At the conclusion of competition at the 2014 U.S. Dressage Championships on Saturday 14 June 2014, 17 athletes who have represented the United States in top-level dressage competition were honored in the USEF Gold Medal of Distinction Ceremony.
The Gold Medal of Distinction is a new recognition award for dressage athletes. It honours athletes who have represented the United States in top-level dressage competition and earned Team or Individual medals or have accumulated multiple top placings, both in the United States and abroad.
Susan Blinks, Charlotte Bredahl-Baker, Robert Dover, Debbie McDonald, Dorothy Morkis, Steffen Peters, Michael Poulin, Kathleen Raine, Gary Rockwell, Guenter Seidel, Christine Traurig, and Lisa Wilcox were all recognized.
Michelle Gibson, Hilda Gurney, Carol Lavell, Edith Master, and Leslie Morse were also awarded Gold Medals of Distinction but could not be present in Gladstone.
Photo © Sue Stickle
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USEF Gold Medal of Distinction Created to Recognize Top International U.S. Dressage Athletes