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KYRA KYRKLUND
* November 30, 1951 Helsinki
Present residence: Coolham (UK)
171 cm, 70 kg
Club: Helsingin Ratsastajat
Coach: Richard White
Event: Dressage
Horse: Max
Kyra Kyrklund will make Finnish Olympic history in Hongkong. She will take part in her sixth Olympic Games, a record for Finnish Summer Games athletes. She will share the record with the shooter Juha Hirvi who also competes at the Beijing Games. In fact, this is Kyra’s eighth selection for the Finnish Olympic team: she had to withdraw from both Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 due to problems with her horse. Kyra began her international career in dressage in the 1970’s. Her most famous horse was Matador, with whom she took silver at the World Equestrian Games of 1990 and won the World Cup Final of 1991. Today Kyra is considered one of the most distinguished dressage trainers in the world. She runs her own stable together with her husband Richard White in West Sussex, England.
PREVIOUS OLYMPIC GAMES:
1980 5th (Piccolo).
1984 19th (Nör).
1988 5th individual, 6th team competition (Matador).
1992 5th (Edinburg).
1996 28th (Flyinge Amiral).
2000 did not compete (horse sick)
2004 did not compete (horse injured)
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
1979 EurCh 20th (Piccolo).
1985 EurCh 13th (Nör).
1987 EurCh 7th (Matador).
1990 WCh silver (Matador).
1993 EurCh 4th GP Special (Edinburg).
1994 WCh 4th Freestyle (Edinburg).
1995 EurCh 10th (Flyinge Amiral).
1997 EurCh 9th individual, 9th team competition (Flyinge Amiral).
1998 WCh 10th individual, 7th team competition (Flyinge Amiral).
2005 EurCh 12th (Max).
2006 WCh 7th Freestyle, 12th GP Special (Max).
2007 EurCh 19th GP Special (Max).
