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Isabel Freese

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Isabel Freese
BERJAYA
Freese at the 2024 Olympic Games
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian, German
BornIsabel Bache
(1979-01-19) 19 January 1979 (age 47)
Oslo, Norway
Sport
CountryBERJAYA Norway
SportEquestrian
Coached byHolga Finken
Achievements and titles
2024 Olympic Games
World finals
2022 FEI World Championships
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing BERJAYA Norway
World Cup Finals
Bronze medal – third place2025 BaselIndividual dressage
World Championships for Young Dressage Horses
Bronze medal – third place2018 ErmeloIndividual dressage
Bronze medal – third place2019 ErmeloIndividual dressage

Isabel Freese (born 19 January 1979) is a Norwegian dressage rider. She competed at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning as individual and also competed at the 2013 and 2017 European Championships.[1] Freese competed at several World Championships for Young Dressage Horses in which she won a bronze medal in 2018 and 2019.[2]

Freese started riding at the age of six in her hometown Oslo. At the age of 20 she moved to Germany to pursue her equestrian career.[3] Freese was nominated by the Norwegian Equestrian Federation to represent Norway as individual at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.[4] She made it to the individual final, finishing 10th in the individual Freestyle with a personal best and Norwegian record of 83.050%, which is also the best result in history for a Norwegian dressage rider at the Olympics.[5]

References

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  1. "Bio". www.fei.org. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  2. "Enda en fantastisk prestasjon av Isabel Freese, men seieren glapp denne gang". Heste Sport (in Norwegian).
  3. "Isabel Freese: The long road to dressage success". The Horse Magazine.
  4. Ballestad-Mender, Rebecca. "Victoria og Isabel til OL for Norge". Norges Rytterforbund (in Norwegian).
  5. Ballestad-Mender, Rebecca. "OL i Paris: En stor dag for norsk ryttersport". Norges Rytterforbund (in Norwegian).
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