MEREDITH MICHAELS-BEERBAUM
Date of Birth: 26 December 1969
Nationality: German (American Born)
Speciality: Jumping
As the first female jumper to be ranked world number one (2005),
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum is a reference for women jumpers everywhere.
Hard work and dedication have enabled her to remain at the top
of this most demanding of disciplines. Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum’s
deep understanding of horses is one of her greatest strengths
and it has put her among the world’s top riders with two
such challenging horses as Shutterfly and Checkmate.
The finest success of her career came in 2005 at the FEI World
CupTM Final in Las Vegas, where she claimed victory on Shutterfly.
This was a huge personal triumph marking, not only her first
individual victory in a major event, but also the first victory
for a woman since 1987.
In 2006, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum took two bronze medals, team
and individual, at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen.
She finished fifth at the 2006 FEI World CupTM Final in Kuala
Lumpur, and in 2007 she became FEI European Champion riding Shutterfly.
In April 2008, she triumphed at the Rolex FEI World CupTM Final
in Gothenburg.
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum is married to international rider
Markus Beerbaum.
