quentin Judge since 2014.
• Crushing Z (* 2000; † 2012), gray mare, father: Carthago Z, died on the Sunshine Tour in early 2012 due to colic

successes

• Summer Olympics :
  • 2012, London : 13th place with the team, 29th place in the individual - with Cadjanine Z
• World Equestrian Games :
  • 2006, Aachen : 4th place with the team, 26th place in the individual - with Loriot
• European Championships :
  • 2007, Mannheim: 9th place with the team, 40th place in the individual - with Lantinus
  • 2011, Madrid: 7th place with the team, 24th place in the individual - with Copin van de Broy
  • 2015, Aachen : 11th place with the team, silver medal in the individual - with Conrad de Hus
• Belgian Championships:
  • 2013, Lanaken: 1st place with Dream of India

Further successes (selection)

• 2017: 1st place at the Grand Prix of the CHIO Aachen (with Coree )
• 2011: 1st place World Cup in Mechelen (with Copin van de Broy )
• 2006: 1st place Grand Prix of the Sunshine Tour (with Lord II Z ), 1st place in the Grand Prix of Hamburg (with countdown )
• 2005: 1st place at the Derby in La Baule (with Hugo Gesmeray )

Web links

Commons : Gregory Wathelet  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Grégory Wathelet's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FEI show jumping world ranking list
2. ↑ FEI short biography
3. ↑ Olympic hope for Gregory Wathelet (1/2012)
4. ↑ FEI horse database: Cadjanine Z  ( 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.  
5. ↑ Gregory Wathelet loses show jumping horse Crushing Z (3/2012)