Linda Algotsson

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Linda Algotsson (2010)

Linda Algotsson (born March 22, 1972 in Lyckeby ) is a Swedish eventing rider .

Career

Linda Algotsson and La Fair at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Linda Algotsson started riding early on her parents' farm. At the age of 16 she began to ride eventing tests.

Linda Algotsson played her first Summer Olympics with Lafayette in 1996, and since then she has been a regular part of Swedish teams at the Olympic Games, World and European Championships. Algotsson achieved her greatest individual successes between 1999 and 2004, each time with stand by me : in 1999 and 2003 she was runner-up in the European championship, and in 2003 and 2004 she won the World Cup finals .

In 2016 she started in Rio de Janeiro together with her sister Sara Algotsson-Ostholt at her fifth Olympic Games .

She trains with Elizabeth Lundholm.

Private

Algotsson comes from an equestrian family. Her sister Sara is also a successful eventing rider.

Horses (excerpt)

current:
  • Fairnet (* 2006), brown Swedish gelding, father: Feliciano, Dalby Jaguar xx, breeder & owner: Margareta Algotsson
former competition horses:
  • La Fair (* 1997), dark brown Swedish mare, father: Labrador 588, father of mother: Prince Fair xx, breeder & owner: Margareta Algotsson
  • My Fair Lady (* 1992), dark brown Swedish mare, father: Testarossa, mother's father: Prince Fair xx xx
  • Stand by me (* 1990), brown Swedish gelding, father: Stanford, mother's father: Prince Fair xx
  • Lafayette

successes

Championships and World Cup

  • World Equestrian Games :
    • 1994, The Hague: with Lafayette 43rd place in the individual
    • 1998, Rome: with Lafayette 5th place with the team and 13th place in the individual
    • 2002, Jerez de la Frontera: with Stand by me 8th place with the team and 26th place in the individual
    • 2006, Aachen : with My Fair Lady 5th place with the team and 35th place in the individual
    • 2010, Lexington KY : with Stand by me 10th place with the team, eliminated in the individual ranking
  • European Championships :
    • 1989, Lausanne (Juniors): with Caliph 2nd place with the team and 7th place in the individual
    • 1999, Luhmühlen: with Stand by me 5th place with the team and 2nd place in the individual
    • 2003, Punchestown: with Stand by me 8th place with the team and 2nd place in the individual
    • 2005, Blenheim: with My Fair Lady 4th place with the team and 15th place in the individual
    • 2009, Fontainebleau: 11th place in the individual with My Fair Lady (individual rider outside the team)
    • 2013, Malmö : Eliminated with La Fair in the individual evaluation at the second vet check
  • World Cup Finals :
    • 2003, Pau: 1st place with Stand by me
    • 2004, Pau: 1st place with Stand by me
    • 2005, Malmö: 25th place with Fair Dobbin
    • 2006, Malmö: retired with Stand by me
    • 2009, Strzegom: 19th place with Stand by me

Web links

Commons : Linda Algotsson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Biography and important successes of Linda Algotsson on the FEI website
  2. ↑ FEI horse database: Fairnet
  3. ^ FEI horse database: La Fair
  4. ↑ FEI horse database: Stand by me
  5. ↑ FEI horse database: Stand by me
personal data
SURNAME Algotsson, Linda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish eventing rider
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Lyckeby