Mari
Inouye Places Fourth in European Vaulting Championships
Palo
Alto, CA—August 13, 2003—Mari Inouye of Palo Alto, CA
placed fourth in the Female Individual Finals at the European Vaulting
Championships in Saumur, France.
Inouye
competed on Scarletto Sun, a 14-year-old Trakehner gelding owned
by Phoebe Hearst Cooke of Woodside, CA. Inouye’s coach, Martin
Vavacek, served as her longeur. The only U.S. vaulter in the competition,
Inouye received an impressive score of 8.307.
Earlier
this year, Inouye, the 2001 American Vaulting Association (AVA)
Women’s National Champion, won the women’s division at
the CVI** in Nitra, Slovakia, where Scarletto Sun won the competition’s
best horse award.
“This
is a fabulous finish for an American vaulter against the best that
Europe has to offer,” said U.S. Equestrian Team (USET) Chairman
of the Board Frank Lloyd. “With World Championships coming
up in 2004, this performance gives us lots of reason for optimism.”
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