“Take the gold grains from what has been, act on what happens now and equip for the future”

Name: Annelie Eriksson

Born: June 9th 1988

Lives: Bjursås, Sweden

Motto: “What doesn’t kill you, strengthens you”

           “Take the gold grains from what has been, act on what happens now and 

            equip for the future”

Interests: Train horses, friends and sport in general

Role models: Gunde Svan and Charlotte Kalla

I live in Bjursås, a community that is situated20 km north of Falun.

Bjursås has the perfect training conditions for endurance riding. Horses have always been a part of my life. As I also happen to like sports, endurance riding proved to be a perfect combination of these two interests.

I was practically born on horseback and tried galloping for the first time when I was two years old (nice horse who trotted from mum to dad). I was lent my first pony when I was five and my first real own pony when I was six

When I started competing at the age of seven, it was not only endurance riding. Up until 18 years old I competed in dressage, ponygalopp, western riding and gymkhana. But then endurance took over more and more. It was a harder effort and tougher training for endurance which made it difficult to combine everything.

Today I am part of the Swedish national endurance team. My goal is to win the European and World Championships in Endurance. I am truly passionate about this sport and I do all I can to develop myself as a trainer/coach and competition rider. I want this sport to expand and become big in Sweden.