Erika LICKHAMMER-VAN HELMOND
Erika LICKHAMMER-VAN HELMOND, Swedish Jumping athlete.
| Name | Erika LICKHAMMER-VAN HELMOND |
| FEI ID | 10008468 |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 08/03/1982 |
| Competing for | Sweden - SWE |
| Registration | Jumping 2025 |
| Last update | 20/03/2023 |
FEI Database
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www.vhlstables.com |
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www.facebook.com/erika.lickhammer |
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instagram.com/erikalickhammervanhelmond |
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www.youtube.com/channel/UCjGaGAemOoIWS3eTxWmtz6w |
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| Sport Specific Information | |
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| When and where did you begin this sport? | She got her first pony at age five and had already decided on a career in jumping by age 11. |
| Why this sport? | She had a passion for animals when she was young and asked for a horse the first time she saw one. |
| Club / Team | Flyinge Hastsportklubb [SWE] / VHL Stables [NED]: |
| Further Personal Information | |
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| Family | Husband Joris van Helmond, sons Jonathan [2013] and Benjamin [2016] |
| Residence | Asten, NED |
| Occupation | Athlete, Breeder, Business Owner, Horse Trainer |
| Languages | English, Swedish |
| General Interest | |
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| Injuries | She broke her hand at the 2018 CSI De Peelbergen in the Netherlands. (dehoefslag.nl, 23 Feb 2019) |
| Awards and honours | VHL Stables, the equestrian company she and her husband Joris van Helmond manage, was named Equestrian Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2017 Horse Event Entrepreneur's Day held by the Royal Dutch Equestrian Sports Federation. (hastforetagarforum.se, 13 Mar 2019; dehippischeondernemer.nl, 08 Sep 2017) |
| Other information | STABLES In 2005 she moved from Sweden to the south of the Netherlands, where she founded VHL Stables in Asten with her husband Joris van Helmond. (Instagram profile, 06 Feb 2023, 22 Dec 2021; tidningenridsport.se, 30 Jan 2020; hastforetagarforum.se, 13 Mar 2019; vhlstables.com, 18 Aug 2018) |
