Maikel van der Vleuten

Maikel Leonardus van der Vleuten (born 10 February 1988) is a Dutch show jumping rider. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he won a silver medal in team jumping and finished 37th in the individual.

As of May 2020, he is ranked as the #15 rider in the world. He has previously been ranked as high as #5 in the world. He competed in his first championship as a junior rider in 2004, and in 2005 he won team gold with Nobel at the FEI European Junior Championship. In the years 2006–2009, van der Vleuten competed in the FEI Young Rider Championships each year, taking home a team silver and a team bronze, and finishing fifth individually three of the four years.

Professional career Van der Vleuten began competing at the senior level in 2010, jumping his first 5* competition at Rotterdam (NEL).

Van der Vleuten and his father, Eric, are sponsored by the VDL Groep, an international company that is involved in manufacturing and subcontracting, as well as Massimo Dutti. The duo also is part of the Madrid in Motion Global Champions League team, alongside Eduardo Alvarez Aznar, Mark McAuley, Cindy van der Straten, and Michael G Duffy.

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