Tanya Seymour

Tanya Karen Seymour (born 5 November 1983 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa) is a South African dressage rider.^[1] She competed at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy, where she placed 20th with the South African team in the team competition and 98th in the individual dressage competition.

Tanya Seymour

Tanya Seymour riding Ramoneur (2013)
Personal information
Full name	Tanya Karen Seymour
Nationality	South African, Australian
Born	(1983-11-05) 5 November 1983 (age 41) Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Height	1,65 m
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country	South Africa
Sport	Equestrian
Coached by	Johnny Hilberath
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	Rio de Janeiro 2016 Tokyo 2020
World finals	2014 World Equestrian Games 2019 World Cup Final

She was born in South Africa but moved to Australia with her family in 2000. She has been based in Germany since 2007, where she is coached by Jonny Hilberath. She believes that riding should be light and harmonious, with the horse always happy and willing to perform. She credits her support team with maintaining her horses in the highest standard of care possible to ensure they can perform to their best ability.^[2]

She earned an individual dressage 2016 Summer Olympics quota place for South Africa after finishing 4th at the Olympic qualification event held in Perl, Germany.^[3] She finished in 56th place at the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the first ever South African dressage rider to compete at the Olympics.^[4]

In 2019, she competed as the first South African rider at the World Cup finals in Goteborg, Sweden. In October later that year, she qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with the South African team during a special Olympic qualifier event in Exloo, Netherlands. Due the postponement of the Olympic Games some of the South African team members fell out and South Africa could not fulfils the Olympic criteria to compete. Seymour was nominated to represent South Africa for the second time as individual with her horse Ramoneur, but had to withdraw one day before the vet-check due a minor injury of her horse after arriving in Tokyo.^[5][6]

Dressage results

Olympic Games

Event	Individual	Freestyle	Horse
2016 Rio de Janeiro	56th	—	Ramoneur
2020 Tokyo	WD	—	Ramoneur

World Championships

Event	Individual	Freestyle	Horse
2014 Caen	98th	—	Ramoneur

World Cup

Final

Event	Score	Rank	Horse
2019 Gothenburg	65.165	18th	Ramoneur

References

1. "Tanya Seymour". fei.org. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
2. "Tanya Seymour". e-questrianfocus. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
3. "A Valiant Effort for South Africa at Perl-Borg 2015". e-questrianfocus. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
4. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
5. "Tanya Seymour Nominated as South Africa's Individual Olympic Rider for Tokyo". eurodressage.com. 18 June 2021.
6. "DEVASTATING BLOW TO SA'S EQUESTRIAN AS TANYA SEYMOUR PULLS OUT OF OLYMPICS". ewn.co.za. 20 July 2021.

External links

• Tanya Seymour (and here) at FEI