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Thamar ZWEISTRA

Thamar ZWEISTRA, Dutch Dressage athlete.
Name Thamar ZWEISTRA
FEI ID 10007873
Gender Female
Date of Birth 03/12/1982
Competing for Netherlands - NED
Registration Dressage 2024
Last update 07/06/2023
FEI Database




Dressage 70x70
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? She first sat on a pony at age six. She began riding horses at age 14.
Club / Team Stal Hexagon: Schore, NED
Name of coach Alex van Silfhout [national]
Training Regime She rides up to 10 horses a day.
Further Personal Information
Residence Schore, NED
Occupation Athlete, Business Owner, Coach, Horse Trainer
Languages Dutch, English
General Interest
Injuries In January 2023 she fell off a stool and fractured her tailbone. (Facebook team page, 25 Jan 2023; eurodressage.com, 25 Jan 2023)
Sporting philosophy / motto "There is no time limit [in horse training]. If you make sure that you keep the work fun for the horses and give them time, then they can often do much more than what you initially expected. But as a rider you play a major role in ensuring that the work remains fun. If you keep practising everything that your horse finds difficult, then he will also dislike the work at some point. That is why I train at least the things that he likes and occasionally I pick up some more difficult exercises. It is often much easier, and then you keep a happy horse that also wants to work for you." (dressuur.nl, 14 Dec 2019)
Ambitions To compete at the Olympic Games, and the world and European championships. (horses.nl, 12 May 2022)
Other information STABLES She trains and sells horses, and coaches riders at Stal Hexagon in Schore, Netherlands. (Facebook profile, 24 Jan 2023; omroepzeeland.nl, 18 Sep 2020; stalhexagon.nl, 24 Mar 2020) COMPETITION FOCUS She has put on hold gaining further coaching qualifications to focus on competing. "My ambitions are really more based in competition as a rider myself. I like coaching work, it's nice to help people. I completed my qualifications and that's basically it. I am not working on my level four or five coaching diplomas. I've thought about it, I can give enough in lessons and I wouldn't be able to take on more clients at the moment [speaking in 2021]. My ambition is mainly to ride myself." (horses.nl, 15 Sep 2021)