Peder is an eventing rider who changed track to show jumping. After winning double gold as a junior at the 1989 European Championships and finishing 14th in the 1992 Olympics, Peder quit eventing in 2000. It’s a decision that he hasn’t regretted.
When he was included in the Swedish squad for the 2004 Olympics, Peder was actually picked with a view to the 2008 Games. But the decision was the right one, because much of the credit for the silver medal that the Swedish team brought home from Athens must go to Peder, who also finished fourth in the individual jumping. It was a historic success bearing the signature of artist Peder from Österlen, whose achievements in 2004, including winning the Modena Grand Prix in Italy, catapulted him up the world rankings and into the world’s top 100 riders. In 2005 Peder was the best Swedish rider at the European Championships in Italy, finishing 15th on his top horse H&M Magic Bengtsson. In 2006 Peder won the Wierden Grand Prix on H&M Lavito. Peder’s aim is to become established in the world’s top echelon of show jumpers.
Peder Fredricson has been working with H&M since 2003. A fellow member of the Swedish national team and Olympic medallist, Malin Baryard-Johnsson, has been involved in Team H&M since 1996.
Peder and Malin are painstaking and single-minded in their pursuit of excellence. As such they are two superb role models for their fans all over the world in the only Olympic sport in which men and women compete on equal terms.
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