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16 Olympians
Participate in Olympic Tribute at
PhelpsSports.com Palm Beach Dressage Derby CDI-W/Y
WELLINGTON, FL
– March 4, 2008 –
At the 2008 PhelpsSports.com
Palm Beach Dressage Derby CDI-W/Y on Saturday, March 1, in Loxahatchee,
FL, 16 Olympians representing five countries – the United States
of America, Germany, Denmark, Colombia, and Canada – from the sports
of dressage and eventing participated in an Olympic Tribute, celebrating
this Olympic year and the 25th Anniversary of the prestigious show.
Olympians participating
in the Olympic Tribute were:
Jessica
Ransehousen, USA – 1960 Rome, 1964 Tokyo, and 1988 Seoul
Olympics
Mason Phelps, USA – 1968 Mexico City Olympics,
Eventing Team Alternate
Dorothy Morkis, USA – 1976 Montreal Olympics, Team
Bronze
Lendon Gray, USA – 1980 Alternate Olympics Goodwood,
England, and 1988 Seoul
Linda Zang, USA – 1980 Alternate Olympics, Goodwood,
England
Robert Dover, USA – 1984 Los Angeles; 1988 Seoul;
1992 Barcelona, Team Bronze; 1996 Atlanta, Team Bronze; 2000 Sydney, Team
Bronze; 2004 Athens, Team Bronze.
Ashley Holzer, Canada – 1988 Seoul Olympics, Team
Bronze; 2004 Athens
Michael Poulin, USA – 1992 Barcelona Olympics,
Team Bronze
Carol Lavell, USA – 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Team
Bronze
Bent Jensen, Denmark – 1992 Barcelona Olympics
Klaus Balkenhol, Germany – 1992 Barcelona Olympics,
Team Gold and Individual Bronze; 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Team Gold and
Individual Silver
Michelle Gibson, USA – 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Team
Bronze
Lars Petersen, Denmark – 1996 Atlanta Olympics
Karen O’Connor, USA –1996 Atlanta Olympics,
Team Silver; 2000 Sydney Olympics, Team Bronze - Eventing
Lisa Wilcox, USA – 2004 Athens Olympics, Team Bronze
Cesar Parra, Colombia – 2004 Athens Olympics
(l-r) Linda Zang, Lisa
Wilcox, Michael Poulin, Karen O’Connor, Jessica Ransehousen, Mason
Phelps, Dorothy Morkis, Carol Lavell, Lendon Gray, Michelle Gibson, Robert
Dover, Klaus Balkenhol, Lars Petersen, Bent Jensen, Cesar Parra, and Ashley
Holzer, winner of the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle of the 2008
PhelpsSports.com Palm Beach Dressage Derby.
(Applauding at right are Mary Anne McPhail, PhelpsSports.com Derby Executive
Director; and Evelyn O’Sullivan, PhelpsSports.com Derby Competition
Manager)
Photo: Susan Stickle
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