{{Short description|Belgian equestrian (born 1963)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox equestrian | name = Ludo Philippaerts | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = Ludo Philippaerts riding Darco at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Games | fullname = | nationality = {{BEL}} | discipline = Show jumping | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|6|22}} | birth_place = Genk, Belgium | death_date = | death_place = | hometown = | homecountry = | height_ft = 5.9 | height_in = 7.8 | weight_lb = 176 | horse = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = y }}
'''Ludo Philippaerts''' (born 22 June 1963) is a Belgian show jumping rider. He is a native of Genk, Limburg, Belgium.
==Career== Philippaerts is a four-time Olympian.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ph/ludo-philippaerts-1.html |title=Ludo Philippaerts Olympic Results |accessdate=4 May 2020 |archive-date=13 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113201046/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ph/ludo-philippaerts-1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> As an individual, he ranked 4th at both the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2004 Olympic Games. In Athens, the Belgian team, of which he was a part, ranked 6th.<ref name="feibio">[http://old.fei.org/biographies/browse/detail.htm?sub=biographies&active=biographies1&rider_id=10011421&discipline=Jumping Official FEI biography for Ludo Philippaerts]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Philippaerts and his late champion horse, Darco, ranked 7th.<ref>[http://www.cyberhorse.net.au/cgi-bin/tve/displaynewsitem.pl?20060704ludostallion.txt Crebin, Tess, "Shock for Showjumping World: Ludo Philippaerts' Darco dies in Belgium," The Virtual Equestrian online, 7 April 2006]</ref>
Philippaerts won the 2008 FEI World Cup final in Mechelen, 26–30 December 2008.<ref>[http://www.hunterjumpernews.com/?p=6163 "Comeback victory for Ludo Philippaerts at Mechelen World Cup," 31 December 2008]</ref> At the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, he had an individual rank of 9 and a team rank of 7. He competed at the World Equestrian Games twice before, in 1998 and 1990.<ref name="feibio"/>
He was the BP Cup Champion in Spruce Meadows in 2006<ref>[http://www.hunterjumpernews.com/?p=1445 "Belgium and Britain battle it out in the BP Cup," Hunter Jumper News, 9 September 2006]</ref> and the 2006 winner of the Global Champions Tour. In 2005, his fourth consecutive year of competition in the Show Jumping World Cup, Philippaerts ranked 9th.<ref name="feibio"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.horsesdaily.com/news/tour/2005/05wcf/04-22-philip.html |title="Ludo Philippaerts of Belgium Takes an Early Lead in the First Leg of the FEI World cup Finals," Horses Daily news online, 21 April 2005 |access-date=23 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724121545/http://horsesdaily.com/news/tour/2005/05wcf/04-22-philip.html |archive-date=24 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He ranked 15th at the 1989 European Championships in Rotterdam.<ref>[http://www.ludophilippaerts.be/english/ludo_philippaerts_darco.php Ludo Philippaerts and Darco]</ref>
==Family== Philippaerts was born into an equestrian family. His brother, Johan Philippaerts, and his four sons are also showjumping riders.<ref>[http://www.ludophilippaerts.be/english/ludo_philippaerts_sons.php Biography for Nicolas and Olivier Philippaerts, from their father's official website]</ref>
He and his wife Veronique have four children:<ref>[http://www.justworldinternational.org/jump_team_philliphaerts.htm Official biography for Ludo Philippaerts, Just World International website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520083629/http://www.justworldinternational.org/jump_team_philliphaerts.htm |date=20 May 2009 }}</ref> *Nicola and Olivier (twins), b.1993 *Thibault, b.2001 *Anthony, b.2003
==See also== *Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics *Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics *Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics *Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics *CSIO Spruce Meadows 'Masters' Tournament *European Show Jumping Championships
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links == *[http://www.ludophilippaerts.be Official website]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Philippaerts, Ludo}} Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:Belgian show jumping riders Category:Belgian male equestrians Category:Sportspeople from Genk Category:Olympic equestrians for Belgium Category:Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics Category:Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen