Olivier Philippaerts

Olivier Philippaert's medal table
Olivier Philippaerts at the Gothenburg Horse show 2016
Show jumping
Belgium
European championships
gold	2010 in Jardy	Show jumping, singles, juniors (with Carisma )
gold	2011 in Comporta	Show jumping, team, young riders
Belgian championships
gold	2005	Show jumping, singles, pony riders
silver	2008 in Pottes	Show jumping, singles, juniors (with Watteau van de Bekput )

Olivier Philippaerts (born July 30, 1993 in Genk , Limburg ) is a Belgian show jumper .

Career

In 2005 he became Belgian pony rider champion and started at the European championships. In 2008 he won silver at the Belgian Junior Championships and eighth place at the European Championships. In 2009 he finished fourth at the Valencia Grand Prix , a CSI **.

Olivier Philippaerts was the 2010 European Junior Champion in the French Jardy. At the 2011 European Championships in Comporta , he and his brother Nicola won team gold for young riders . At the Belgian Equestrian Championships in 2011 at the Zangersheide Stud , he took fifth place with Cabrio van de Heffinck . In May 2012 he took third place in the team of his father, brother and Jos Lansink in the Nations Cup in Rome .

Due to his success, he was nominated as a substitute rider for the 2012 Olympic Games with Cabrio van de Heffink . A good month after the Olympic Games, he achieved his biggest single success in international tournament sport with Cabrio van de Heffink : He was the youngest ever winner to win the Grand Prix of the CSIO 5 * Spruce Meadows 'Masters' endowed with 1,000,000 Canadian dollars .

In the summer of 2016 he was in 22nd place in the world rankings.

Private

Olivier Philippaerts comes from a rider family, his father is the internationally successful show jumper Ludo Philippaerts . His twin brother Nicola Philippaerts also rides internationally. His two younger brothers Thibault and Anthony Philippaerts ride pony show jumping tournaments. His mother Veronique is known as a Belgian dressage rider. He lives with his parents and three brothers on the family's own riding facility in Meeuwen-Gruitrode .

Horses (excerpt)

current:

• Cabrio van de Heffinck (* 2002), Holstein gray stallion , father: Cassini I, mother's father: Calato
• Splendid van de Heffinck (* 1995), Belgian warmblood, chestnut gelding , father: Heartbreaker, since 2008
• Chamonix H (* 2001), Swedish warmblood , dark brown mare, father: Caletto II, mother: Carnute
• Cooper van de Heffinck , (* 2004), Holsteiner, bay stallion, Caretino x Landlord
• Chicago van het Moleneind , (* 2002), Belgian warmblood, dark brown gelding, Kashmir v / h Schuttershof x Darco x Codexco x Farao de Guldenboom
• Sjoeke , (* 1999), KWPN , bay mare, Calvados x Voltaire x Jasper x Nimmerdor
• Rebel de Boilly (* 2005), Selle Français, chestnut stallion, father: Calvaro, mother's father: Rodeo de Baussy, owner: Van Den Bosch Paul & Bruyninx Guido

former competition horses:

• Carisma (* 1999), bay mare, father: Cardento, mother's father: Maraton 600, until 2010, now ridden by Emilie Martinsen .
• Beckham van't Paradijs (* 2001), Belgian warmblood , gray gelding, mother's father: Capital
• Watteau II (previously Watteau van de Bekput ) (* 1999), Belgian warmblood gray stallion , father: Palestro van de Beguijnakker, mother's father: Skippy II,

successes

Championships and World Cup

• European Championships :
  • 2007, Freudenberg: 4th place with the team and 33rd place in the individual (pony rider), with Jazz de Rhonon
  • 2008: 8th place in singles (juniors)
  • 2009, Hoofddorp: 7th place with the team and 8th place in the individual (juniors), with Splendid van de Heffink
  • 2010, Jardy: 1st place in singles (juniors)
  • 2011, Comporta: 1st place with the team and 13th place in the individual (young riders), with Cabrio van de Heffinck
• Belgian championships:
  • 2005: 1st place (pony rider)
  • 2008: 2nd place (juniors)
  • 2011, Lanaken: 5th place, with Cabrio van de Heffinck

Further successes (selection)

• 2009: 4th place in the Valencia Grand Prix (CSI **)
• 2012: 3rd place in the Nations Cup in Rome , 1st place in the Grand Prix of the CSIO 5 * Spruce Meadows 'Masters' with Cabrio van de Heffinck

Web links

• Olivier Philippaerts website (Dutch, French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Junior EM jumping: Even more precious metals in Jardy (2010)
2. ↑ Junior EM Comporta: Team gold for Belgium's young show jumpers (2011)
3. ↑ Belgian Show Jumping Championship (rider) 2011
4. ↑ The Belgian Olympic Team announced ( Memento of the original of October 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , July 6, 2012 
5. ↑ Result CN International, CSIO 5 * Spruce Meadows 'Masters' 2012 (PDF; 43 kB)
6. ↑ Yougest Rider in History Wins the CN International (9/2012)