- Tineke Bartels
Martina ("Tineke") Maria Anna Antonia Bartels-de Vries (born
February 6 ,1951 inEindhoven ,Noord-Brabant ) is an equestrian fromThe Netherlands , who won the silver medal in the Team Dressage Event at the1992 Summer Olympics inBarcelona, Spain . She did so alongsideAnnemarie Sanders ,Ellen Bontje , andAnky van Grunsven . In the Individual Competition she finished in fifteenth position.Four years later Bartels repeated that feat, this time with Van Grunsven and the couple Gonnelien and
Sven Rothenberger . In total, the amazone from Eindhoven competed in fourSummer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1984. Her daughter Imke competed as an amazone at the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens, Greece .Bartels was heavily injured on
7 November 2006 after she fell off her horse during a training. She fell with her head against a tree and will need a long time to recover. It is unsure whether she can continue her career.Her daughter
Imke Bartels is also an Olympic equestrian.External links
* [http://www.sport.nl/ Dutch Olympic Committee]
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