Russian Dressage Squads for 2021 Announced, New Dressage Committee Appointed

Wed, 01/20/2021 - 16:28
Russia
Volonchunas Ekaterina and Louise La Belle at the 2019 European Under 25 Championships :: Photo © Astrid Appels

The brand new appointed Dressage Committee of the Russian Equestrian Federation has announced the squads coming into the 2021 new year. 

For the first time, these squads have been made known to the greater public. Squads have been drafted across the levels from pony sport to Grand Prix.

New Dressage Committee

The Russian NF also appointed a brand new dressage committee, drawing on experience, expertise, and seating representatives closely involved in the sport

The Russian dressage committee includes no less than 9 persons.  The committee includes Anatoliy Balykin (chair), Polina Afanasieva (rider), Natalia Dombrovskaya (trainer), Irina Zakhrabekova and Maria Klementieva (national team members), Alexandra Korelova (national senior team trainer), Olga Soboleva (national youth team trainer), Elena Terechova (team captain), and Marina Rusakova (dressage equestrian centre owner).

Russian Squads for 2021

The Russian squad riders are:

Pony Riders

  • Zakhrabekova Karina
  • Kabukaeva Maria
  • Konschina Ulyana
  • Solodkina Polina

Agata Zakhrabekova
Children

  • Zakhrabekova Ágata
  • Romanova Sofia
  • Zykina Elizaveta

Junior Riders

  • Anaschkina Margarita
  • Arzhaeva Olga
  • Bryksina Maria
  • Grigorieva Yulia
  • Ermak Kira
  • Makhileva Arina
  • Rusakova Taisia
  • Frantsuzova Yanina

Young Riders

  • Gorbacheva Yulia
  • Guseynova Anna
  • Dubrovina Ekaterina
  • Leonova Kristina
  • Lyban Elisaveta
  • Petrova Maria
  • Stoyanova Daria
  • Yaranzeva Polina

Anastasiya Volkova at the 2016 European
U25 Championships
Under 25 Grand Prix

  • Anisimova Tatyana
  • Volkova Anastasia
  • Erschova Ksenia
  • Ivanova Anastasia

Senior Grand Prix

  • Aframeeva Marina
  • Volonchunas Ekaterina
  • Davidova Eugenia
  • Zakhrabekova Irina
  • Ivanova Olga
  • Isachkina Regina
  • Klementieva Maria
  • Kosterina Tatyana
  • Maksakova Alexandra
  • Merkulova Inessa

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