Dutch equestrian (born 1951)
Tineke Bartels
Born 6 February 1951 (1951-02-06 ) (age 73)
Martina Maria Anna Antonia "Tineke" Bartels-de Vries (born 6 February 1951 in Eindhoven ) is an equestrian from the Netherlands , who won the silver medal in the Team Dressage Event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain . She did so alongside Annemarie Sanders , Ellen Bontje , and Anky van Grunsven . In the Individual Competition she finished in fifteenth position.
Biography
Four years later Bartels repeated that feat, this time with Van Grunsven and the couple Gonnelien and Sven Rothenberger . She competed in four Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1984. Her daughter Imke competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece .
Bartels was heavily injured on 7 November 2006 after she fell off her horse during a training. She fell with her head against a tree and will need a long time to recover. It is unsure whether she can continue her career.
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