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Laura Kraut with Cedric, CSI 5 Hamburg.JPG

Laura Kraut with Cedric , CSI 5 * Hamburg 2011

nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday November 14, 1965
place of birth Camden , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
size 1.70 m
Weight 56 kg
Career
discipline Show jumping
Medal table
Olympic rings Olympic games
gold 2008 Beijing Crew (with Cedric )
World Equestrian Games
silver 2006 Aachen Team (with Miss Independent )
gold 2018 Tryon Team (with ceremony )
last change: June 12, 2017

Laura Kraut (* 14. November 1965 in Camden , South Carolina , as Laura Kent ) is an American show jumper and team Olympic champion.

In October 2012 she was in 14th place in the world rankings.

Career

Laura Kraut at the award ceremony of the Global Champions Tour in Wiesbaden 2013

At the age of three, Kraut came to ride through her mother. She first rode gaited horses before switching to hunter riding (a form of show jumping), which is widespread in the United States. For a long time Laura Kraut rode both Hunter and jumping competitions. So she was able to take part in the show jumping World Cup final in Del Mar for the first time in 1992 , which she finished in tenth place. In the same year she was a substitute rider with Simba Run for the US equipe of show jumping at the 1992 Summer Olympics , but was not used here.

Around the year 2000, Laura Kraut focused completely on show jumping. In 2000 she was given the opportunity to spend several weeks in Europe in the summer season and to play tournaments here. Also that year she won the first qualifying test for the US Olympic team in show jumping. She was nominated for the Olympic Games in Sydney and rode with Liberty in individual 29th place, with the team she finished sixth.

Three years later, Kraut achieved her best result so far at a World Cup final, finishing fifth with Anthem in Las Vegas. In August of the same year, Kraut was nominated for the US team at the 2003 Pan American Games . However, her horse was slightly injured on site, so she withdrew and the substitute rider was used.

In 2006 she took part in the World Equestrian Games for the first time and won the team silver medal with Miss Independent and the United States team. In 2007 she was involved in two victories of US teams in the Samsung Super League and won the Hachenburg Grand Prix with Cedric . A year later, the second Olympic participation followed, crowned with winning the team gold medal.

The gray gelding Cedric remained Krauts' successful horse until he retired from the sport in spring 2017 and also competed with her at the 2010 World Equestrian Games in front of a home audience. The victories in the Global Champions Tour jumping competitions in Chantilly and Valkenswaard in 2010 were also achieved with Cedric , who is thus the only horse to date that has won two Global Champions Tour special stages in a row.

In 2010, she starred in the US TV series A Rider's Story at the side of her teammate McLain Ward . In addition to her active sports career, Laura Kraut also trains other show jumpers, Jessica Springsteen was one of her students.

Personal

Laura Kraut was married to the show jumper Robert (Bob) Kraut. Their son, Bobby Kraut, who was born in 1999, now competes in international jumping competitions himself. She is now in a relationship with the British show jumper Nick Skelton . In the summer, when she competes in European tournaments, she lives on Skelton's facility in Alcester , UK , and both spend the winter months with Kraut in Wellington (Florida) .

She studied business and economics. Kraut is an ambassador for Just World International , an aid organization founded by former show jumper Jessica Newman.

Horses (selection)

Laura Kraut on Jubilee d'Ouilly at the Vienna Masters 2013

current:

  • Nouvelle (* 2004), bay KWPN mare, father: Solitair, mother's father : Contango
  • Deauville S (* 2006), dark brown Holstein gelding, father: Diamant de Semilly, father of mother: Lux Z; Ridden by Hendrik Dowe until 2014, finally ridden by Nick Skelton until February 2015
  • Ceremony (* 2007), Holstein gray mare, father: Cero, mother's father: Quick Star

former competition horses:

  • Simba Run (* 1980; †?), Dark brown thoroughbred Waqllach, father: Rube the Great, father of mother: Dark Star
  • Anthem (* 1991; † October 2012), bay KWPN gelding, father: Dutchboy, mother's father: Triton
  • Liberty (* 1991, former name: Jolinde), bay KWPN mare, father: Libero H, mother's father: Nimmerdor; previously ridden by Emile Hendrix
  • Miss Independent (* 1996), KWPN gray mare, father: Kingston, mother's father: Nimmerdor
  • Jubilee d´Ouilly (* 1997), bay Selle Français mare, father: Palestro II, mother's father: Graphit; to 2009 by Penelope Leprevost ridden, then to October 2012 by Trevor Coyle ridden
  • Cedric (* 1998), Holstein gray gelding, father: Chambertin , mother's father: Carolus I

successes

Championships and World Cup

  • Olympic Games :
    • 2000 , Sydney: with Liberty 6th place with the team and 29th place in the individual
    • 2008 , Hong Kong: with Cedric 1st place with the team and 22nd place in the individual
  • World Equestrian Games :
    • 2006, Aachen: with Miss Independent 2nd place with the team and 42nd place in the individual
    • 2010, Lexington: with Cedric 10th place with the team and 31st place in the individual
  • World Cup Finals :
    • 2002, Leipzig: 17th place with Anthem
    • 2003, Las Vegas: 5th place with Anthem
    • 2004, Milan: 24th place with Anthem
    • 2005, Las Vegas: 40th place with Anthem
    • 2006, Kuala Lumpur: 16th place with Anthem
    • 2015, Las Vegas : 24th place with Nouvelle
    • 2017, Omaha : 15th place with ceremony

Web links

Commons : Laura Kraut  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FEI world rankings show jumping
  2. ↑ Laura Kraut , Supracor Suprastars, accessed July 13, 2017
  3. ↑ a b Olympic Gold Medalist Laura Kraut's Journey: Keep Calm and Ride On , sidelinesnews.com, January 19, 2015
  4. ↑ Team USA: Laura Kraut, Equestrian
  5. ^ Wellington: Olympic champion Cedric says goodbye to show jumping , St. Georg, February 28, 2017
  6. ↑ Jessica Springsteen trains with Edwina Tops-Alexander , St. Georg, May 25, 2015
  7. ↑ FEI person detail: Bobby Kraut
  8. ↑ FEI Biographies: Laura Kraut
  9. ↑ FEI horse database: Nouvelle
  10. ^ FEI horse database: Deauville S
  11. ^ FEI Horse Database: Ceremony
  12. ↑ Pedigree: Simba Run , sporthorse-data.com
  13. ↑ Performance pedigree : Simba Run , hippomundo.com
  14. ↑ USA: Laura Kraut's Anthem is no longer alive ( Memento of the original dated December 12, 2015 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. , October 31, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.horseweb.de
  15. ↑ Pedigree: Jolinde / Liberty
  16. ↑ performance pedigree: Liberty , hippomundo.com
  17. ^ FEI horse database: Miss Independent
  18. ↑ FEI horse database: Jubilee d´Ouilly
  19. ^ FEI horse database: Cedric
personal data
SURNAME Herb, Laura
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American show jumper and Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Camden , South Carolina