Ashlee Bond
Personal information
NationalityAmerican-Israeli
DisciplineShow jumping
Born (1985-04-15) April 15, 1985

Ashlee Bond (born April 15, 1985) is an American-Israeli show jumping rider who competes for Israel. She has qualified to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[1][2][3]

Early life

Her father is Steve Bond (né Shlomo Goldberg).[4] He was born and raised in Haifa, Israel, and moved to the United States when he was 12 years old.[5][6] Her mother, Cindy, is a filmmaker, and she has one younger sibling, her brother Dylan.[6][7][8][9][10]

Riding career

Bond began competing at the age of six, won her first grand prix at age 16, and in 2001 was named Grand Prix Rookie Rider of the Year by both the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and the Pacific Coast Horse Association.[7][8] In 2009, at 24, she was in the top 40 in the FEI World Rankings, was No. 2 on the Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Rankings, and was named "Chronicle of the Horse" Show Jumping Horseman of the Year.[7]

Between 2009 and 2014, Bond won the 2009 CHIO Aachen, 2014 HITS $1 Million Grand Prix, and an FEI Nations Cup.[7][11][12] She won the $100,000 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping title at Thermal, California, in 2016, and the $100,000 Longines FEI World Cup Qualifier at the HITS Coachella Desert Circuit in 2017.[7][13][14]

She has qualified to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2][3] In July 2019 Team Israel's Bond, Daniel Bluman, Elad Yaniv, and Danielle Goldstein won the Olympic Jumping Qualifier at Maxima Park in Moscow, qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics, the first time that Israel has earned a place in the Olympics in equestrian.[2][5]

In July 2019 she announced the retirement of her top horse, Chela LS.[15] Bond has considered riding her horse Donnie in the Olympics.[4]

Personal life

Bond married Roy Meeus, now a Belgian former professional football player, in 2015 and they have a daughter named Scottie, born in 2016.[4][5][7][11][16]

Bond is a Christian, although her father is Jewish.[6][11] She became an Israeli citizen in 2018, and now rides and competes for Israel.[6][7][17][18]

References

  1. ↑ "The Chronicle's Show Jumping Horseman Of The Year: Ashlee Bond". The Chronicle of the Horse. February 5, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Winer, Stuart (July 1, 2019). "In first, Israeli show jumpers qualify for Olympics". Times of Israel.
  3. 1 2 "Israeli show jumpers qualify for Olympics". Israel21c. July 3, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 Bond, Ashlee (November 15, 2019). "Ringside Chat: Ashlee Bond On Young Horses, Family And Olympic Ambitions" (Interview). Interviewed by The Chronicle of the Horse.
  5. 1 2 3 "Show-jumper Ashlee Bond trades U.S. citizenship for Israel". Calgary Sun. June 8, 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Ashlee Bond (August 3, 2018). "I Changed My Nationality, and I'm Not Looking Back". Noëlle Floyd.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "'I Thought I Would Never Ride Again': How Ashlee Bond Fell Back in Love With Horses". Noëlle Floyd. July 11, 2019.
  8. 1 2 Miller, Kim F. (May 20, 2016). "Ashlee Bond: At Full Tilt; A lifetime of involvement fuels the commitment and ambitions of one of showjumping's leading riders". Practical Horseman.
  9. ↑ "Ashlee Bond Clarke - From Hollywood to the Million Dollar Grand Prix". Sidelines. May 12, 2014.
  10. ↑ "10 Things Ashlee Bond Can't Live Without and Touchdown in Vegas". US Equestrian. April 14, 2009.
  11. 1 2 3 Foncé, Blanc (April 19, 2018). "Ashlee Bond Changes Flags from USA to Israel". Studforlife.
  12. ↑ Morris, George H. (2016). Unrelenting: The Real Story: Horses, Bright Lights and My Pursuit of Excellence. Trafalgar Square Books. ISBN 978-1570767968 – via Google Books.
  13. ↑ "Ashlee Bond Captures First and Second in the $40,200 Coachella Classic FEI CSI3*". Phelps Sports. November 4, 2018.
  14. ↑ "New Mom Ashlee Bond Wins FEI World Cup Qualifier at HITS Coachella". Jumper Nation. February 13, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Ashlee Bond's Chela LS retires from the sport". World of Showjumping. July 24, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Ashlee Bond on the "Worst Best Experience" of Her Life". Horse Network. February 26, 2019.
  17. ↑ Classic Communications (February 17, 2019). "Ashlee Bond (ISR) Wins $72,000 NetJets Classic at Palm Beach Masters". Horse Sport.
  18. ↑ "Photos: Jessica Springsteen, Eve Jobs compete at Nations Cup in Wellington". The Palm Beach Post. February 15, 2019.
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