Anky van Grunsven is a Dutch equestrian who specializes in dressage. She won individual Olympic gold in 2000, 2004 and 2008, the only rider to record three successive Olympic wins in the same event, and holds nine medals across seven Olympic Games from 1988 to 2012. She is the only equestrian to compete at every World Equestrian Games since their 1990 inception and won the Dressage World Cup nine times between 1995 and 2008.
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Career HighlightOnly dressage rider to win three successive Olympic individual titles in the same event, and record holder for Dressage World Cup wins with nine titles. 1 Classification
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Which horses did Anky van Grunsven ride to her three Olympic gold medals?
Bonfire in 2000, then Salinero in 2004 and 2008.
Anky van Grunsven won the individual dressage title at three Olympic Games in a row, and she did it on two horses. She won in 2000 riding Bonfire, and in 2004 and 2008 riding Salinero. Olympedia notes that she is the only rider to win an individual event three times in a row, which she did in the individual dressage.
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Theodora Elisabeth Gerarda "Anky" van Grunsven (born 2 January 1968) is a Dutch dressage champion who is the only rider to record three successive Olympic wins in the same event.
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Theodora Elisabeth Gerarda “Anky” van Grunsven (born 2 January 1968) is a Dutch dressage champion who is the only rider to record three successive Olympic wins in the same event.
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Theodora Elisabeth Gerarda “Anky” van Grunsven (born 2 January 1968) is a Dutch dressage champion who is the only rider to record three successive Olympic wins in the same event.
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Theodora Elisabeth Gerarda “Anky” van Grunsven (born 2 January 1968) is a Dutch dressage champion who is the only rider to record three successive Olympic wins in the same event.
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van Grunsven holds the record for the most wins at the Dressage World Cup, winning the event nine times between 1995 and 2008.
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Along with her Olympic successes, she has won numerous medals at the World Equestrian Games (WEG), and is the only rider to have competed at every WEG since they began in 1990.
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Theodora Elisabeth Gerarda "Anky" van Grunsven (born 2 January 1968) is a Dutch dressage champion who is the only rider to record three successive Olympic wins in the same event.
Competed In: 1988 Summer Olympics, Lead or career section
At the 1988 Summer Olympics, riding Prisco, she was eliminated in the qualifying rounds of the individual dressage, and was the lowest-scoring member of the fifth-place Dutch team, meaning her score was not used to determine the team's standing.
Competed In: 1992 Summer Olympics, Lead or career section
At the 1992 Summer Olympics, her performance improved, and riding Bonfire she took fourth individually and won her first silver medal in the team competition.
Competed In: Olympic Games, Lead or career section
Salinero quickly took over as van Grunsven's top horse, and remained in that position until his retirement in 2013, after making a major comeback to compete in the 2012 Olympic Games.
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