Gentlemen European Championship in Norway (4-7 May)
Here you can find the Oficial program and the entry form for the European Championship for gentlemen 2015
Thomas Royer
Austrian amateur champion 2012, 2013 & 2014.3rd participation in European Championship.
Sebastien Grisez
Born in a family of avid trotting races. At the age of 15, attended his first race in apprentices, He has been several times in the top 3 of apprentices in Belgium and acquired his 50th victory in 2009. Then make a professional choice and opted for the profession of blacksmith-horseshoes, where has the trust of Christophe and Vincent Martens and some Belgian trainers. 2014 was his first year as amateur, He has got the chance winning the three most beautiful Belgian races reserved for amateurs, which allowed him to win the Championship. Won 11 races in 2014 including 2 in France.Today, won 106 victories including 4 in France.
Alle Johannes Marinus Loman
Born 8th September 1951 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.Bought his first trotter named Kondor as 16 years old boy.He was breeder of trotters for last 30 years and also of thoroughbreds for approx.10 years. As amateur driver won his first race with "Cruise Missille" in Scharsberg (NL) in 1989. Started and won races in Nederland, U.S.A., Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Czech and Slovak Republic. One of top points in his driver`s career was the victory in German Amateurdriver Championship in Dinslaken in 1992. Since 1996 lives in Czech Republic, where married in 2003 and where his last 2 sons of his all 6 children were born. Have Czech driving licence since 1996.He had a great success in Czech trotting sports (1997- won with his own-bred mare Cabipaan Kort Czech Derby, St.Leger and Slovak Derby, Cabipaan Kort achieved titel Trotter of the year 1997 and later also 1998 as best older trotter in Czech Republic, she broke with 15,9 the formerly track-record). In 1999 won Czech Golden Cup with his trotter Sugar Candor /Trotter of the Year 1999.Won the Czech derby in 2013 with the mare Charming Oreau(NL), Trotter of the Year 2013.Won the Czech Triple-Crown 2014 with another mare Damalia(NL), Trotter of the Year 2014. Won the Czech Amateur drivers`Championship many times and took more times part in the European and also World Amateur Championship.
Svend Aage Vindbjerg
Teemu Keskitalo
Teemu has been involved in horse business since a he was a small child.
His father owned many horses and that is why he started participating to trotting business.
He started the hobby by racing trotting ponies and got full trotting amateur license immediately when it was possible.His best horse so far has been Vintage Lady, who run at V65 and V75 level. Most memorable win has been his first victory with Flaming Love.
Teemu's best driving results were last year when he won the finnish amateur championship title.
At the championship finals he drove three wins, two third places and one fourth place out of seven races.
Cristoph Pellander
Living in Cologne obatin his amateur driving licence in 2004.
Driver, owner and breeder.
biggest sucess: winner of the german amateur championship 2014 in Hamburg and 3rd place in amateur-ranking in 2014 with 17 wins.
job: TV-Producer and Sport-Journalist.
Giovanni Bechis
More than 4000 starts in career. Won 631 amateur races at December 2014.Italian Amateur champion in 2014.Winner "Gran Premio Federnat" (the richest amateur race in the world) in 1989 (Fakir Ve).
Wim Brouwer
Wim is born between the trotters than his father was also a passionated. Succesful owner and amateur driver. Since 2013 Wim is the President of the Dutch Amateur club.
Also Wim's wife Susan has an amateur license and both his sons Danny and Micha were competing in the pony races with Danny now having his first wins as an apprentice driver.
In 2010 Wim won the Amateur Champion title in his home country and in 2012 he got the Bronze medal at the European Championship in the Czech Republic. Last year at the World Championship in Finland he won again bronze!
Ernst Petter Knutsen
34 victories and 1,7 million NOK in total earnings.
Winner of the Norwegian championship 2014.
Drives primarily his own horses, cold-bloded and has a few V65 and V75 victories.
Konstantin Puchkov
Doctor of economic Sciences, champion WSOP 2010.
Three-time champion of the amateur drivers in Russia.
3rd participation in European Championship.
Miquel Vich Capó
European Champion 2012.
Spanish amateur Champion 2012, 2013 & 2014.3rd participation in European Championship.
Håkan B. Johansson
European Champion 2014.
Jean Claude Gardaz
He started attending racetracks in 1975 when his father bought his first horse.After take a several internships in GROSBOIS (Paris) between 1980 and 1983 in the stables of the trainers G. Mascle - A.Meunier - G M. Dreux Ch.Bazire.Obtain his driver's license in 1983.Best Performances:75 wins in SwitzerlandCenter-East Region champion (Lyon region) 1990FEGAT Europa Cup 4th 1991 France & 5th 1999 Hungary.10th European Championship 2007 in Salzburg -Austria.Several times in the first 3 of the Swiss amateur league.