Media Toolkit
We have created a comprehensive media toolkit for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games including historical statistics, trends and background information on the Games, the venue, the timetable, the competition formats and the nations and athletes taking part this year Para Dressage.
IMAGES
All Games time images, are available on the FEI Flickr account, for editorial use only.
LIVE RESULTS
https://tokyo2020.live.fei.org/
PARA DRESSAGE FORMAT AT A GLANCE
USEFUL LINKS
Tokyo 2020 & IPC Para Equestrian pages
https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/paralympics/sports/equestrian/
https://www.paralympic.org/classification
Fédération Equestre Internationale
Paralympic Stories, Participants, Medals, Schedule & live results, etc: https://www.fei.org/events/tokyo-2020-paralympic-games/discipline/para-equestrian-dressage
Paralympic Regulations: https://inside.fei.org/fei/games/paralympic/tokyo-2020
FEI Paralympic History Hub https://www.fei.org/history/paralympic-games
FEI Para Dressage Rankings: https://data.fei.org/Ranking/OGRankingsList.aspx
DID YOU KNOW…
Para Equestrian is the ONLY Paralympic sport where men and women compete head to head and for the same medals.
The reigning Para Equestrian Team champions heading for Tokyo are Great Britain. The British Team have won every Paralympic Team competition since the sport was introduced to the Games in Atlanta 1996.
Great Britain is the most successful nation when it comes to medals, having taken 28 gold medals since Atlanta 1996 – seven in Rio 2016, five in London 2012, five in Beijing 2008, five in Athens 2004, one in Atlanta 1996.
Great Britain’s Lee Pearson is the world’s most decorated Paralympic Equestrian Athlete, with 14 Paralympic medals in total to his name - (seven Individual and Freestyle golds; four Team golds; two Individual silvers; one Freestyle bronze).
Saudi Arabia will be sending its first Para Equestrian Athlete to a Paralympic Games.
Since Para Equestrian first featured in the Paralympic Games, Jens Lasse Dokkan (NOR), who will compete in Tokyo, has competed at every Paralympic Games featuring Equestrian since Atlanta 1996.
Heidemarie Dresing (GER) is the oldest Para Equestrian Athlete competing at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo 2020. The 66 year-old is currently ranked fourth in the FEI Para Dressage World Individual Ranking for Grade II and will be making her first Paralympic Games appearance in Tokyo.
You will find this and more in our dedicated Media Toolkit!
HASHTAGS
Please use the hashtags so that we can get Equestrian sport trending on social during the Games!
#Tokyo2020 #Paralympics #ParaDressage #ParaEquestrian #WeDontPlay
FEI MEDIA CONTACTS
Onsite in Tokyo
Vanessa Martin Randin - Senior Manager Corporate Communications and Media Relations vanessa.randin@fei.org +41 78 750 61 73
At FEI HQ
Olivia Robinson Director Communications olivia.robinson@fei.org +41 78 750 61 35
Grania Willis Executive Advisor grania.willis@fei.org +41 78 750 61 42 33
Shannon Gibbons Senior Manager, Sport Communications shannon.gibbons@fei.org +41 78 750 61 46
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