Ludo Philippaerts Explained
| Ludo Philippaerts |
| Discipline: | Show jumping |
| Birth Date: | 1963 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Genk, Belgium |
| Height Ft: | 5.9 |
| Height In: | 7.8 |
| Weight Lb: | 176 |
| Show-Medals: | y |
Ludo Philippaerts (born 22 June 1963) is a Belgian show jumping rider. He is a native of Genk, Limburg, Belgium.
Career
Philippaerts is a four-time Olympian.[1] As an individual, he ranked 4th at both the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2004 Olympic Games. In Athens, the Belgian team, of which he was a part, ranked 6th.[2] At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Philippaerts and his late champion horse, Darco, ranked 7th.[3]
Philippaerts won the 2008 FEI World Cup final in Mechelen, 26–30 December 2008.[4] At the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, he had an individual rank of 9 and a team rank of 7. He competed at the World Equestrian Games twice before, in 1998 and 1990.[2]
He was the BP Cup Champion in Spruce Meadows in 2006[5] and the 2006 winner of the Global Champions Tour. In 2005, his fourth consecutive year of competition in the Show Jumping World Cup, Philippaerts ranked 9th.[2] [6] He ranked 15th at the 1989 European Championships in Rotterdam.[7]
Family
Philippaerts was born into an equestrian family. His brother, Johan Philippaerts, and his four sons are also showjumping riders.[8]
He and his wife Veronique have four children:[9]
- Nicola and Olivier (twins), b.1993
- Thibault, b.2001
- Anthony, b.2003
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Ludo Philippaerts Olympic Results . 4 May 2020 . 13 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121113201046/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ph/ludo-philippaerts-1.html . dead .
- http://old.fei.org/biographies/browse/detail.htm?sub=biographies&active=biographies1&rider_id=10011421&discipline=Jumping Official FEI biography for Ludo Philippaerts
- http://www.cyberhorse.net.au/cgi-bin/tve/displaynewsitem.pl?20060704ludostallion.txt Crebin, Tess, "Shock for Showjumping World: Ludo Philippaerts' Darco dies in Belgium," The Virtual Equestrian online, 7 April 2006
- http://www.hunterjumpernews.com/?p=6163 "Comeback victory for Ludo Philippaerts at Mechelen World Cup," 31 December 2008
- http://www.hunterjumpernews.com/?p=1445 "Belgium and Britain battle it out in the BP Cup," Hunter Jumper News, 9 September 2006
- Web site: "Ludo Philippaerts of Belgium Takes an Early Lead in the First Leg of the FEI World cup Finals," Horses Daily news online, 21 April 2005 . 23 September 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080724121545/http://horsesdaily.com/news/tour/2005/05wcf/04-22-philip.html . 24 July 2008 . dead .
- http://www.ludophilippaerts.be/english/ludo_philippaerts_darco.php Ludo Philippaerts and Darco
- http://www.ludophilippaerts.be/english/ludo_philippaerts_sons.php Biography for Nicolas and Olivier Philippaerts, from their father's official website
- http://www.justworldinternational.org/jump_team_philliphaerts.htm Official biography for Ludo Philippaerts, Just World International website
