Susan Blinks
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Susan M. "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.
Until 2016, Sue resided in San Diego, CA, riding for Leatherdale Farm.[7] She has since relocated to Florida, where she continues riding and training.
References
- ^ "Date of birth". Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- ^ Equestrian results for the 2000 Summer Olympics Archived December 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 20, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 20, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://dressage.com/usdf/2001orlando/freestylepanel.htm
- ^ UMass Points of Pride Archived October 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Leatherdale Farms I PERFORMANCE HORSES
- Susan Blinks at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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