Belinda Trussell
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Belinda Trussell (born 27 August 1971 in Sydney, Australia) is a Canadian Olympic dressage rider.[1] Representing Canada, she competed at two Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece she placed 9th in the team competition and 36th in the individual competition. 12 years later, she achieved 27th position in the individual event.
She competed at three World Equestrian Games (in 2002, 2010 and 2014). Her current best World Equestrian Games result is 7th place in team dressage from the 2010 World Equestrian Games while her current best individual result is 22nd place from the 2014 edition held in Normandy, France. She also competed at the 2004 Dressage World Cup Final in Düsseldorf where she finished 15th.
In 2015, she rode Anton on the Canadian silver medal winning team at the Pan American Games. She placed 4th in the individual Freestyle competition, scoring 76.800 a personal best. She also secured an individual qualification for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
In July 2016, she was named to Canada's Olympic team.[2]
References
- ↑ "Belinda Trussell". fei.org. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ Cleveland, Amy (14 July 2016). "Eric Lamaze leads Canadian Olympic equestrian team in Ian Millar's absence". olympics.cbc.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 July 2016.