Bert Vermeir
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Bert Vermeir |
Born | Merchtem, Belgium | 3 March 1977
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Equestrian |
Event(s) | Dressage, Jumping |
Achievements and titles | |
Paralympic finals | 2000, 2004, 2008 |
Medal record |
Bert Vermeir (born 3 March 1977[1]) is a Belgium Paralympic equestrian. He won a bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Paralympics.
Biography
[edit]Vermeir was born in Merchtem and received a pony for his 4th birthday. However he was left paralysed in 1992 after an accident involving his pony, which led to several broken vertebrae. Vermeir's first international para-equestrian appearance was the World Cup Denmark in 1999. In 2000, he made his Paralympic debut in Sydney.
In 2004, Vermeir won Paralympic bronze in the Mixed Dressage - Freestyle Grade III riding Den Eik Heino.
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Bert Vermeir". Archived from the original on 27 September 2017.
Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Belgium
- Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in equestrian
- Paralympic equestrians for Belgium
- Paralympic medalist stubs
- Belgian equestrian biography stubs