Anky van Grunsven

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Medal record

Anky van Grunsven
Equestrian
Competitor for the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold 2000 Sydney Individual dressage
Gold 2004 Athens Individual dressage
Gold 2008 Beijing Individual dressage
Silver 1992 Barcelona Team dressage
Silver 1996 Atlanta Individual dressage
Silver 1996 Atlanta Team dressage
Silver 2000 Sydney Team dressage
Silver 2008 Beijing Team dressage
World Championships
Gold 1994 Den Haag Individual freestyle dressage
Gold 2006 Aachen Individual freestyle dressage
Silver 1994 Den Haag Team Dressage
Silver 1998 Rome Individual Dressage
Silver 1998 Rome Team Dressage
Silver 2006 Aachen Individual special dressage
Silver 2006 Aachen Team Dressage
European Championships
Gold 1999 Arnhem Individual dressage
Gold 2005 Hagen Individual dressage
Gold 2007 La Mandria Individual dressage
Gold 2009 Windsor Team Dressage
Silver 1995 Mondorf Individual Dressage
Silver 1995 Mondorf Team Dressage
Silver 1997 Verden Individual Dressage
Silver 1997 Verden Team Dressage
Silver 1999 Arnhem Team Dressage
Silver 2001 Verden Team Dressage
Silver 2005 Hagen Team Dressage
Silver 2007 La Mandria Team Dressage
Bronze 1991 Donaueschingen Team dressage
Bronze 2009 Windsor Individual freestyle dressage

Theodora Elisabeth Gerarda ("Anky") van Grunsven (born 2 January 1968 in Erp, Noord-Brabant) is a Dutch dressage champion who won the gold medal in the 2000 Olympics with her horse Bonfire and gold in the 2004 Olympics and in the 2008 Olympics with Salinero.

Van Grunsven has also dominated World Cup Dressage competition, being named the World Cup Dressage Champion eight times, in 1995 (Los Angeles, riding Cameleon Bonfire), 1996 (Gothenburg, riding Cameleon Bonfire), 1997 (s'Hertogenbosch, riding Cameleon Bonfire), 1999 (Dortmund, riding Gestion Bonfire), 2000 (s'Hertogenbosch, riding Gestion Bonfire), 2004 (London, riding Gestion Salinero), 2005 (Las Vegas, riding Keltec Salinero), and 2006 (Amsterdam, riding Keltec Salinero), 2008 (Brabant, riding IPS Salinero)

Van Grunsven is married to Dutch national equestrian coach Sjef Janssen, with whom she has two children.[1]

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[edit] Controversy

Anky, with assistance from her trainer and husband Sjef Janssen, is considered to be the originator of the controversial training method rollkur. She has moved to distance herself with the method since the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) declared in February 2010 this method "is seen as an aggressive way of a deep moving horse. This is forbidden as well as any head-neck position which is obtained in an aggressive way."

In a lawsuit announced on the 24th of August 2010, Anky claims she has been defamed by journalist Astrid Appels on the website eurodressage.com. A release posted on that website announcing the lawsuit reports that "according to Anky images of her horses can not be connected to the controversial rollkur training method." The lawsuit was scheduled to begin September 8, 2010 in Hertogenbosch[2] but later Grunsven withdrew the case. [3]

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Awards
Preceded by
Leontien van Moorsel
Dutch Sportswoman of the Year
1994
Succeeded by
Angelique Seriese



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