Adelinde Cornelissen

Who is Adelinde Cornelissen?

Adelinde Cornelissen is aDutchdressagerider. She is born in Beilen, at July 8 1979. She started with horse riding when she was 6. When she was 7 she got her first horse, Birgitte. From 2002 till 2008 she was an English teacher. When she was a English teacher she also ride horse. But in 2008 she have to choice to be a Olympic dressage rider or to be a English teacher. She made the choice to be a Olympic dressage rider.

Why is she our hero?

She is our hero because she ride very good horse and her horses are very cool!!!She is one of the best dressage riders of the world. We can learn very much from her. She have very good horses to ride with. Parzival is one of them and our favourite horse of Adelinde Cornelissen. She won many prizes of the famous competitions for horses. Theres also an other famous dressage rider, Anky van Grunsven. We didnt choose her because we already know very much about her, but we didnt know much about Adelinde Cornelissen. We hope that after making this essay we now more about her.

Who are her horses? Parzival Aqiedo Zephyr Governor

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Jerich Parzival :

Parzival (KWPN) is 18 years old. He is born in 1997. He is one of the best horses of Adelinde Cornelissen. She won many prizes with him. His height is 1.75m

Aqiedo :

Aqiedo (KWPN) is 10 years old. He is born in 2005. Adelinde Cornelissen ride many competitions with him. His height is 1.71m

Zephyr :

Zephyr (KWPN) is 12 years old. He is born in 2003. We cant find his height. His coat colour is brown. The owners of him are the parents of Adelinde Cornelissen.

What is dressage?

Dressage is the base of all the parts in equestrian. You make sure that youre the boss and not your horse. Only if you ride dressage well, you can go further in the equestrian. When ride dressage you have to have self-control. You have to trust your horse and the horse have to trust you to. The trick is doing not let see anyone what you are doing. Only when youre a real team you can go higher. A example is Adelinde Cornelissen with her horse Parzival. They are a real team and trust each other.

What are the different levels?

The first level is B this is the easiest. Then we go further to L1 than youve got different parts. The second category in the L class is L2 than you do more in the gallop. The next level is M1. In this level youve got a new method. Than youve got M2 than you ride a gallop-change. Followed with the Z1 and the Z2 than you do every level aggregated. Than youve got ZZ-light and ZZ- heavy. That is the highest level on the easier equestrian. On the more difficult equestrian youve other levels. As example grand-prix or FEI.

Prizes

As a junior, Cornelissen won three national Dutch titles; twice with Ayesha and once with Mr. Pride. In 2004 she won her first senior title at a national level. When she won the Z2-class with Parzival. In that same year she became national champion in the Reserve Championships in the ZZ-light-class with, followed by the same title in the ZZ-heavy-class title in 2005, both times on Parzival. In 2007, she and Parzival won the Dutch national championship in the heavy-class and she won two silver medals, at the International Grand Prix meetings in Falsterbo and Herentals. In Falsterbo she finished second in the Grand Prix Spcial, while in she won the GPS in Herentals. During the Grand Prix in Rotterdam she and her team mates won the gold medal in the Nations competition. She came third in the Grand Prix Spcial. She won another GPS bronze medal in Arnhem. At the 2009 European Dressage Championship she won with the Parzival team and individual (Grand Prix Spcial) gold and in the Grand Prix Freestyle she won the silver medal. At the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games Cornelissen was eliminated in the Grand Prix due because there was blood in Parzival's mouth as a result of Parzival having bit on his tongue. This arent all of her prizes, but there are too many to write about.

What has she achieved?

She have won a lot of prizes with her horses. She worked hard but with results. In the past she made good choices. Thats why she became a very good dressage rider.

Made by : Hanna & Aurely B2B (778)