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Juan Martin CLAVIJO VEGA

Juan Martin CLAVIJO VEGA, Colombian Vaulting athlete.
Name Juan Martin CLAVIJO VEGA
FEI ID 10043780
Gender Male
Date of Birth 02/03/2000
Competing for Colombia - COL
Registration Vaulting 2024
Last update 07/02/2023
FEI Database


Vaulting 70x70
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? He took up the sport at age five in Colombia.
Why this sport? His parents enrolled he and his sister into riding school and they both came to like horses. Later, they discovered vaulting.
Training Regime He trains two hours and a half daily.
Further Personal Information
Languages Spanish
General Interest
Hero / Idol The vaulters that are members of Team Lutisburg in Switzerland. "They are my heroes, they inspire me to be my best." (vaultingnews.com, 18 Aug 2015)
Awards and honours He received the Altius Award as the Best Equestrian Athlete of the Year in 2017 from the Colombian Olympic Committee. (semana.com, 12 Dec 2017; primertiempo.co, 11 Dec 2017) He was named Revelation of the Year in 2017 by the government of Cundinamarca Department in Colombia. (eltiempo.com, 22 Dec 2017; fusagasuganoticias.com, 21 Dec 2017) He was short-listed by the International Equestrian Federation [FEI] for the 2017 FEI Awards in the Rising Star category. (vaultingnews.com, 21 Sep 2017) He received the 'Futuro es Hoy' Award [The Future is Today] in 2015 from the Colombian Association of Sports Journalists. (acordcolombia.com.co, 2017)
Famous relatives His sister Silvia was selected to represent Colombia in vaulting at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France. (fedecuestre.com, 12 Aug 2014)
Ambitions To win gold at the World Equestrian Games, and to become the first rider from South America to accomplish the feat. (vaultingnews.com, 15 Nov 2016)
Other information NATIONAL FIRST At age 14, he won gold at the 2015 World Junior Championships, becoming the first Colombian to ever win a gold medal at an equestrian world titles. (deportes.canalrcn.com, 10 Aug 2015)