The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has just launched a new section dedicated to the History of the World Equestrian Games. Through this amazing "mini-site", you can now discover all the best photos, key figures, results etc. of the first 6 editions of the greatest equestrian event in the World.
The FEI World Equestrian Games™ began with great hopes and have over the years continued to provide equestrianism with a trademark international platform from which to show the sport at its best. Since 1990, the Games have been held every four years, between each Olympic Games. They finally united each FEI discipline’s separate World Championship in one event, an idea that had been much discussed and aspired to but which did not come to fruition until the first FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Stockholm in 1990. As in the Olympic Games, the riders are rigorously selected from the top set of athletes from each nation and today the FEI World Equestrian Games™ encompasses every discipline of the sport.
Over many successful and innovative years, the competition has found its feet and grown into a prestigious international event. Initially it was held in European venues, but in 2010, the Games were "finally" held in Lexington, USA :
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1990 in Stockholm (Sweden)
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1994 in The Hague (Netherlands)
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1998 in Rome (Italy)
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2002 in Jerez (Spain)
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2006 in Aix-La-Chapelle (Germany)
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2010 in Lexington (USA)
To discover everything about the History of the Games, please click on the image below !
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