Laura Graves

Laura Graves is an American dressage rider, born on July 22, 1987 and raised in Vermont. She bought the foal Verdades from the Netherlands at fifteen, and after a broken back in 2009 and a spell away from the sport she returned to compete with him at Grand Prix level from 2014. The pair won team gold and individual silver at the 2015 Pan American Games, then took team bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she finished fourth individually. She was runner-up at the FEI World Cup Final in 2017, 2018 and 2019, each time behind Isabell Werth. After winning double silver at the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon, she became the first American dressage rider ranked number one in the FEI world rankings.