PAROT Samuel

Chile

Equestrian

Date of Birth: 5 Dec 1964

Age: 56

Gender: Male

Place of birth: TALCA

Birth Country:

Chile

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Equestrian	Jumping Individual

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Equestrian Park	Jumping Individual Qualifier	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Jumping Individual	Jumping Team
2012	London, GBR	59	15

World Equestrian Games

Year	Location	Jumping Individual	Jumping Team
2018	Tryon, NC, USA	112	22

World Cup North American League - USA West Coast

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Jumping Individual	2016/2017	Rancho Murieta, CA, USA

Legend
NS - Not Started, DSQ - Disqualified, RT - Retired, WD - Withdrawn, EL - Eliminated

Nickname:

El Huaso (agriculturablogger.blogspot.com.es, 11 Jul 2009)

Occupation:

Athlete, Business Owner, Horse Trainer

Family:

Wife Dolores, five children

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Club name:

Parot Horses [Wellington, FL, USA]

Sporting relatives:

His son Samuel Jr. has represented Chile in equestrian jumping at Nations Cup events. His father Samuel Parot Gomez was a renowned horse breeder in Chile. (jumpernews.com, 26 Feb 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 26 Jan 2016; Noticias Corraleras Facebook page, 20 May 2017)

Other sports:

He has also competed in rodeo. (diarioelcentro.cl, 04 Aug 2012)

Start:

He took up the sport in Santiago, Chile. (lasegunda.com, 28 Jul 2017)

Reason:

He grew up around horses. His father was also a rodeo champion. "I had to choose between jumping and rodeo." (lasegunda.com, 28 Jul 2017; diarioelcentro.cl, 04 Aug 2012)

Philosophy:

"The horse is your friend, your partner. The connection must be almost telepathic. There has to be a strong link." (lasegunda.com, 28 Jul 2017)

Award:

In 2017 he was named Best Rider of Chile by the Sports Journalists' Circle. (eldeportivo.latercera.com, 11 Dec 2017)

General Interest

General
EARLY DAYS
Between 2002 and 2004 he spent time training in France and the Netherlands. He then bought some land in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and in 2009 he became acquainted with US singer Madonna while she was there to play a concert. She hired him as a riding coach, and over the next two years he would train her in Florida and New York in the United States of America. He decided to relocate to Florida permanently in 2011, and has since also worked with US businessman Bill Gates. (lasegunda.com, 28 Jul 2017, 18 Aug 2014, 28 Apr 2012)

STABLES
In 2011 he set up Parot Horses in Wellington, FL, United States of America. "I settled my horses in my own field in Palm Beach, Florida, which is the equestrian centre of the world. It's a city that lives on horses, between polo and jumping championships. Wellington has the most competitive championships in the world and also has more customers." (globalcaballos.com, 17 Feb 2018; pbiec.coth.com, 10 Jan 2018; lasegunda.com, 28 Apr 2012)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.parot.5
Facebook Profile 2: https://www.facebook.com/parot.horses.9
Team Instagram: https://instagram.com/parothorses/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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