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Belgian Grand Prix racer Ona Dewagener (44) has died unexpectedly

Belgian Grand Prix racer Ona Dewagener (44) has died unexpectedly

Ona Dewagenere died unexpectedly at the age of 44. The Belgian rider competed in several European Championships during her time in the youth and later rode with the adults at Grand Prix level. to Dabanos de O4 (Abanos x Donnerschlag), a horse she later made available to her trainer, Janet Hazen, and she rode in the International Grand Prix.

Ona Dewaeganaere rode at the 1997 European Junior Championships and won a bronze medal with the team. In 1998, the team again won bronze at the European Championships for Young Riders in Hickstead. The following year she again participated in the European Championships. She rode all three European Championships with Apollo (Akzent II x Ten Rocco).

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The knight then rode with Mercudion (Uniform x Darwin) and Show us utopia (OO Seven x Ferro) mini international tour, Floris van de Heele (Fiderhit x Weltart) She has ridden nationally at the mini-tour level. However, this was followed by its big break with the Dabanos d'O4. In 2012, she competed with him in the International Grand Prix for the first time and finished fourth in the Belgian Championship that year, and a year later she finished sixth. She competed until May 2015 and then handed over the reins to her coach, Janet Hazen. After a break between Haazen and Dewaegenaere, the contestant brought Abanos' son home and has been with Alexa Fairchild since 2020.

Una Diwagener leaves behind two children. Her eighteen-year-old son Jari van den Branden jumps internationally, and her son Thibaut is a soccer fan. She died on March 14, possibly of cardiac arrest.

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source: European dressage