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Repeat winners were the order of the day in the latest edition of the FEI Awards, with dressage star Semmieke Rothenberger claiming the Longines FEI Rising Star Award for the second year in a row, and eventing legend Ingrid Klimke also taking back-to-back wins as Peden Bloodstock FEI Best Athlete.
With the FEI Awards Gala cancelled this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the winners were revealed online in a video narrated by British Paralympic champion Natasha Baker.
This year the task of choosing the best of the best from the past decade’s previous awards winners was entirely in the hands of the public who cast their votes for the 55 nominees from 19 nations. Over 70,000 votes were cast on FEI.org and on the Chinese social media platform WeChat. Podiums in each of the five categories were occupied by a global spread from Germany, Great Britain, Australia, China, Ireland, Palestine, South Africa, The Netherlands and Zambia.