Kimberly Severson

Nick Name

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Born

:22 Aug,1973

Age

:46 years, 0 months

Location

:Tucson, Arizona, United States

Website

: http://www.kimseversoneventing.com/

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About Kimberly Severson

Kimberly ("Kim") Severson (born August 22, 1973 in Tucson, Arizona) is a highly successful international equestrian. She took several years of dressage lessons before training in eventing, and began with a background in Pony Club. One of her first upper level event horses was Jerry McGerry, whom she took intermediate.

Early Life:

By age 16, she had successfully trained three young, inexpensive horses from Novice up to Intermediate level horse trials. Kim was already demonstrating her innate ability to get the very best out of every horse. In 1993, Kim made the cross-country trek to Leesburg, Virginia, to train with Jack LeGoff and Jimmy Wofford. Kim managed the Dominion tack shop in Middleburg before partnering with Linda Wachmeister and Plain Dealing Farm in 1996. Kim was originally hired to exercise horses and coach Linda’s two daughters. Linda then agreed to sponsor Kim’s pursuit of International competition. Kim credits much of the success in her career to Linda.

World Games:

Kim went on to win the Rolex Kentucky CCI4* three times with Winsome Adante “Dan” in 2002, 2004, and 2005. Kim and Dan were part of the gold medal winning USA team at the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain. They placed 6th individually. (This was Kim's first time riding for the United States). This pair also competed at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, where they won the individual silver medal and team bronze.