The Brazilian Rodolpho Riskalla won, this Sunday (14), the second bronze medal of the Paralympic Equestrian World Championship, which is held in the city of Herning (Denmark). To achieve achievement in the test freestyle (freestyle), the athlete from São Paulo registered a grade of 78.385% in the test with free choreography and music. Gold went to Dutch Sanne Voets, with an index of 82.485%, and silver to North American Kate Shoemaker, with 80.275%.
Rodolpho Riskalla wins 2nd bronze on the last day of the Paralympic Equestrian World Championship in Denmark: https://t.co/lpmysTHAWP pic.twitter.com/f43bLDpVke
— Brazilian Paralympic Committee (@cpboficial) August 14, 2022
On Wednesday (10), the Brazilian had already taken bronze in the Grade IV individual technical test at the Worlds. With these two achievements, the rider reaches four medals in these events. He had already won two silvers in 2018 in the United States. All came with the horse Don Henrico, who said goodbye to competitions in Denmark. “We were happy with Don Henrico, it was a super last race. It was exciting”, declared the biggest winner in the history of Brazilian paraequestrian dressage to the Paralympic Committee (CPB).
Rodolpho was a conventional equestrian rider until 2015, and migrated to Paralympic sport after contracting bacterial meningitis. The rider competes in Grade IV competitions (for athletes with mild impairments in one or two limbs, or with moderate visual impairment).
