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Julia CHEVANNE

Julia CHEVANNE is a French athlete and competes in Dressage.
Name Julia CHEVANNE
FEI ID 10011475
Gender Female
Date of Birth 07/11/1975
Competing for France - FRA
Registration Dressage 2016
Last update 26/07/2022
FEI Database


Dressage 70x70
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? Her family put her on a horse for the first time at age two. She began riding properly at age seven.
Why this sport? After her first contact with horses she knew she wanted to be involved in the sport. She initially took up jumping but switched to dressage after a fall.
Club / Team Ecurie J&H Chevanne: Thoissey, FRA
Further Personal Information
Family Children Hanna and Benjamin
Other names Julia Chevanne-Gimel
Residence Thoissey, FRA
Occupation Athlete, Business Owner, Coach, Horse Trainer
Languages French
General Interest
Famous relatives Her daughter Hanna represented France in the team dressage event at the European junior championships in 2015 and 2016. (SportsDeskOnline, 11 Oct 2019; Facebook profile, 07 Jan 2015)
Other information FROM FRANCE TO BELGIUM AND BACK In 2015 she moved to Haras La Sandry in Courriere, Belgium, where she had her own private barn and trained riders and horses for dressage. She returned to France in 2017 to develop the dressage project at the Macon-Chaintre equestrian centre. "I had such a good experience in Belgium. I made friends and it was a big opportunity to leave home and to discover another way of doing things." (leperon.fr, 04 Oct 2017; grandprix-replay.com, 10 Jun 2016) STABLES In 2020 she and her daughter Hanna established Ecurie J&H Chevanne in Thoissey, France. (Facebook page, 22 Jul 2022, 28 May 2020) DESIGN PARTNERSHIP She has been involved with Hermes Paris in the design of a new dressage saddle, the Arpege, alongside German dressage rider Jessica von Bredow-Werndl. The saddle went on sale in 2017. (ridersadvisor.com, 03 Apr 2017; hermes.com, 19 Mar 2016)