This year, the election process for the FEI Dressage Committee Athlete Representative position will open online on 3 August, and the IDRC Board unanimously supports Larissa Pauluis of Belgium as a candidate.

Belgium National Champion in the pony class in 1996 and in 1997 in the juniors division. In 1998 competed at the European Championships for Juniors in Hickstead.  Trained several horses up to Grand Prix and competed at the World Championships for Young Dressage Horses in 2017 and 2019. Competed at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, making it the first time since 1928 that Belgium was represented by a dressage team at the Olympic Games.

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