Australian Vaulters Travel to France for World Vaulting Championships

Lee Briggs at CVI Krumke (GER) Photograph:Daniel Kaiser/EA

Australia will be represented by three young Vaulters when the FEI World Vaulting Championships get underway in Le Mans, France.

Emma Moulds of South Australia and Lani Maher and Lee Briggs of NSW will fly the flag for Australia when the four day competition gets underway this Thursday.

The trio made the trip to Europe earlier in the year and as part of their preparation for the World Championships have been competing at local shows and training with some of Europe and the world’s top vaulters. They recently competed at the World Equestrian Festival in Aachen, Germany where they posted pleasing results. 

For 18 year old Lee Briggs, who completed his year 12 studies in 2011, the experience has provided him with a chance to further progress his skills. Following Aachen, Briggs spent four weeks training with the European Vaulting Champion Gero Meyer. 

“Between Aachen and the Worlds I have been doing a great deal of training and in this time I have travelled to Sweden to train with Gero. This opportunity has allowed me to evolve and transform my vaulting to take it to the next level ahead of the Worlds,” Lee said. 

“My goal for the World Championships is the same as it is for every competition and that is to do my personal best and perform at a standard that I am happy with,” he added.

Online streaming of the entire FEI World Vaulting Championships will be available on FEI TV from 16-19 August 2012 – please click here to view the individual live program times.  

The Vaulters will return to Australia in time for the National Vaulting Championships in September, which will this year be held in South Australia.

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