Isabel Freese (born 19 January 1979) is a Norwegian dressage rider. She competed at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning as individual and also competed at the 2013 and 2017 European Championships.[1] Freese competed at several World Championships for Young Dressage Horses in which she won a bronze medal in 2018 and 2019.[2]
 Freese at the 2024 Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Isabel Bache | |||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Isabel Freese | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian, German | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 January 1979 Oslo, Norway | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Norway | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Equestrian | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Holga Finken | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic finals | 2024 Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||
| World finals | 2022 FEI World Championships | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Freese started riding at the age of six in her hometown Oslo. At the age of 20 she moved to Germany to pursue her equestrian career. [3] Freese was nominated by the Norwegian Equestrian Federation to represent Norway as individual at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.[4] She made it to the individual final, finishing 10th in the individual Freestyle with a personal best and Norwegian record of 83.050%, which is also the best result in history for a Norwegian dressage rider at the Olympics.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Bio". www.fei.org. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "Enda en fantastisk prestasjon av Isabel Freese, men seieren glapp denne gang". Heste Sport (in Norwegian).
- ^ "Isabel Freese: The long road to dressage success". The Horse Magazine.
- ^ Ballestad-Mender, Rebecca. "Victoria og Isabel til OL for Norge". Norges Rytterforbund (in Norwegian).
- ^ Ballestad-Mender, Rebecca. "OL i Paris: En stor dag for norsk ryttersport". Norges Rytterforbund (in Norwegian).
External links
edit- Isabel Freese (and here) at FEI
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