3 October 2024
Bram Chardon & Pille-Riin Roosileht nominated for FEI Awards
The FEI today announced the nominees for the prestigious FEI Awards 2024. Bram Chardon has been nominated for the ‘FEI Best Athlete’ Award and Pille-Riin Roosileht for the ‘Best Groom’ Award.Bram won his first World Championship in 2011 with his Four-in-Hand ponies. He repeated this in 2013 and 2015 and then made the switch to the Four-in-Hand horses. 2024 will go down in the books as Bram’s most successful year so far. After winning the gold medal at the European Championships in Exloo at the end of 2023, he won the World Cup at the finals in Bordeaux in early February 2024. The silver medal at the World Championship in September this year completes the success series!
Bram Chardon at the World Championship in Szilvasvárad
Photo: Martin Dokoupil
Pille-Riin Roosileht
This year there is also a link to the sport of driving at the ‘Best Groom’ Awards. Pille-Riin Roosileht (Estonia) is the groom and trainer of the Hungarian youth driving team.
Pille-Riin moved to Hungary in 2011. Meanwhile, Pille-Riin is very involved in the Hungarian driving sport as a trainer of the Hungarian Driving Academy and the Hungarian Junior Team. She is the manager of Lehel Stables in Kisbér-Ászár with 29 horses and also regularly rides dressage competitions under saddle. Meanwhile, Pille-Riin is also FEI Steward Level 3, which means she can now work at championships when she is not grooming.
Pille-Riin Roosileht
Photo: Krisztina Horváth
Voting
The FEI Awards have existed since 2009 and were founded by former FEI President HRH Princess Haya. Awards will be presented in four categories. In addition to the ‘Best Athlete’, awards will also be presented in the categories ‘Rising Star’, ‘Best Groom’ and ‘FEI Inspire’. A total of sixteen people have been nominated for the FEI Awards 2024.
You can cast your vote online from today until October 13. The public votes constitute 50% of the result, the other half is determined by a panel of judges. The winners will be announced at the FEI Awards Gala presented by Longines on 13 November in Abu Dhabi (UAE).
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