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15 Erik joined US Equestrian as the Eventing High Performance Director in October 2017. He is an accomplished and highly regarded High Performance Eventing Team Leader and Coach with over 30 years of experience working within a high performance environment, beginning when Erik was an athlete representing Sweden at World Championships and at the Olympic level, winning team gold at the European Championships in 1993. Since transitioning from rider to coach, Erik has led teams from Japan, Sweden, and New Zealand to the Olympics and World Equestrian Games. He has coached at four Olympic Games, five World Championships, and hundreds of top international events around the world. He has become renowned for putting together world-class eventing programs for both individuals and teams. Drawing on his vast experience coaching and competing, Erik transmits his learnings to his riders in a balanced and expert manner. During his time working for the New Zealand Equestrian Federation as Team Leader and Coach, Erik successfully coached and mentored a new generation of riders including Jonathan Paget; Badminton winner and New Zealand Team medalist Tim Price; winner of the Luhmühlen CCI4* Jonelle Price; fourth at the World Equestrian Games, New Zealand Team medalist, and winner of the Adelaide CCI4* Clarke Johnstone; New Zealand youth squad member and Boekelo CCIO3* winner Lizzie Brown; and Millstreet CIC3* winner Jesse Campbell. In addition to working with young riders, Erik has had the privilege to coach greats such as Mark Todd, Andrew Nicholson, Caroline Powell, and Blyth Tait. With these athletes the New Zealand team has won individual and team medals at World Championships and Olympic Games. During Erik's years with the New Zealand team, five different riders won 10 CCI4* events around the world, and in 2013 the New Zealand riders won every CCI4* in the northern hemisphere under his leadership. Prior to working with the New Zealand Equestrian Team, Erik worked with the Swedish Eventing Team as coach and took on the responsibility of putting together a high performance training program. He was also commissioned by the Swedish Olympic Committee to specifically coach Sara Algottson, individual silver medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and Linda Algottson, double World Cup Final winner and two-time European Championship individual silver medalist. Erik has had the fortune to work with and learn from many of the best equestrian coaches in the world, including eventers Mark Todd and Vaughn Jefferie; show jumpers George Morris, Henk Nooren, and Luis Alvera Cevera; and dressage riders Carl Hester, Kyra Kyrklund, Isobel Wessels, and Steven Clarke. Erik Duvander K E Y N O T E S P E A K E R

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