Robert Whitaker

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Robert Whitaker with Catwalk , CSI 4 * Hagen 2013

Robert Whitaker (born January 26, 1983 in Huddersfield , West Yorkshire ) is a British show jumper .

In April 2013 he is at number 67 in the world rankings, after he was previously listed at number 61.

Career

Robert is an internationally successful British show jumper who has competed in Nations Cups for Great Britain since he was a junior .

At the Nations Cup in Norway in 2001, he rode in a team with his father John, his uncle Michael and his sister Louise. This was the first time Great Britain had a team that consisted exclusively of members of one family.

In 2003, 2008 and 2009 he won the British Open.

At the horse show in Stockholm 2011 he jumped bareback a 2.12 meter high wall and set a world record.

Private

Robert Whitaker is the son of show jumping legend John Whitaker and his wife Clare Barr, nephew of Michael Whitaker and cousin of Ellen Whitaker and William Whitaker .

In January 2013, he was sentenced to a fine and six months' non-compete parole for kicking a security guard during the Horse of the Year show in 2012 .

He lives in Belgium . In January 2015 the show jumper married Kate Jackaman. Their daughter was born in April 2013.

Horses (excerpt)

current:
  • USA Today (* 2001), KWPN , stallion, father: Heartbreaker, mother's father: Capitol I, owner: Mandy Hall & Clare Whitaker, since 2010
  • Catwalk IV (* 2003), Holsteiner , brown stallion, father: Colman, mother's father: Corleone, owner: Clare Whitaker, since 2011
  • Waterstone (* 2003), KWPN, gelding, owner: Mandy Hall, previously ridden by Louise Whitaker
former competition horses:
  • Lacroix (* 1995), Holsteiner, Wallach, father: Lacros, mother's father: Caletto I , until March 2010, then ridden by Denis Lynch.

successes

  • 2007: 2nd place in the Grand Prix of London-Olympia (Lacroix) - at the same time "Leading Rider of the Show", 1st place in the Grand Prix of Stockholm (Lacroix), 1st place in the Grand Prix of Towerlands / Braintree (Lacroix) , 4th place in the Grand Prix of Vienna (Lacroix), 3rd place in the Grand Prix of Monte Carlo - GCT evaluation test (Lacroix), 4th place in the British Jumping Derby Hickstead (Finbarr V), 5th place in the Grand Prix of Birmingham (Prima Vera), 1st place in the Grand Prix of Vejer de la Frontera (Finbarr V)
  • 2008: 4th place in the Grand Prix of London-Olympia (Lacroix), 5th place in the Grand Prix of Mastricht (Lacroix), 3rd place in the Grand Prix of Vienna (Lacroix), 3rd place in the Grand Prix of Cannes - GCT - Evaluation test (Lacroix), 1st place in the Grand Prix of Vimeiro (Lacroix), 1st place in the Nations Cup of Lisbon (Lacroix), 1st place in the Grand Prix of Birmingham (Lacroix)
  • 2009: 5th place in the Grand Prix of Marseille (Lacroix), 5th place in the Grand Prix of Gijón (Draco), 3rd place in the Grand Prix of La Coruña (Casino), 1st place in the Grand Prix of Birmingham (Lacroix) , 4th place in the Arezzo Grand Prix (Rooney IV)
  • 2010: 3rd place in the World Cup competition in Toronto ON (Omelli), 4th place in the World Cup competition in Syracuse NY (Omelli), 3rd place in the Grand Prix of Maubeuge (Casino), 3rd place in the Grand Prix of Vejer de la Frontera ( USA Today), 2nd place in the Braunschweig Grand Prix (Casino), 3rd place in the Amsterdam Grand Prix (Udo DV)
  • 2011: 3rd place in the Hagen aTW Grand Prix, 2nd special stage Riders Tour 2011 (USA Today), 1st place in the Flanders Derby at the CSIO **** Lummen (Watch me IV), 2nd place in the Vejer Grand Prix de la Frontera (USA Today)

Web links

Commons : Robert Whitaker  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Equestrianism: Louise's fall ends Whitakers' dream , Alan Smith / The Telegraph , June 24, 2001 (English)
  2. ↑ Horse & Hound (English)
  3. ↑ World record: Robert Whitaker skips 2.12 meters bareback , St. George, November 28, 2011
  4. ↑ Ban on Robert Whitaker after kicking security staff , January 11, 2013
  5. ↑ Showjumper fined for attacking a security guard at Horse of the Year Show , January 4, 2013
  6. ^ Offspring for the Whitaker Family , St. George, April 8, 2013
  7. ^ Robert Whitaker said yes , Reiter Revue International , January 15, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Whitaker, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British show jumper
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Huddersfield , West Yorkshire