Grete Püvi

Grete Ayache
Grete Püvi and Talent (2014 FEI World Equestrian Games)
Personal information
Birth nameGrete Püvi
NicknameCoco
Born (1982-03-12) 12 March 1982 (age 42)
Tallinn, Estonia
Sport
Country Estonia
SportEquestrian
Achievements and titles
World finals2014 FEI World Equestrian Games

Grete Ayache (born 12 March 1982 in Tallinn, Estonia), born as Grete Püvi, is an Estonian dressage rider.[1][2] Representing Estonia, she competed at the 2014 World Equestrian Games and at the 2011 European Dressage Championship. She placed 61st place in individual dressage at the 2011 Europeans held in Rotterdam.[3]

She retired her Grand Prix horse, Talent, from the competition in 2016. The horse had been previously ridden by Bernard Bosseaux.[4]

In 2017 she won 3rd place in the FEI World Cup Dressage Central European League Freestyle competition.[5]

Personal

Püvi started riding at the age of 12. She made her international debut in 2005 during the CDI in Warka, Poland. She is married to the reserve rider for the French Olympic team in 2016; Alexandre Ayache and together they have a daughter. She lives in Nice, France.

Her sister Pirjo Püvi is an opera singer and her uncle is Leo Näppinen, an Estonian scientist. Grete is fluent in Estonian, French, English, German, Finnish and Russian.[6]

Personal bests

Personal bests as of April 2015
Event Score Horse Venue Date
Grand Prix 70.220 Talent Nice, France April 4, 2015
Grand Prix Special 70.313 Aleandro Brno, Czech Republic June 17, 2017
Grand Prix Freestyle 73.850 Talent Lipica, Slovenia May 24, 2015

References

  1. ^ "ESBL".
  2. ^ "Grete Püvi". fei.org. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Estonia's Grete Püvi & Talent Take Nice CDI3* Grand Prix for 1st Victory". dressage-news.com. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  4. ^ "Grete Puvi's Talent Retired from Competition". Eurodressage. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  5. ^ "Equestrian - Grete Püvi Ayache (Estonia)". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  6. ^ "Grete AYACHE".