LOSOS de MUNIZ Yvonne

Dominican Republic

Date of Birth: 8 Sep 1967

Age: 53

Gender: Female

Place of birth: IBADAN

Birth Country:

Nigeria

Place of residence : WELLINGTON, FL

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Equestrian	Dressage Individual	22

Schedule

No data currently available. Please try again later.

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Dressage Individual
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	59

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Dressage Individual
2019	Lima, PER	4

World Cup Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
15	Grand Prix Freestyle	2018	Paris, FRA
16	Grand Prix Freestyle	2019	Gothenburg, SWE

World Cup North American League

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Grand Prix Freestyle	2020/2021	Wellington, FL, USA
2	Grand Prix Freestyle	2020/2021	Wellington, FL, USA
4	Grand Prix Freestyle	2019/2020	Wellington, FL, USA
4	Grand Prix Freestyle	2018/2019	Wellington, FL, USA
5	Grand Prix Freestyle	2018/2019	Wellington, FL, USA
6	Grand Prix Freestyle	2017/2018	Wellington, FL, USA
6	Grand Prix Freestyle	2017/2018	Wellington, FL, USA
7	Grand Prix Freestyle	2018/2019	Wellington, FL, USA

Legend
GP - Grand Prix, NS - Not Started, RT - Retired, WD - Withdrawn, EL - Eliminated

Watching nature programmes on television. (gdf.coth.com, 05 Feb 2021)

Occupation:

Husband Eduardo, son Toshimi, daughter Sylvia

Languages spoken:

English, German, Spanish, Swahili

Ton de Ridder, GER; Jose Antonio Garcia Mena, ESP; Kathy Priest, USA

Other sports:

She has competed in equestrian jumping at an elite level. (startinggate.ca, 31 Oct 2006)

She learnt to ride at age five on her family's ranch while growing up in Kenya. She began focusing on dressage in 2010. (tokyo2020.org, 13 May 2020; lilyforado.com, 22 Feb 2018; justworldinternational.org, 10 Aug 2010)

"My dream as a little girl was to be a jockey as I lived in Kenya with all those ex-racehorses. Unfortunately, by the age of 10 I was already taller than most jockeys. So I had to throw this dream out of the window. I always stayed on the horses anyway. Then I met my husband in the Dominican Republic. At that moment I started riding, but just for fun. So we jumped into dressage, super disciplined and riding full-time on Spanish horses. We did jumps, we did everything. The reason I love dressage is because it's not your typical sport that when you reach the age of 30 you're done. You need the experience, the mileage, to do this sport well." (tokyo2020.org, 13 May 2020; dressageheadlines.com, 10 Apr 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (chronofhorse.com, 14 Dec 2020)

Winning the CDI*** Grand Prix at the 2018 Adequan Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, FL, United States of America. (chronofhorse.com, 07 Feb 2018)

Philosophy:

"I love the puzzle of dressage, pulling it apart and putting it back together." (dressageheadlines.com, 10 Apr 2016)

In 2020 she received the Gold Badge of Honor from the International Equestrian Federation. (yvonnedressage.com, 29 Oct 2020; diariolibre.com, 03 Sep 2020)

She was named Athlete of the Year in the equestrian category at the 2019 Dominican Olympic Committee Gala. (presidencia.gob.do, 05 Mar 2019)

She was named the 2017 Best International Dressage Rider by the Dominican Republic Equestrian Federation. (diariolibre.com, 14 Dec 2017)

She was named one of the Best 10 Athletes of 2016 by the Dominican Olympic Committee. (diariolibre.com, 03 Apr 2017)

She received the International Dressage Achievement Award in March 2015. (horsebackmagazine.com, 24 Mar 2015)

General Interest

General
ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE
In 2020 she was elected as a board member of the International Dressage Riders Club [IDRC]. She is due to serve for four years. "It is very important to defend the rights and interests of the athletes, and it is an honour that they have chosen me as a board member, which will allow me to represent all the athletes of the Central American and Caribbean region, and to seek positive changes and support for it." (almomento.net, 08 Feb 2021; eurodressage.com, 09 Dec 2020)

WELL TRAVELLED
Born in Nigeria to Canadian parents, she spent her childhood in Kenya before moving to Germany as a teenager to begin equestrian training. Her family subsequently relocated to Canada before she made the Dominican Republic her home after marrying Eduardo Muniz. She also holds a Canadian passport. "I do not have roots of a particular country, I am a mixture of all. I have a Canadian and a Dominican passport, but in the Dominican Republic I feel at home." (tokyo2020.org, 13 May 2020; elnacional.com.do, 21 Aug 2018; yvonnedressage.com, 23 Apr 2018; equestrianconnection.com, 01 May 2016; horsebackmagazine.com, 24 Mar 2015)

RETIREMENT AND RETURN
She quit dressage in October 2012 after she was unable to compete at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She had taken her case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport [CAS], arguing that Brazilian rider Luiza Tavares [who took her place] did not have the right to compete at the event. Her appeal was denied and she declared she was quitting the sport because of the way she felt she had been treated during the process. She returned to international competition in September 2014, having been asked to reconsider her decision by the Dominican Republic Equestrian Federation. (eurodressage.com, 21 Oct 2014, 24 Oct 2012)

Milestones

She became the first athlete to represent the Dominican Republic in equestrian sport at the Olympic Games when she participated at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She was also the first equestrian athlete from the Dominican Republic to win a medal at the Pan American Games, claiming bronze on home soil at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo. (SportsDeskOnline, 28 Nov 2018; eldia.com.do, 11 Aug 2016; CRESO - Creando Suenos Olimpicos Facebook page, 24 Jul 2016)

Social Media

Legend

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

Timing and scoring provided by OMEGA. Results powered by Atos