DEVOS Pieter

Belgium
Equestrian
8 Feb 1986
35
Male
BEKKEVOORT
 
Belgium

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
EQU Equestrian Jumping Team
BEL
Belgium
 3 Bronze Medal
Jumping Individual  

Schedule

Change
Start
Time		 Location Event Status
Equestrian Park
Jumping Team Qualifier
Finished
Equestrian Park
Jumping Team Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

:
World Equestrian Games
YearLocationJumping IndividualJumping Team
2018Tryon, NC, USA9411
2014Normandy, FRA14213

European Championships
YearLocationJumping IndividualJumping Team
2019Rotterdam, NED291
2017Gothenburg, SWE54

World Cup Final
RankEventYearLocation
9Jumping Individual2018Paris, FRA
29Jumping Individual2019Gothenburg, SWE

World Cup Western European League
RankEventYearLocation
1Jumping Individual2019/2020Stuttgart, GER
1Jumping Individual2018/2019Stuttgart, GER
1Jumping Individual2017/2018Bordeaux, FRA
3Jumping Individual2019/2020Basel, SUI
3Jumping Individual2019/2020Madrid, ESP
3Jumping Individual2019/2020Lyon, FRA
3Jumping Individual2018/2019Basel, SUI
3Jumping Individual2017/2018Verona, ITA
3Jumping Individual2016/2017Oslo, NOR
4Jumping Individual2019/2020Bordeaux, FRA
4Jumping Individual2017/2018Lyon, FRA
4Jumping Individual2016/2017Helsinki, FIN
6Jumping Individual2018/2019Lyon, FRA
7Jumping Individual2018/2019Madrid, ESP
10Jumping Individual2016/2017Leipzig, GER


Legend
NS - Not Started, DSQ - Disqualified, RT - Retired, WD - Withdrawn, EL - Eliminated
:
Piet (samshield.com, 2013)
:
Athlete, Breeder, Business Owner, Coach, Horse Trainer
:
Marketing
:
Wife Caroline Poles, daughter Lisa [2017], son Vic [2019]
:
Dutch, English
:
Devos Stables [Bekkevoort, BEL]
:
His younger brother Wouter has represented Belgium in equestrian jumping at Nations Cup event. His wife Caroline Poles has competed for the Netherlands in the sport. (zangersheide.auction, 24 Jun 2019; fei.org, 04 Sep 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 31 Dec 2015; equnews.be, 31 Jul 2015)
:
He began riding at age six and took part in his first international pony jumping competition in 2000. (devos-stables.com, 28 Aug 2017)
:
Both his parents were riders. (devos-stables.com, 28 Aug 2017)
:
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (studforlife.com, 30 Mar 2020)
:
"You can't make a horse do something out of pressure. I think the horse must have the feeling that it's very happy to do it for you." (cnn.com, 02 Jul 2019)
:
He was named Best Rider of the Year in Belgium at the 2020 Equigala in Brussels, Belgium. Along with Gregory Wathelet, Jos Verlooy, Jerome Guery and Olivier Philippaerts, he also received the Team of the Year award at the ceremony. (devos-stables.com, 25 Jan 2020; robtv.be, 22 Jan 2020; hln.be, 21 Jan 2020; sporza.be, 23 Aug 2019)

He was named the 2008 Talent of the Year by the Flemish Equestrian League [VLP]. (devos-stables.com, 06 Aug 2018)

General Interest

General
STABLES
He and his wife Caroline Poels run Devos Stables in Bekkevoort, Belgium, where they train, breed and sell horses. (devos-stables.com, 23 Apr 2021)

ONLINE BUSINESS
In April 2020 he and horse breeder Klaas De Coster joined forces to market horse embryos via the internet. They named the business Mares of Mancha. "I joined this project because I believe in it. Horse breeding and showjumping will both benefit. The more top horses there are about, the better. I am a top-level equestrian too and I know how difficult it is to get hold of exclusive top-level jumping horses. It's a select group. I believe this project can expand that." (sporza.be, 25 Jun 2020; vrt.be, 22 Apr 2020; worldofshowjumping.com, 20 Apr 2020)

FRUIT BUSINESS
He and his brother Wouter also own a fruit farm. "My brother and I inherited a big fruit company from our parents when I was 17 or 18. It's a second-generation business and I am commercial director. I've grown up doing both jobs, the fruit business and the horse business, and it works because I have a great team on both sides." (devos-stables.com, 22 Apr 2020; studforlife.com, 30 Mar 2020; horse-canada.com, 19 Nov 2018)

Legend
:
Bronze Medal
:
Gold Medal Event
:
Silver Medal Event
:
Bronze Medal Event
Content 1 (removed through CDN)
Content 2 (removed through CDN).
Timing and scoring provided by OMEGA. Results powered by Atos