VOGG Felix

Switzerland

Equestrian

Date of Birth: 19 Jun 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Place of birth: WAIBLINGEN

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : UBERLINGEN

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Equestrian	Eventing Team SUI Switzerland	10
	Eventing Individual	19

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Equestrian Park	Eventing Individual Jumping Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Eventing Individual
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	EL

World Equestrian Games

Year	Location	Eventing Individual	Eventing Team
2018	Tryon, NC, USA	70	16
2014	Normandy, FRA	49	13

European Championships

Year	Location	Eventing Individual	Eventing Team
2019	Luhmuhlen, GER	35	8
2017	Strzegom, POL	EL	8

CCI5*-L

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Eventing Individual	2019	Lexington, KY, USA
EL	Eventing Individual	2019	Pau, FRA

Nations Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Eventing Team	2019	Le Pin-au-Haras, FRA
4	Eventing Team	2016	Milan, ITA
7	Eventing Team	2019	Waregem, BEL

Legend
DS - Not Started, DSQ - Disqualified, RT - Retired, WD - Withdrawn, EL - Eliminated

Hobbies:

Skiing. (Athlete, 26 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Coach, Horse Trainer

Languages spoken:

English, French, German

Club name:

Reitverein Singen [Germany]

Coach:

Andrew Nicholson [national], NZL; Bettina Hoy [personal], GER; Lesley McNaught-Mandli [personal], SUI

Sporting relatives:

His grandfather Roland Perret represented Switzerland in eventing at the 1956 Olympic Games in Stockholm. His mother Daniele competed in the Swiss equestrian championships in 1980. His brothers Ben and Christian have also competed in eventing at international level, and Ben represented Switzerland in the individual competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 26 Jul 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 23 Jan 2017; vogg-eventing.com, 28 Jan 2014; felixvogg.de, 28 Jul 2013; pferdenachrichten.de, 28 Mar 2013)

Other sports:

He competed in the Swiss alpine skiing championships as a junior. (Athlete, 26 Jul 2021; pferdenachrichten.de, 28 Mar 2013)

Start:

He first tried riding at age two in Germany. (Athlete, 26 Jul 2021)

Reason:

His parents were involved in riding so it was natural for him to take up the sport. (felixvogg.de, 28 Jul 2013)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 25 Mar 2021)

Philosophy:

"What I enjoy about eventing is the combination of dressage, jumping, and cross-country. The partnership with my horse and the trust that is necessary in cross-country makes this sport really special." (felixvogg.de, 28 Jul 2013)

"Never give up, always keep going." (Athlete, 26 Jul 2021)

Award:

In April 2013 he received the Goldenes Reitabzeichen [Golden Riding Badge] in recognition of his achievements in 2012. (Facebook page, 23 April 2013)

General Interest

General
STABLES
He is based at Gut Weiherhof, which is owned by his family, in Radolfzell, Germany. (st-georg.de, 03 Dec 2020; reiterjournal.com, 10 Jan 2020; gut-weiherhof.com, 01 Jan 2020; pferdewoche.ch, 09 Apr 2019)

UNITED STATES EXPERIENCE
In 2018 he spent time competing in the United States of America so he could qualify for the 2018 World Equestrian Games [WEG] in Tryon, NC, United States of America. His aunt Nadine Beck convinced him to make the move and he was initially based with her in Wellington, Florida, before moving on to Aiken, South Carolina. He relocated to Germany in April 2019. (eventingnation.com, 25 Apr 2019, 22 Jan 2019; useventing.com, 18 Feb 2018)

REPRESENTING SWITZERLAND
He was born in Germany but qualifies to compete for Switzerland through his mother. (pferdenachrichten.de, 28 Mar 2013)

Social Media

Legend

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

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