NILSHAGEN Therese

Sweden

Equestrian

Date of Birth: 24 Jan 1983

Age: 38

Gender: Female

Place of birth: STOCKHOLM

Birth Country:

Sweden

Place of residence : LODBERGEN

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Equestrian	Dressage Team SWE Sweden	6
	Dressage Individual	14

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Equestrian Park	Dressage Team Grand Prix Special	Finished
	Equestrian Park	Dressage Individual Grand Prix Freestyle	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Equestrian Games

Year	Location	GP Special	Dressage Team
2018	Tryon, NC, USA	10	4

European Championships

Year	Location	GP Special	GP Freestyle	Dressage Team
2019	Rotterdam, NED	14	11	3
2017	Gothenburg, SWE	4	5	3

World Cup Western European League

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Grand Prix Freestyle	2018/2019	Mechelen, BEL

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GP - Grand Prix, NS - Not Started, RT - Retired, WD - Withdrawn, EL - Eliminated

Hobbies:

Spending time with friends, travel. (minhast.se, 24 Sep 2020; ridsport.se, 26 May 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Horse Trainer

Languages spoken:

English, Finnish, German, Swedish

Club name:

Hogsta Dressyrryttare [Sweden]

Coach:

Bo Jena [national], SWE; Klaus Balkenhol [personal], GER, from 2015

Start:

She began riding at age eight at Vallingby Ridskola in Sweden. (stockholmdirekt.se, 25 Aug 2017; stallreje.se, 08 Aug 2017)

Reason:

She followed her sister into the sport. "I rode at Vallingby Ridskola, and that riding school was already very focused on dressage so my interest simply grew and grew. The cooperation between rider and horse in fine harmony, I find that very special." (stockholmdirekt.se, 25 Aug 2017; stallreje.se, 08 Aug 2017)

Memorable:

Competing at the 2017 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. (minhast.se, 24 Sep 2020)

Hero:

Coach Klaus Balkenhol, British dressage rider Carl Hester. (horsemagazine.com, 01 Sep 2018)

Philosophy:

"Keep working hard and keep the respect for the horses." (horsemagazine.com, 01 Sep 2018)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
She trains dressage horses at Dressurpferde Leistungszentrum Lodbergen in Germany. She began working as a stable groom before she became a dressage trainer. "It was a very long process. You have to have a lot of patience, a lot of will and it takes time." (fei.org, 03 Oct 2020; horsesdaily.com, 14 Aug 2020; eurodressage.com, 29 Nov 2019; expressen.se, 10 Sep 2017; st-georg.de, 09 Aug 2016)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has served as an ambassador for the DressagePower Academy in Sweden. "It is always good if you can inspire and help young people along the way. If I can contribute my experience, I would love to. This is a good initiative." (dressagepower.se, 08 Feb 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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