Youngest rider follows in Olympian father’s footsteps at World Championships: ‘Dad’s here as my groom!’

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Alina Dibowski and Barbados 26 at the eventing World Championships
Alina Dibowski and Barbados 26 at the World Championships 2022.
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Alina Dibowski is the youngest rider at the eventing World Championships and made her German senior squad debut as she entered the dressage arena this morning with Barbados 26.

“It’s been great,” she said. “Now it’s a little bit overwhelming, entering the arena in the German squad for the first time, but it’s a very exciting thing.”

Pippa Roome
Pippa Roome
Magazine editor and eventing editor

Pippa is a true eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand experience of competing up to British Eventing intermediate and international CCI2*-L level, and has worked in the industry on a top event yard. Pippa enjoys nothing more than immersing herself in the sport at the highest level, reporting from the five-stars and international championships, including the Olympics.