Lisa Wilcox (equestrian)

Lisa Wilcox ( born September 8, 1966) is an American dressage rider.

Wilcox grew up in the U.S. state of Colorado. Starting with the riding has on the western horses her father. My first horse was a Quarter Horse Thoroughbred mix Lucky. Your tournament career began with the versatility ( up to class M). About her former husband Jan Ebeling they arrived in the dressage arena. Her first Grand Prix program she learned with the Oldenburg gelding Funny ( sire Furioso II; mother father Ladykiller xx).

To get to the top in dressage, she went to Germany and took lessons with Herbert Rehbein Funny. After four months, she returned to America. There they do not stay long and came back to Europe to ride, first in Denmark horses for sale and stallions. Subsequently, she worked very successfully in Lower Saxony stud Reinsehlen and laid there in particular by working with the Hanoverian stallion tip Condor M the foundation of their future career.

In Verden in 1997 Gundula Vorwerk -Happ asked if she was looking for a new job. She then became a trial ride on the then 7- year-old Oldenburg stallion Diamond in the Rough ( sire Rubinstein I, mother father Inshallah ox) invited. The rehearsal went very well and Wilcox has been set. Together with her ​​diamond in the rough made ​​the jump to the Grand Prix and the couple was highly successful in numerous tournaments.

As chief Bereiterin the Oldenburg stallion station Vorwerk -Happ Lisa Wilcox qualified in 2000 with diamond in the rough for the Olympic Games in Sydney. At the Olympic Games in Athens, she won with the team the USA the bronze medal in the team competition dressage.