Patricia Ferrando

Patricia Ferrando
Personal information
Nationality Venezuela,  Italy
Born (1985-07-19) July 19, 1985 (age 39)
Caracas, Venezuela
Sport
SportDressage
Coached byYvonne Losos de Muñiz
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2024 Olympic Games
World finals2019 Pan American Games
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  Venezuela
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Cochabamba Team dressage

Patricia Ferrando (born 19 July 1985 in Caracas, Venezuela) is an Italian and Venezuelan Olympic dressage rider. She competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima where she became 12th in the finals and at the 2015 Pan-American Games in Toronto.[1][2] She won a golden team medal at the 2009 Bolivarian Games, with the Venezuelan team. She is currently the most successful dressage rider from Venezuela.[3]

In 2019 Patricia tried to qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020 under supervision of her trainer Yvonne Losos de Muñiz and competed at several international competitions in Europe, including Denmark, the Netherlands, Austria and Spain.[4] Patricia qualified Venezuela as first reserve country from Group D & E (North America, Central and South America) following the FEI regulations for the Olympic Games.[5]

Ferrando competed at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, becoming the first Venezuelan dressage athlete at the Olympics.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Patricia FERRANDO".
  2. ^ "Patricia Ferrando". Olympics.com.
  3. ^ "Rubin Cartier Sold to Venezuela". Eurodressage.
  4. ^ "Entrevista con Patricia Ferrando – Revista Mundo Equino". revistamundoequino.com.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2021-02-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Roome, Pippa (31 July 2024). "'I'd love to inspire everyone to do dressage': meet Venezuela's first female Olympic rider". Horse and Hound.


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