A bit of heckling for Israeli riders before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Colombia-born Bluman was told he couldn’t compete because his horse, Gemma, is listed as American rather than Israeli. Bluman requested the help of the International Federation of Equestrian Sports (FEI) to correct this error but was refused, so Bluman was replaced by Teddy Vlok, who will ride in Amsterdam.
The American-Israeli Bond is one of the members of the squad who will continue at the Games in the coming weeks. Bond, 36, is a Christian, although her father is Jewish and was born in Haifa, and she became an Israeli citizen in 2018.
The latest member of the team is Elad Yaniv, 43. Yaniv had 944 starts and 26 wins during his long equestrian career. Yaniv started riding at the age of seven months with his father in Israel and at six he started riding. At the age of 16, he began to practice jumping, including as a nurse and rider at a sales stand near Arnhem, the Netherlands. In addition to competing, Yaniv also runs the Elan Yaniv Show Jumping Stables in Willich, Germany.
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