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Yonatan DRESLER

Yonatan DRESLER, Israeli Dressage, Para Dressage athlete.

Name Yonatan DRESLER
FEI ID 10038360
Gender Male
Date of Birth 15/06/1986
Competing for Israel - ISR
Registrations Para Dressage 2019
Dressage 2007
Last update 25/09/2020
FEI Database

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General Interest
Nicknames Nadia [after Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci because he used to fall off his horse and the way he fell meant he looked like her]. (Athlete, 08 Aug 2012)
Memorable sporting achievement Competing at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, and finishing sixth at the 2010 World Equestrian Games [WEG] in Lexington, KY, United States. (paralympic.org, 23 Oct 2013)
Most influential person in career His coaches. (Athlete, 08 Aug 2012)
Hero / Idol Dutch dressage rider Anky van Grunsven. (Athlete, 08 Aug 2012)
Sporting philosophy / motto "Always keep calm." (Athlete, 08 Aug 2012)
Awards and honours He was awarded a special jury prize for professionalism, sportsmanship and positive attitude at the 2014 World Equestrian Games [WEG] in Normandy, France. (equestrianil.com, 24 Oct 2014)
Impairment He was born with hemiparesis on the right side of his body. (Athlete, 08 Aug 2012)
Other information DUTCH TIME He has spent time training in the Netherlands and has learned to speak Dutch. (Athlete, 08 Aug 2012)
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? He began riding in 1993 in Israel.
Why this sport? He took up the sport both for rehabilitation and the pleasure of a relationship with horses.
Club / Team DBS Horses: Israel
Name of coach Dror Ben-Shaul, ISR; Miranka Schellekens
International Debut
Year 2005
Competing for Israel
Location Netherlands
Impairment Information
Type of Impairment Cerebral Palsy
Classification GRADE IV
Further Personal Information
Occupation Athlete
Languages Dutch, English, Hebrew