Lea Siegl and the three -member Austrian variety team achieved (Eng) at the EM in Blenheim (narrow) on Sunday with the ranks five in singles and in the team.
The 27-year-old army athlete Siegl achieved the best placement in history on Van Helsing P in singles. Most recently, Peter Wagner had won a top ten result for Austria with a diversity European Championship in 1989.
Together with Katrin Khoddam Hazrati on Renegade and Harald Ambros on Vitorio du Montet, Siegl achieved fifth place in the team even without string results and thus the best result at an European Championship since 2003. The qualification for the 2026 World Cup in Aachen is also achieved.
“Difficult to put into words”
“It is difficult to put into words,” said Siegl about the top resultors. “The whole weekend went according to plan. Heli (her horse, note) was in such a good shape, even in dressage he made himself big in the stadium, in the area is always relating to him anyway, and even today he knew that he had to give everything. Then he was zero again. I am superstolz on him, satisfied and happy.”
The Upper Austrian was also full of praise for her teammate and her teammates: “That everyone delivered so great is insane! We had no string result, we all had to come to the finish line. The result is super pleasing. This is a sign that Austria has set here that we can also take us seriously in big sport at Champion Dates.” I hope it goes on like this. “
