Maikel van der Vleuten

In this Dutch name, the surname is van der Vleuten, not Vleuten.

Maikel van der Vleuten

Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1988-02-10) 10 February 1988 Geldrop, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Equestrian
Medal record Equestrian Representing the Netherlands Olympic Games 2012 London Team jumping 2020 Tokyo Individual jumping 2024 Paris Individual Jumping World Championships 2014 Normandy Team jumping 2022 Herning Team jumping 2022 Herning Individual jumping European Championships 2015 Aachen Team jumping

Maikel van der Vleuten (born 10 February 1988) is a Dutch show jumping rider. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he won a silver medal in team jumping and finished 37th in the individual.

As of May 2020, he is ranked as the #15 rider in the world. He has previously been ranked as high as #5 in the world.

Early life

Maikel van der Vleuten was born on 10 February 1988 in Geldrop, the Netherlands. His father, Eric, is a successful show jumper himself, and Maikel and his brother, Eric Jr., grew up with horses. Maikel began riding at the age of 6 and starting competing internationally at the age of 13 in the pony divisions. He competed in his first championship as a junior rider in 2004, and in 2005 he won team gold with Nobel at the FEI European Junior Championship. In the years 2006–2009, van der Vleuten competed in the FEI Young Rider Championships each year, taking home a team silver and a team bronze, and finishing fifth individually three of the four years.

Professional career

Van der Vleuten began competing at the senior level in 2010, jumping his first 5* competition at Rotterdam (NEL). He jumped at his first senior championship the following year, competing for the Netherlands at the 2011 European Championships in Madrid (ESP) where the team finished fourth. In 2012, van der Vleuten was selected for the Dutch team to compete at the London Olympic Games with Verdi TN, where the team won the silver medal. Two years later, Verdi TN and van der Vleuten won the gold medal with the Dutch team at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy (FRA). They were also 6th at the FEI World Cup Finals in Lyon (FRA) and won the FEI Nations Cup Final in Barcelona (ESP).

Van der Vleuten continued to his international success, winning team gold at the 2015 European Championships, and recording another 6th-place finish at the FEI World Cup Jumping Finals, this time in Las Vegas, NV (USA). Verdi TN and van der Vleuten competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro where they finished 20th individually. Although van der Vleuten had other horses in his string, he used Verdi TN at nearly every championship until Verdi's retirement in March 2020.

Van der Vleuten and his father, Eric, are sponsored by the VDL Groep, an international company that is involved in manufacturing and subcontracting, as well as Massimo Dutti. The duo also is part of the Madrid in Motion Global Champions League team, alongside Eduardo Alvarez Aznar, Mark McAuley, Cindy van der Straten, and Michael G Duffy.

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Maikel van der Vleuten

VDL Groep Eureka

Results

Year	Place	Horse	Event	Rating	Show	Location
2019	1	Beauville Z	Longines World Cup Qualifier	CSI5*-W	La Coruña	La Coruña (ESP)
2019	1	Dana Blue	Rikstoto Grand Prix	CSI5*-W	Kingsland Oslo Horse Show	Oslo (SWE)
2019	1	Dana Blue	LGCT Grand Prix of Valkenswaard	CSI5*	LGCT Valkenswaard	Valkenswaard (NEL)
2019	1	Beauville Z	LGCT Grand Prix of Monte Carlo	CSI5*	LGCT Monte Carlo	Monaco (MCO)
2019	1	Dana Blue	Longines Grand Prix	CSI5*	CHIO Twente	Geesteren (NEL)
2018	1	Arera C	Audi Prize 1.55m	CSI5*	Dutch Masters	s-Hertogenbosch (NEL)
2017	1	Arera C	Christmas Cracker 1.55m	CSI5*-W	London Olympia	London (GBR)
2017	1	Verdi TN	Verona World Cup Qualifier	CSI5*-W	Fieracavalli	Verona (ITA)
2016	1	VDL Groep Quatro	Winning Round 1.50m	CSI5*-W	IFEMA Madrid	Madrid (ESP)
2016	20	Verdi TN	Rio de Janeiro Olympics - Individual	OLY	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
2016	1	Arera C	Anemone Horse Trucks Grand Prix	CSI4*	Jumping Amsterdam	Amsterdam (NEL)
2015	Gold	Verdi TN	European Championships	CH-EU	European Championships	Aachen (GER)
2015	6	Verdi TN	FEI World Cup Jumping Finals	WC	World Cup Finals	Las Vegas, NV (USA)
2014	1	Verdi TN	FEI Nations Cup Final	CSIO5*	Nations Cup Final	Barcelona (ESP)
2014	1	Ziemar	Beijing World Cup Qualifier	CSI2*-W	Beijing	Beijing (CHN)
2014	Gold	Verdi TN	World Equestrian Games - Team	WEG	World Equestrian Games	Normandy (FRA)
2014	1	Verdi TN	LGCT Grand Prix of Madrid	CSI5*	LGCT Madrid	Madrid (ESP)
2013	1	VDL Groep Sapphire B	London World Cup Qualifier	CSI5*-W	London Olympia	London (GBR)
2013	1	Verdi TN	Longines Grand Prix of Lyon	CSI5*	Equita' Lyon	Lyon (FRA)
2013	1	Verdi TN	Al Ain Longines Grand Prix	CSIO5*	Al Ain Horse Show	Al Ain (AUH)
2012	Silver	Verdi TN	London Olympic Games - Team	OLY	Olympic Games	London (GBR)

External links

• Maikel van der Vleuten at FEI
• Maikel van der Vleuten at FEI (alternative link)
• Maikel van der Vleuten at Olympics.com
• Maikel van der Vleuten at Olympedia
• Maikel van der Vleuten at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)