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Susan Blinks
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Born	October 5, 1957 (age 67); Washington, D.C.
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Susan M. "Sue" Blinks (born October 5, 1957)^[1] is an American dressage rider and trainer. She was best known for riding her Olympic Grand Prix mount Flim Flam. Having represented the United States in an Olympics and two World Equestrian Games, she helped the US Team earn an Olympic Bronze Medal in Sydney, Australia ^[2] and competed in the 1998 ^[3] and 2002 ^[4] World Equestrian Games.

Blinks spent her teens training with Marianne Ludwig.^[5] She worked as Equestrian Director at the University of Massachusetts ^[6] and later trained with Walter Christenson in Germany. She also trained with Isabell Werth and Uwe Schulten-Baumer in Germany.

Currently, Sue resides in San Diego, CA and rides for Leatherdale Farm.^[7]

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Susan Blinks". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.

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[Birth-1] "Date of birth". Retrieved February 18, 2016.

[2] Equestrian results for the 2000 Summer Olympics Archived December 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

[3] ttp://www.fei.org/sites/default/files/file/EVENTS/GAMES/FEI%20WORLD%20EQUESTRIAN%20GAMES/Results/Roma_1998/WEG1998_Dressage_Ind.pdf

[4] ttp://www.fei.org/sites/default/files/file/EVENTS/GAMES/FEI%20WORLD%20EQUESTRIAN%20GAMES/Results/Jerez-2006/WEG2002_Dressage_Team.pdf

[5] ttp://dressage.com/usdf/2001orlando/freestylepanel.htm

[6] UMass Points of Pride

[7] Leatherdale Farms I PERFORMANCE HORSES

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-'''Susan M. "Sue" Blinks''' (born October 5, 1957)<ref name="Birth">{{cite web |url=http://www.usefnetwork.com/athletes/27/sue_blinks.aspx |title=Date of birth |accessdate=February 18, 2016}}</ref> is an American [[dressage]] rider and trainer. She was best known for riding her Olympic Grand Prix mount [[Flim Flam (horse)|Flim Flam]]. Having represented the [[United States]] in an Olympics and two World Equestrian Games, she helped the US Team earn an Olympic Bronze Medal in [[Sydney, Australia]] <ref>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=EQU Equestrian results for the 2000 Summer Olympics<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and competed in the 1998 <ref>http://www.fei.org/sites/default/files/file/EVENTS/GAMES/FEI%20WORLD%20EQUESTRIAN%20GAMES/Results/Roma_1998/WEG1998_Dressage_Ind.pdf</ref>
+'''Susan M. "Sue" Blinks''' (born October 5, 1957)<ref name="Birth">{{cite web |url=http://www.usefnetwork.com/athletes/27/sue_blinks.aspx |title=Date of birth |accessdate=February 18, 2016}}</ref> is an American [[dressage]] rider and trainer. She was best known for riding her Olympic Grand Prix mount [[Flim Flam (horse)|Flim Flam]]. Having represented the [[United States]] in an Olympics and two World Equestrian Games, she helped the US Team earn an Olympic Bronze Medal in [[Sydney, Australia]] <ref>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=EQU Equestrian results for the 2000 Summer Olympics<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204162719/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=EQU |date=December 4, 2014 }}</ref> and competed in the 1998 <ref>http://www.fei.org/sites/default/files/file/EVENTS/GAMES/FEI%20WORLD%20EQUESTRIAN%20GAMES/Results/Roma_1998/WEG1998_Dressage_Ind.pdf</ref>
 and 2002 <ref>http://www.fei.org/sites/default/files/file/EVENTS/GAMES/FEI%20WORLD%20EQUESTRIAN%20GAMES/Results/Jerez-2006/WEG2002_Dressage_Team.pdf</ref> World Equestrian Games.