Susan Blinks
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Equestrian | ||
Representing  United States
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2000 Sydney | Team dressage |
| World Championships | ||
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2002 Jerez | Team dressage |
Susan "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
- ^ "Date of birth". Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ Equestrian results for the 2000 Summer Olympics
- ^ http://www.fei.org/sites/default/files/file/EVENTS/GAMES/FEI%20WORLD%20EQUESTRIAN%20GAMES/Results/Roma_1998/WEG1998_Dressage_Ind.pdf
- ^ http://www.fei.org/sites/default/files/file/EVENTS/GAMES/FEI%20WORLD%20EQUESTRIAN%20GAMES/Results/Jerez-2006/WEG2002_Dressage_Team.pdf
- ^ http://dressage.com/usdf/2001orlando/freestylepanel.htm
- ^ UMass Points of Pride
- ^ Leatherdale Farms I PERFORMANCE HORSES
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