Hector Florentino Roca (born 2 November 1972) is an equestrian from Dominican Republic.
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| Full name | Hector Florentino Roca | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 November 1972 | |||||||||||||||||
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Career edit
He won gold at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia. In 2011, 2015, and 2020, the Dominican Equestrian Sports Federation named him the International Jumping Rider of the Year. He was selected to compete for Dominican Republic at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the show jumping.[1]
In January 2022, riding ABC Quantum Cruise Florentino won the opening first Challenge Cup at the Winter Equestrian Festival hosted at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Centre in Florida.[2] In May 2022, Florentino won the $75,000 Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ Grand Prix CSI 2* event in Mill Spring, North Carolina riding ABC Quantum Cruise. Florentino had two rides in the 7 horse jump off.[3] Rising Ultimo, Florentino won the $35,000 Welcome Cup at the Kentucky Horse Show held in Lexington in May 2022.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Equestrian FLORENTINO ROCA Hector - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Hector Florentino Wins First WEF Challenge Cup of 2022". horsesport.com.
- ^ "Hector Florentino & ABC Quantum Cruise Smoke the Competition in $75,000 Bear's Smokehouse BBQ Grand Prix CSI 2*". Jumpernews.com.
- ^ "HECTOR FLORENTINO AND ULTIMO SPEED TO VICTORY IN $35,000 WELCOME CUP AT KENTUCKY SPRING HORSE SHOW". Horseinthesouth.com.
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