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Born in Paris on the 29th November 1972, Rodrigo is the son of Nelson and Regina de Paula Pessoa.
In1981 Rodrigo took part in his first competition with ponies at Hickstead, England and in 1984 he obtained his first title – Champion of the pony class in Belgium. In 1985 Rodrigo was again pony Champion in Belgium and also in England.
In 1988 he began to compete in the more important Grand Prix, such as Francoville in France, after winning the junior Grand Prix at Milan in Italy and at Reims in France.
In1989 Rodrigo finished the European Junior Championship in first place but he did not take the title because of his brazilian nationality. In 1990 there began the long list of victories, the World Cup being the most traditional.
We begin, still in 1990, with the GPs at Nice in France and at Donaueschingen in Germany. In this same year Rodrigo won the opening class of the World Championship in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1991 he won the GPs of Zuidlaren and Paderborn, apart from other important classifications.
Rodrigo’s first great jumping year came in 1992 when at 19 years of age, he was the youngest rider to take part in the Olympic Games at Barcelona, finishing 9th in the individual placing.
With the experience of na Olympiad, Rodrigo went on to win GPs such as Wiesbaden, Paris and Aachen, all in 1993. In this same year he won his first Derby at Eindhoven, the ‘registered mark’ of his father.
In 1994, already foreseeing his participation in the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Rodrigo won the GPs at Aachen and Aarhus and trhe following year he was a team gold medallist in the Argentine Pan American Games.
In 1996 came his Olympic consagration. With an impeccable performance, Rodrigo was the most important brazilian rider in the team’s conquest of the bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympics.
With two Olympics, one bronze Olympic medal, a gold Pan American medal and various GP victories under his belt, it was time to create a greater objective.
In 1997 Rodrigo prepared himself to move one step further up the ladder, winning the GPs of Geesteren, Mannheim, and Aachen.
The hour had arrived to dispute the Show Jumping World Cup with excellent chances of becoming Champion. Once again Rodrigo showed he was determined to create an epoch in the sport. In Helsinki in Finland, rodrigo and Baloubet du Rouet became World Cup Champions.
If this were not enough, and riding another horse, this time Lianos, Rodrigo took part in The World Championship in Rome and with a thrilling performance in the final round, became World Champion.
He also won the Rotterdam GP and and received a prize for the world’s best rider, as well as the "Show Jumping Year" trophy.
In 1999 Rodrigo left the lovers of show jumping astonished by becoming twice World Cup Champion, again riding Baloubet du Rouet. In this same year he won the GPs at Paris-Bercy, Berlin and Amsterdam and also won the La Baule Derby. In 1999 his main conquest, after the world Cup, was to finish at the top of the World Ranking.
In the year 2000, through a partnership with the company SPORTCOM, directed by fellow rider and friend Andre Beck, Rodrigo has brought soccer into show jumping. The contract with Vasco da Gama Club makes sporting history and to celebrate the partnership, Rodrigo won for the third consecutive time the World Cup.
The Olympics in Sidney 2000 was a mix of joy and sadness. Rodrigo won the bronze team medal, his second one, but after a clear round in the first round of individual final, Baloubet stopped three times and the olympic gold was gone. Rodrigo had 23 victories, 10 second places, one World Cup title, one olympic medal, and more than US$700.000 in prize money.
In 2001 Rodrigo and Baloubet had again an excellent performance in the World Cup Final, finishing as reserve Champion. It was Baloubet's 4th Final in a row, a record in sport's history. Rodrigo won the Grand Prixs at Spruce Meadows and Aarhus with Lianos, La Coruña with Taylor Made, Fontainebleau with Bianca d'Amaury, and Milan with Baloubet.
The 23th June 2001 was a very special day for Rodrigo, his weeding with Keri Potter was a very beautiful cerimony in Rancho Valencia Resort, Del Mar, California - USA.
In 2002 Rodrigo and Baloubet competed in their 5th World Cup Final, finishing in third place. Rodrigo won the GPs of Genebra and Rotterdan with Baloubet, Verona and Calgary with Lianos, and Mônaco with Bianca d'Amaury. Rodrigo jumped in horseshows in EUA, Canada and in Europe, with good results in both continents. He starts the preparation of young horses as Hermès St. Lois.
In 2003 Rodrigo competed in 175 classes in events CSIO, CSI-W, CSI4* and World Cup Final. In this 175 presentations he produced 107 clear rounds (61%), and 37 with 4 faults (21%). It means that only 18% of his rounds were penalized with more than one rail down. Rodrigo was Top 6 66 times (37%), with 21 firsts, 12 seconds, 6 thirds, 4 fourths, 12 fifths e 10 sixth places. Bianca D'Amaury was the mount with more victories, 8. She went clear 22 times in 31 classes (71%). Bianca was Top 6 in 22 oportunities, with 7 second places. Bianca's most important victories in 2003 were in 1.50m classes in the CSI-W of Berlim and s'Hertogenbosh. Baloubet du Rouet was the horse which Rodrigo most competed in 2003, 36 classes. He went clear 23 times (64%). Baloubet was Top 6 14 times (39%), with 6 first places, the more importants the Top Ten Final in Geneve, the GP-W of s'Hertogenbosh and the Balve GP. He had an excellent performance in the World Cup Final, with 2 third places and a fifth place to finish as Reserve World Cup Champion. Another important Rodrigo's horse in 2003 was Hermès St.Lois. The promising 8 years old was easy ridden by Rodrigo. He went clear 22 times in 26 classes diputed (85%), and was Top 6 nine times (35%), with 3 first places, the most important was the victory in the 1.60m GP class in the CSI4* of La Coruña. Lianos was less demanded this year. At the age of 16 he competed in only 18 classes, with 10 clear rounds (56%), and one important victory, the GP in the CSIO of Falsterbo. Rodrigo had more two victories with Stardust, in two 1.55m classes in the Sunshine Tour, e one with Harry Potter in Bremen CSI4*.
In the end of 2003 Keri and Rodrigo announced that the heir is coming. Keri is pregnant and the birth will be in July:
"I allways want to be a father, and now the dream is coming true. Keri is just fine, and all we want is a good health for our son or daughter. This will be the best year of my life". Said Rodrigo.
2004 was one of the best years in Rodrigo's career. In CSI-Ws, CSI 5 and 4* events, only with Baloubet, he had 6 important victories, 4 of them in Grand Prix. In the year he had 14 first places, 13 times in second place, 7 in third place, and 6 Grand Prix wins.
In 2004 Rodrigo Pessoa rode in competitions the horses:
Bianca D’Amaury
Hermes St. Loi
Baloubet Du Rouet
Harry Potter
Cantate Z
Queen
Hors La Loi II
Ianitza
Giffard de la Mare
Lianos
Urasie
Taylor Made
Haut de Val
Primata
Carlot 3
Sigane
He won 6 Grand Prixs, 4 with Baloubet, 1 with Harry Potter and 1 with Giffard.
He had 40 places in the Top3 in 31 horseshows, and 260 courses.
In those 260 courses he went clear in 143 (55%), had one rail down 63 times (24%). Baloubet jumped 38 courses, 22 clear, 8 with 4 points.
He won 590.000 Euros in prize money.
His sponsors are:
Sony Ericsson
Rolex
AMG
His supporters are:
Pikeur
GPA
Gandini Tessuti
Millennium Sweden
Veredus
Schwenkel
Hartog
LPC Suplements
Catherine de Buyl Insurance
The midia return only in August and September (Olympic Games) in Brazil was more than US$ 3 million.
Statistically, in the horseshows where Rodrigo is present the midia return is 25-35% bigger. In Brazil this number is more than 55%.
He competed in 31 horseshows in:
Swiss, France, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Canada, Holland, Greece, Norway, Finland, Belgium and Great Britain.
In his personal life the most important momont was the birth of his daughter, Cecília Carolina. The new member of the family Potter-Pessoa born on the 2nd day of August.
The highlight of 2004 was in the Athens Olympic Games, when Rodrigo and Baloubet won the Individual Silver Medal.
In 2004 Rodrigo and Nélson Pessoa, acting as Organizing Comittee, bring back to intenational equestrian calendar the Brussels CSI.
Nowadays Rodrigo could count in his stables with:
Baloubet du Rouet
Bianca D’Amaury
Harry Potter
Hors La Loi
Queen
Giffard de la Mare
Urasie
Cantate Z
Primata
Carlot 3
Hermes St. Lois
Sigane
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Date of birth: 29th November 1972
Place of birth: Paris, France
Married with Ms. Keri Potter-Pessoa
Hobby: Motor racing
Favorite place to rest: Angra dos Reis, R.J, Brasil.
In1981 Rodrigo took part in his first competition with ponies at Hickstead, England and in 1984 he obtained his first title – Champion of the pony class in Belgium. In 1985 Rodrigo was again pony Champion in Belgium and also in England.
In 1988 he began to compete in the more important Grand Prix, such as Francoville in France, after winning the junior Grand Prix at Milan in Italy and at Reims in France.
In1989 Rodrigo finished the European Junior Championship in first place but he did not take the title because of his brazilian nationality. In 1990 there began the long list of victories, the World Cup being the most traditional.
We begin, still in 1990, with the GPs at Nice in France and at Donaueschingen in Germany. In this same year Rodrigo won the opening class of the World Championship in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1991 he won the GPs of Zuidlaren and Paderborn, apart from other important classifications.
Rodrigo’s first great jumping year came in 1992 when at 19 years of age, he was the youngest rider to take part in the Olympic Games at Barcelona, finishing 9th in the individual placing.
With the experience of na Olympiad, Rodrigo went on to win GPs such as Wiesbaden, Paris and Aachen, all in 1993. In this same year he won his first Derby at Eindhoven, the ‘registered mark’ of his father.
In 1994, already foreseeing his participation in the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Rodrigo won the GPs at Aachen and Aarhus and trhe following year he was a team gold medallist in the Argentine Pan American Games.
In 1996 came his Olympic consagration. With an impeccable performance, Rodrigo was the most important brazilian rider in the team’s conquest of the bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympics.
With two Olympics, one bronze Olympic medal, a gold Pan American medal and various GP victories under his belt, it was time to create a greater objective.
In 1997 Rodrigo prepared himself to move one step further up the ladder, winning the GPs of Geesteren, Mannheim, and Aachen.
The hour had arrived to dispute the Show Jumping World Cup with excellent chances of becoming Champion. Once again Rodrigo showed he was determined to create an epoch in the sport. In Helsinki in Finland, rodrigo and Baloubet du Rouet became World Cup Champions.
If this were not enough, and riding another horse, this time Lianos, Rodrigo took part in The World Championship in Rome and with a thrilling performance in the final round, became World Champion.
He also won the Rotterdam GP and and received a prize for the world’s best rider, as well as the "Show Jumping Year" trophy.
In 1999 Rodrigo left the lovers of show jumping astonished by becoming twice World Cup Champion, again riding Baloubet du Rouet. In this same year he won the GPs at Paris-Bercy, Berlin and Amsterdam and also won the La Baule Derby. In 1999 his main conquest, after the world Cup, was to finish at the top of the World Ranking.
In the year 2000, through a partnership with the company SPORTCOM, directed by fellow rider and friend Andre Beck, Rodrigo has brought soccer into show jumping. The contract with Vasco da Gama Club makes sporting history and to celebrate the partnership, Rodrigo won for the third consecutive time the World Cup.
The Olympics in Sidney 2000 was a mix of joy and sadness. Rodrigo won the bronze team medal, his second one, but after a clear round in the first round of individual final, Baloubet stopped three times and the olympic gold was gone. Rodrigo had 23 victories, 10 second places, one World Cup title, one olympic medal, and more than US$700.000 in prize money.
In 2001 Rodrigo and Baloubet had again an excellent performance in the World Cup Final, finishing as reserve Champion. It was Baloubet's 4th Final in a row, a record in sport's history. Rodrigo won the Grand Prixs at Spruce Meadows and Aarhus with Lianos, La Coruña with Taylor Made, Fontainebleau with Bianca d'Amaury, and Milan with Baloubet.
The 23th June 2001 was a very special day for Rodrigo, his weeding with Keri Potter was a very beautiful cerimony in Rancho Valencia Resort, Del Mar, California - USA.
In 2002 Rodrigo and Baloubet competed in their 5th World Cup Final, finishing in third place. Rodrigo won the GPs of Genebra and Rotterdan with Baloubet, Verona and Calgary with Lianos, and Mônaco with Bianca d'Amaury. Rodrigo jumped in horseshows in EUA, Canada and in Europe, with good results in both continents. He starts the preparation of young horses as Hermès St. Lois.
In 2003 Rodrigo competed in 175 classes in events CSIO, CSI-W, CSI4* and World Cup Final. In this 175 presentations he produced 107 clear rounds (61%), and 37 with 4 faults (21%). It means that only 18% of his rounds were penalized with more than one rail down. Rodrigo was Top 6 66 times (37%), with 21 firsts, 12 seconds, 6 thirds, 4 fourths, 12 fifths e 10 sixth places. Bianca D'Amaury was the mount with more victories, 8. She went clear 22 times in 31 classes (71%). Bianca was Top 6 in 22 oportunities, with 7 second places. Bianca's most important victories in 2003 were in 1.50m classes in the CSI-W of Berlim and s'Hertogenbosh. Baloubet du Rouet was the horse which Rodrigo most competed in 2003, 36 classes. He went clear 23 times (64%). Baloubet was Top 6 14 times (39%), with 6 first places, the more importants the Top Ten Final in Geneve, the GP-W of s'Hertogenbosh and the Balve GP. He had an excellent performance in the World Cup Final, with 2 third places and a fifth place to finish as Reserve World Cup Champion. Another important Rodrigo's horse in 2003 was Hermès St.Lois. The promising 8 years old was easy ridden by Rodrigo. He went clear 22 times in 26 classes diputed (85%), and was Top 6 nine times (35%), with 3 first places, the most important was the victory in the 1.60m GP class in the CSI4* of La Coruña. Lianos was less demanded this year. At the age of 16 he competed in only 18 classes, with 10 clear rounds (56%), and one important victory, the GP in the CSIO of Falsterbo. Rodrigo had more two victories with Stardust, in two 1.55m classes in the Sunshine Tour, e one with Harry Potter in Bremen CSI4*.
In the end of 2003 Keri and Rodrigo announced that the heir is coming. Keri is pregnant and the birth will be in July:
"I allways want to be a father, and now the dream is coming true. Keri is just fine, and all we want is a good health for our son or daughter. This will be the best year of my life". Said Rodrigo.
2004 was one of the best years in Rodrigo's career. In CSI-Ws, CSI 5 and 4* events, only with Baloubet, he had 6 important victories, 4 of them in Grand Prix. In the year he had 14 first places, 13 times in second place, 7 in third place, and 6 Grand Prix wins.
In 2004 Rodrigo Pessoa rode in competitions the horses:
Bianca D’Amaury
Hermes St. Loi
Baloubet Du Rouet
Harry Potter
Cantate Z
Queen
Hors La Loi II
Ianitza
Giffard de la Mare
Lianos
Urasie
Taylor Made
Haut de Val
Primata
Carlot 3
Sigane
He won 6 Grand Prixs, 4 with Baloubet, 1 with Harry Potter and 1 with Giffard.
He had 40 places in the Top3 in 31 horseshows, and 260 courses.
In those 260 courses he went clear in 143 (55%), had one rail down 63 times (24%). Baloubet jumped 38 courses, 22 clear, 8 with 4 points.
He won 590.000 Euros in prize money.
His sponsors are:
Sony Ericsson
Rolex
AMG
His supporters are:
Pikeur
GPA
Gandini Tessuti
Millennium Sweden
Veredus
Schwenkel
Hartog
LPC Suplements
Catherine de Buyl Insurance
The midia return only in August and September (Olympic Games) in Brazil was more than US$ 3 million.
Statistically, in the horseshows where Rodrigo is present the midia return is 25-35% bigger. In Brazil this number is more than 55%.
He competed in 31 horseshows in:
Swiss, France, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Canada, Holland, Greece, Norway, Finland, Belgium and Great Britain.
In his personal life the most important momont was the birth of his daughter, Cecília Carolina. The new member of the family Potter-Pessoa born on the 2nd day of August.
The highlight of 2004 was in the Athens Olympic Games, when Rodrigo and Baloubet won the Individual Silver Medal.
In 2004 Rodrigo and Nélson Pessoa, acting as Organizing Comittee, bring back to intenational equestrian calendar the Brussels CSI.
Nowadays Rodrigo could count in his stables with:
Baloubet du Rouet
Bianca D’Amaury
Harry Potter
Hors La Loi
Queen
Giffard de la Mare
Urasie
Cantate Z
Primata
Carlot 3
Hermes St. Lois
Sigane
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Date of birth: 29th November 1972
Place of birth: Paris, France
Married with Ms. Keri Potter-Pessoa
Hobby: Motor racing
Favorite place to rest: Angra dos Reis, R.J, Brasil.
