Ludo Philippaerts

Ludo Philippaert's medal table
Show jumping
Belgium
European championships
silver	2001	Show jumping, singles (with Otterongo van de Kopshoeve )

Ludo Philippaerts (born June 21, 1963 in Genk ) is a former Belgian show jumper and four-time Olympic participant.

Career

Philippaerts has already participated in four Olympic Games . In the individual ranking, he ranked fourth both at the 2000 Olympic Games (with Otterongo van de Kopshoeve ) and at the 2004 Olympic Games (with Parco ). In Athens, he and the team also took 6th place. At the 1992 Olympics , he was seventh with Darco . Philippaerts also took part in the 1996 Olympic Games (with King Darco ).

At the World Equestrian Games in 1990 he reached sixth place with Darco in both the individual and the team standings. He finished the 2006 World Equestrian Games in Aachen with Parco in the individual with 9th place and with the team in 7th place. In 2006 he won the Global Champions Tour . He also took part in the 1998 World Equestrian Games (with Nura ).

Philippaerts participated in all European championships from 1989 to 2002. He achieved his best placings at European Championships in 2001 when he finished second at the European Championships with Otterongo van de Kopshoeve and in 2003 when he just missed a medal and was fourth in the individual ranking with Parco . In 2008 Philippaerts won the World Cup evaluation test in Mechelen with Winningmood .

At the end of April 2015, Ludo Philippaerts announced the end of his active sports career.

family

Philippaerts comes from an equestrian family. His brother Johan Philippaerts and his two oldest sons Olivier and Nicola are also internationally active as show jumpers.

He lives in Meeuwen-Gruitrode with his wife Veronique and their four children .

Horses (excerpt)

What was extraordinary about Ludo Philippaerts' career was that he achieved almost all of his great successes with Darco or one of Darco's descendants.

• Darco (* 1980; † 2006), licensed dark brown Belgian warmblood stallion, father: Lugano van la Roche, mother's father: Codex
• King Darco (* 1987; † 2016), dark bay Belgian warmblood stallion, father: Darco, mother's father: Flügel van la Roche, ridden by Samantha McIntosh after Ludo Philippaerts , retired from the sport in 2001 after an injury
• Verelst Otterongo van de Kopshoeve (* 1991; † 2011), Belgian warmblood chestnut gelding, father: Darco, mother's father: Hedjaz
• Parco (* 1992), licensed Belgian warmblood gray stallion, father: Darco, mother's father: Attack Z, retired from the sport in 2008
• Kassini Jac (* 1998), Holstein chestnut stallion , father: Cassini II, mother's father : Lombard
• Winningmood (* 1999), Belgian warmblood gray stallion, father: Darco, mother's father: Cassini I , ridden by Luciana Diniz since May 2009

successes

Championships and World Cup

• Olympic games
  • 2000, Sydney : 4th place in individual (Otterongo van de Kopshoeve)
• World Equestrian Games
  • 1990, Stockholm : 6th place with the team and 6th place in the individual (Darco)
  • 1998, Rome : 13th place with the team and 68th place in the individual (Nura)
  • 2006, Aachen : 9th place with the team and 7th place in the individual (Parco)
• European Championships :
  • 1983, Geesteren: 5th place with the team (Vancouver)
  • 1989, Rotterdam: 6th place with the team and 15th place in the individual (Darco)
  • 1991, La Baule: 1st place with the team and 19th place in the individual (Darco)
  • 1997, Mannheim: 9th place with the team and 26th place in the individual (Krawaat)
  • 1999, Hickstead: 9th place with the team and 14th place in the individual (Nura)
  • 2003, Donaueschingen: 4th place with the team and 4th place in the individual (Parco)
• World Cup Finals :
  • 1989, Tampa: 13th place with Darco
  • 1990, Dortmund: 11th place with Darco
  • 1991, Gothenburg : 37th place with Darco
  • 2002, Leipzig: 11th place with Parco
  • 2003, Las Vegas: 7th place with Parco
  • 2004, Milan: 11th place with Parco
  • 2005, Las Vegas: 9th place with Parco
  • 2012, 's-Hertogenbosch : 31st place with Kassini'Jac
  • 2013, Gothenburg : 15th place with Challenge van de Begijnakker

Individual evidence

1. ^ [1] , Ludo & Darco.
2. ↑ ^{a b}  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
3. ↑ Ludo Philippaerts hangs up his riding boots , eqwo.net, April 28, 2015
4. ↑  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
5. ↑  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
6. ↑ [2]
7. ↑ www.paardenfokken.nl: Descent from Darco
8. ↑ The top ten show jumping sires ( Memento from March 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
9. ^ Descendants of Darco ( Memento of September 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
10. ^ Sports facts: King Darco "retired" , Neue Zürcher Zeitung , June 5, 2001
11. ↑  ( 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.  
12. ↑ Ludo Philippaerts' former top horse Otterongo died , St. Georg, November 3, 2011
13. ↑  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
14. ↑ Information on Parco (English / Dutch / French)
15. ↑  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
16. ^ FEI horse database: Winningmood
17. ↑  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )

Web links

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