1. Daniel Bluman represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics at the Palace of Versailles in individual jumping and team jumping.
25 Facts About Daniel Bluman
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Daniel Bluman's father Samuel is an entrepreneur, and his mother Orly is a psychologist and social worker.
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Daniel Bluman's Polish-born Jewish grandfather on his father's side, a Holocaust survivor whose entire family was murdered, was in the Auschwitz concentration camp for three years and emigrated to Colombia after he was liberated.
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Daniel Bluman is an alumnus of Cypress Bay High School in Weston.
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Daniel Bluman later earned an associate degree in business from Florida Atlantic University, attending on a full scholarship.
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In 2007, Daniel Bluman moved to Wellington, Florida, where he started his professional riding career.
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Daniel Bluman relocated to Belgium in 2013, where he trained with Nelson Pessoa for two years.
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Daniel Bluman competed at three World Equestrian Games: the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Lexington, and the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Caen.
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Daniel Bluman participated at regional games, including the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara and the 2015 Pan American Games.
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Daniel Bluman was a 2014 team gold medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, a bronze medalist at the 2016 LGCT Grand Prix of Hamburg, and a bronze medalist at the 2016 LGCT Grand Prix of Chantilly.
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Daniel Bluman has been riding on behalf of Israel since late 2016, having been an Israeli citizen since long before then.
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Daniel Bluman won the Grand Prix at the Hampton Classic Horse Show in 2017 on Ladriano Z, a Zangersheide gelding.
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In May 2019, Daniel Bluman won the Rolex Grand Prix at CSIO Rome di Siena.
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However, due to a technicality regarding the registration of his horse Gemma W, Daniel Bluman was deemed ineligible to compete just weeks prior to the start of the competition.
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Daniel Bluman did not ride competitively in 2020, during the Covid pandemic.
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Daniel Bluman was about to compete for Team Israel at the Tokyo Olympics in August 2021 in individual jumping and team jumping, but a technical mistake in his horse's documentation prevented him from traveling to Japan to compete.
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Daniel Bluman requested assistance from the International Federation for Equestrian Sports to correct the error, but his request was denied.
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In March 2023, Bluman won the $425,000 CSI5* Wellington Equestrian Realty CSI5* Grand Prix in Wellington, Florida, riding Ladriano Z Bluman won the 2023 $226,000 Kentucky Invitational CSI 3* Grand Prix championship in April, riding Gemma W In May 2023, he won the $38,700 FEI 1.45m Two-Phase riding Cachemire De Braize.
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In September 2023, Daniel Bluman won the $425,000 Longines Hampton Classic 5* Grand Prix with Ladriano Z, winning $140,250 in prize money.
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Daniel Bluman is one of only four riders to win the Hampton Classic Grand Prix three times.
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Later that year, Daniel Bluman won the $300,000 FEI Saugerties 4* Grand Prix.
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Daniel Bluman then went on to win the $76,000 Major League Show Jumping CND Grand Prix 1.45 m, American Gold Cup with Cachemire de Braize in Traverse City, Michigan.
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In February 2024, Bluman won the $32,000 FEI 1.45m Welcome Speed in Florida riding Gemma W In March 2024 he won the $32,000 Galati Yacht Sales FEI 1.45m Welcome Speed at TerraNova Winter Series Week III riding Cachemire de Braize.
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In 2016, Daniel Bluman married Ariel Epstein, an amateur rider who represents Israel in competition.
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Daniel Bluman has an equine therapy project in Israel that he operates in conjunction with Kibbutz Urim.