Severo Jurado Lopez (born 9 September 1988) is a Spanish Olympic dressage rider.[1] Representing Spain, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where he finished 5th in the individual and 7th in the team competitions. His Olympic horse was the chestnut gelding Lorenzo. He was also part of the Spanish Olympic team during the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing 38th in the Grand Prix and 21st in the Grand Prix Special with his horse Fendi.
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| Full name | Severo Jesus Jurado López | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 September 1988 Seville, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | juradodressage.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Equestrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | Rio de Janeiro 2016, Tokyo 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2015, 2016 and 2017 he won the World Championship for Young Horses with Fiontini. In 2017 he got the bronze medal in the World Championships for Young Horses with Quel Filou. In 2018 he won the World Championships for Young Horses with D'Avie.
Severo has competed in the European Championship on Deep Impact (De Niro x Rubinstein) in 2017 in Gothenburg (Sweden) and also the World Equestrian Games in Tryon (USA) in 2018.
Controversies
editIn 2024, he was accused of being involved in a money laundering network, headed by Alessandro Bazzoni and Siri Evjemo-Nysveen, dedicated to the purchase of polo horses with money from corruption in the Venezuelan oil company PDVSA through the companies CGC One Planet and Clareville Grove Capital.[2][3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Severo Jurado". fei.org. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Wright, Robert (23 November 2024). "Italian trader played polo against Prince William while under US sanctions". London: Financial Times. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ "Financial Times: Alessandro Bazzoni, sancionado por EEUU por su negocios oscuros con PDVSA, jugó al polo contra el príncipe William" (in Spanish). Alberto News. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ "Alessandro Bazzoni y Siri Evjemo-Nysveen tratan de lavar su imagen en el Financial Times y salen "funados"" (in Spanish). Péndulo Latino. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
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