Robin Brueckmann

Born: January 4, 1958
Hometown: Summerfield, North Carolina

Robin Brueckmann acquired reflex sympathetic dystrophy in her right leg as a result of a fall on ice, and subsequently developed paralysis. This has affected her riding in that she must ride without stirrups.

Brueckmann has been a lifelong rider, concentrating on dressage since 1979. She has earned her United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Bronze, Silver and Gold rider medals, celebrating achievement at every level of dressage. Brueckmann has trained her own horses all along her path, including two grand prix horses, Bordeaux and Richmond, upon whom she competed at two World Championships (2003 and 2007) and the Belgian Open in 2006. Brueckmann also earned two Gold medals and one Bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Denmark aboard Flower Power.

Brueckmann competed in the Sydney Paralympic Games in 2000 with a sixth-place team finish. She was an alternate for the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games, and represented the U.S. at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Hong Kong. Her mount for the 2008 Paralympic Games was Radetzky, a 2001 Trakehner gelding that she had trained since 2006.

In 2010 at the USEF Selection Trial/National Championship for the U.S. Para-Equestrian Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Brueckmann took home third place overall honors with Raison D'Etre.

When not riding Brueckmann is also an active judge.