Lauren Kieffer
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| Born |
June 6, 1987 Mount Carmel, Illinois | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Equestrian | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Eventing | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lauren Kieffer (born June 6, 1987, Mount Carmel, Illinois)[1][2][3] is an American equestrian who competes in eventing.[1] As the leading USA rider in the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event CCI, she won the Pinnacle Cup Trophy in 2014 and again in 2016, both times riding the Dutch Warmblood mare Veronica[4] with whom she has been paired since 2013.[5] Kieffer was a member of the gold medal-winning US eventing team at the 2015 Pan American Games, riding Meadowbrook's Scarlett.[3]
Kieffer comes from a "non-horsey" family,[6] the only daughter of a diesel mechanic and an accountant.[7] She began riding lessons at age six, and began competing in eventing at age 12.[3] She is closely associated with champion equestrians and trainers David and Karen O'Connor, with whom she has served a working apprenticeship since her late teens.[6]
As of April 2016, Kieffer was the world's ninth-ranked eventing equestrian according to the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI),[8] and at the time of the 2016 Summer Olympics in which Kieffer competed, was considered the top-ranked female eventing athlete in the United States.[7]
Four-star results
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| Event | Kentucky | Badminton | Luhmühlen | Burghley | Pau | Adelaide | ||||||
| 2010 | 29th (Snooze Alarm) | |||||||||||
| 2011-2013 | Did not participate | |||||||||||
| 2014 |  (Veronica) | 9th (Veronica) | ||||||||||
| 2015 | RET (Veronica) | |||||||||||
| 2016 | (Veronica) 18th (Landmark's Monte Carlo) | |||||||||||
| EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew | ||||||||||||
References
- 1 2 "Lauren Kieffer". Fédération Equestre Internationale. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Lauren Kieffer Official Website". Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Lauren Kieffer". USEF Network. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ↑ "USET Foundation Announces Lauren Kieffer as Pinnacle Cup Recipient". United States Equestrian Team Foundation. May 3, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- ↑ Berreth, Lindsay (April 17, 2015). "Behind The Stall Door With: Veronica". The Chronicle of the Horse. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- 1 2 "From a "non-horsey" family to four star rider – the rise of Lauren Kieffer". Eventing Connect. October 25, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- 1 2 Hashemzadeh, Kianoosh (August 6, 2016). "An American Rider Trying to Beat the Boys in Rio". The New Yorker. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
- ↑ "FEI World Eventing Athlete Rankings". Fédération Equestre Internationale. April 30, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.