Yvonne Losos de Muñiz Athlete
Yvonne Losos de Muñiz is an international Grand Prix dressage rider that represents the Dominican Republic. She won the individual bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, riding her approved Hannoverian stallion Bernstein. With that medal she repeated her performance from the 2003 Pan American Games held in her home country, where she also obtained the individual bronze medal riding a different mount, a Dutch mare named Inatana. Prior to her Pan Am medals, Losos de Muñiz also won double individual gold and a team bronze medal at the 2002 Central American Games in El Salvador. More recently, she added two individual silver medals to her collection at the 2010 Central American Games which took place in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. In 2010 she also qualified for the World Equestrian Games (WEG) with her Austrian Warmblood gelding Optimus Prime. In addition to her seven championship medals, she has also obtained numerous wins at prestigious international events held in West Palm Beach, Florida, the Sunshine Tour (Spain), France and Germany. She has trained with riding master Jean Bemelmans, who also coaches the Spanish Olympic team, as well as Harry Boldt from Germany, Jeff Ashton Moore from the USA, Carl Hester from England and Diederik Wigmans from the Netherlands. Born in Nigeria, West Africa, Losos de Muñiz moved to Canada when she was fourteen. It was in 1990 that she moved to the Dominican Republic, where she has remained ever since. With her husband, Eduardo, she has played a key role in the development of dressage in the Dominican Republic, and she represents the Caribbean nation in international competition. The couple owns a private training facility named Las Marismas in their home country, which caters to dedicated jumper and dressage riders from island’s capital, Santo Domingo. During the winter show season, she participates in the dressage shows held in Wellingon, Florida.
Personal facts
| Birth date | September 08, 1967 |
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