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Candidates for the 2024 FEI Awards have been announced with the countdown on to announcing the Longines FEI Rising Star, Peden Bloodstock FEI Best Athlete, Cavalor FEI Best Groom, and FEI Inspire Award at the FEI Awards Gala presented by Longines in Abu Dhabi (UAE) on 13th November.
Several athletes from the world of eventing have been nominated:
Britain’s Laura Collett, whose inspirational story has seen her recover from terrible injury to help win and defend Olympic Eventing team gold at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, is nominated for the Peden Bloodstock FEI Best Athlete.
The multi-talented 19-year-old Mathies Rüder of Germany, who combines skill sets across both Eventing and Jumping and was the 2022 European Young Rider Champion, is nominated for the Longines FEI Rising Star
France’s Bettina Cardinael, Eventing groom to Belgium’s Lara De Liederkerke-Meier, who won this year’s CCI5* at Luhműhlen with Hooney d'Arville, is nominated for the Cavalor FEI Best Groom
Lucinda Green has been nominated for her cross country coaching skills with the Lucinda Green Academy in the FEI Inspire Award category.
The compete shortlist of nominees for the FEI Awards 2024 are:
Longines FEI Rising Star - for the athlete aged 14 to 21 who demonstrates outstanding sporting talent and commitment:
Jessica Dertell (AUS) – Dressage
Chiara Zenati (FRA) – Para Dressage
Mathies Rüder (GER) – Eventing and Jumping
Omar Abdul Aziz Al Marzooqi (UAE) – Jumping
Peden Bloodstock FEI Best Athlete - paying tribute to the athlete who over the past year has demonstrated exceptional skill and taken the sport to a new level:
Théo Gardies (FRA) – Vaulting
Laura Collett (GBR) – Eventing
Bram Chardon (NED) – Driving
Christian Kukuk (GER) – Jumping
Cavalor Best Groom - for the behind-the-scenes hero who ensures the horses they look after are given the best possible care:
Lisa Fundis (GER) – Jumping Groom to Philipp Weishaupt (GER)
Mette Klose Nielsen (DEN) – Para Dressage Groom to Jens Lasse Dokkan (NOR)
Bettina Cardinael (FRA) – Eventing Groom to Lara De Liederkerke-Meier (BEL)
Pille Riin Roosileht (EST) – Driving Groom to Zsolt Rimarcsik (HUN)
FEI Inspire - for an individual or organisation that has pursued their equestrian ambition in an inspiring way and serves as a role model to show that everything is possible, and that even when faced with challenges, you should never stop believing in your dreams:
Georgina Urwin (GBR) – Summerfield Stables – Horses in the Community
The Namibian Equestrian Federation programme "Enabling Through the Horse"
Dr Salom Nghinamito (NAM) – FEI Permitted Treating Veterinarian since June 2024
Lucinda Green for the Lucinda Green Academy (GBR)
The winners will be decided through a system in which 50% of the public’s vote via FEI.org and on the Chinese social media platform WeChat and 50% of the judges’ vote will be combined to give the result. You can cast your vote HERE before 13th October
The seven expert judges are:
Ingmar De Vos – FEI President & Chair of the Judges Panel
Bernardo Tribolet – Vice President Marketing Longines
Martin Atock – Peden Bloodstock FEI Best Athlete Award Title Sponsor
Peter Bollen – Cavalor FEI Best Groom Award Title Sponsor
HRH Princess Nanda-Dévi Norodom (CAM) – Secretary General of the Cambodian Equestrian Federation
Mark Samuel (CAN) – FEI Vice President and Chair of Regional Group IV
Catrin Norinder (SWE) – FEI Eventing & Olympic Director
