Nicola Philippaerts
{{short description|Belgian professional Equestrian}}
{{Infobox equestrian
|name=Nicola Philippaerts
|image=Nicola Philippaerts.JPG
|caption=Nicola Philippaerts (2016)
|nationality=Belgian
|discipline=Show Jumping
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1993|7|30|df=y}}
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{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2021 Riesenbeck|Team jumping}}
{{MedalCountry|{{flagicon|IOC}} Mixed-NOCs team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Youth Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|2010 Singapore|Team jumping}}
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Nicola Philippaerts (born 1993) is a Belgian show jumping rider. He is a native of Genk, Limburg, Belgium. He is the son of Ludo Philippaerts and twin brother of Olivier Philippaerts, both show jumping riders as well.
Career
He competed at the Equestrian at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, finishing 23rd individually but winning the gold medal in the team event.{{cite web|title=Equestrian Results|url=http://www.singapore2010.sg/public/sg2010/en/en_sports/en_sports_results/en_equestrian.html|publisher=Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games|accessdate=10 September 2012|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130113191034/http://www.singapore2010.sg/public/sg2010/en/en_sports/en_sports_results/en_equestrian.html|archivedate=2013-01-13|url-status=dead}}
In 2011, he finished fifth in the Longines International Grand Prix of Ireland at the 2011 Dublin Horse Show. He won the gold medal in Comporta, Portugal at the European Young Riders Show Jumping Championship, and the silver medal at the Belgian senior championship.{{cite news|title=Nicola Philippaerts is talent van het jaar|url=http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20111227_001|accessdate=10 September 2012|newspaper=De Standaard|date=27 December 2011|agency=Belga|language=Dutch}}
In 2012, he won the Longines Grand Prix at the 2012 Falsterbo Horse Show.{{cite web|title=Longines Falsterbo Grand Prix|url=http://www.longinestiming.com/File/Download?id=000208031402FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF02|publisher=2012 Falsterbo Horse Show|accessdate=10 September 2012}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|title=Nicola Philippaerts (18) wint topwedstrijd|url=http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/ander_nieuws/1.1369640|publisher=Sporza.be|accessdate=10 September 2012|language=Dutch|date=16 July 2012}} Together with his father and brother, and Olympic Gold Medal winner Jos Lansink, he finished third at the 2012 Piazza di Siena FEI Nations Cup of Italy.
At the 2016 Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, he was disqualified from competition for excessive use of his spurs and whip.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/15/two-rio-olympics-show-jumpers-disqualified-overuse-whip-and-spurs|title=Two Rio show jumpers disqualified for overuse of whip and spurs|agency=Reuters|date=2016-08-14|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-08-17}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.nicolaphilippaerts.be/nl/site/nicola_philippaerts}}
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Category:Belgian show jumping riders
Category:Belgian male equestrians
Category:Sportspeople from Genk
Category:Equestrians at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Category:Olympic equestrians for Belgium