PAROT Samuel

5 Dec 1964
56
Male
TALCA
 
Chile

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
EQU Equestrian Jumping Individual  

Schedule

Change
Start
Time
Location Event Status
Equestrian Park
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocationJumping IndividualJumping Team
2012London, GBR5915

World Equestrian Games
YearLocationJumping IndividualJumping Team
2018Tryon, NC, USA11222

World Cup North American League - USA West Coast
RankEventYearLocation
10Jumping Individual2016/2017Rancho Murieta, CA, USA


Legend
NS - Not Started, DSQ - Disqualified, RT - Retired, WD - Withdrawn, EL - Eliminated
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El Huaso (agriculturablogger.blogspot.com.es, 11 Jul 2009)
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Athlete, Business Owner, Horse Trainer
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Wife Dolores, five children
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English, Spanish
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Parot Horses [Wellington, FL, USA]
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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)
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He has also competed in rodeo. (diarioelcentro.cl, 04 Aug 2012)
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He took up the sport in Santiago, Chile. (lasegunda.com, 28 Jul 2017)
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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)
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"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)
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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)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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