MERKULOVA Inessa

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Dressage Individual
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	23

World Equestrian Games

Year	Location	Dressage Individual	GP Special	Dressage Team
2018	Tryon, NC, USA	-	19	10
2014	Normandy, FRA	-	26	18
2006	Aachen, GER	-	NS	-
2002	Jerez de la Frontera, ESP	61	-	8
1998	Rome, ITA	74	-	11

European Championships

Year	Location	Dressage Team
2017	Gothenburg, SWE	11

World Cup Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Grand Prix Freestyle	2017	Omaha, NE, USA
9	Grand Prix Freestyle	2018	Paris, FRA

World Cup Central European League

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Grand Prix Freestyle	2020/2021	Minsk, BLR
1	Grand Prix Freestyle	2018/2019	Moscow, RUS
1	Grand Prix Freestyle	2018/2019	Nizhny Novgorod, RUS
1	Grand Prix Freestyle	2017/2018	Moscow, RUS
1	Grand Prix Freestyle	2017/2018	Moscow, RUS
1	Grand Prix Freestyle	2017/2018	Nizhny Novgorod, RUS
1	Grand Prix Freestyle	2016/2017	Moscow, RUS
1	Grand Prix Freestyle	2016/2017	Moscow, RUS
2	Grand Prix Freestyle	2019/2020	Moscow, RUS
3	Grand Prix Freestyle	2019/2020	Moscow, RUS
3	Grand Prix Freestyle	2019/2020	Moscow, RUS
3	Grand Prix Freestyle	2017/2018	Moscow, RUS
3	Grand Prix Freestyle	2017/2018	Minsk, BLR
3	Grand Prix Freestyle	2016/2017	Moscow, RUS
4	Grand Prix Freestyle	2019/2020	Minsk, BLR
4	Grand Prix Freestyle	2017/2018	Moscow, RUS
5	Grand Prix Freestyle	2019/2020	Tallinn, EST
6	Grand Prix Freestyle	2019/2020	Minsk, BLR
7	Grand Prix Freestyle	2020/2021	Minsk, BLR
7	Grand Prix Freestyle	2019/2020	Tallinn, EST
7	Grand Prix Freestyle	2019/2020	Minsk, BLR
8	Grand Prix Freestyle	2018/2019	Tallinn, EST

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GP - Grand Prix, NS - Not Started, RT - Retired, WD - Withdrawn, EL - Eliminated

Frau Inessa (kommersant.ru, 15 Jul 2013)

Inessa Poturaeva

Athlete, Business Owner, Coach, Sports Administrator

Physical Education, Teaching - North Ossetian State University, Vladikavkaz, RUS

Husband Anatoly Merkulov, daughter Victoria Merkulova

German, Russian

New Century Equestrian Centre [Russian Federation]

Yury Fainshtein [personal], MDA; Anatoly Merkulov [husband], RUS; Ghislain Fouarge, NED

Her husband Anatoly Merkulov has worked as secretary general of the Russian Equestrian Federation and is the owner of the New Century equestrian club in the Russian Federation. Her niece Marina Aframeeva represented the Russian Federation in dressage at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, while her daughter Victoria Merkulova has competed in the sport at junior level. (SportsDeskOnline, 20 Dec 2019; fksr.ru, 2019; prokoni.ru, 29 Oct 2018; pravda-nn.ru, 15 Jun 2018)

She took up the sport at age 11 in Rostov-na-Donu, Russian Federation. (equestrian.ru, 03 Mar 2014)

She began riding because of her passion for animals and especially for horses. (equestrian.ru, 03 Mar 2014)

Soviet rider Anton Zhagorov. (equestrian.ru, 03 Mar 2014)

She and her horse Mister X were named the Best Sports Pair at the 2018 Equestrian Federation of Russia [FKSR] Awards. (fksr.ru, 15 Mar 2019)

She was named the 2017 Best Dressage Rider by the FKSR. (fksr.ru, 11 Mar 2018)

She was named the 2014 Best Coach and the 2014 Athlete of the Year by the FKSR. (fksr.ru, 24 Dec 2014)

She holds the title of Master of Sport of International Class in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 24 Dec 2020)