A Look Back at the 2016 and 2012 Olympics

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Team USA members and officials from the 2016 Rio Olympics and Paralympics were recognized at the Salute Gala and Annual Awards Banquet. From left: FEI stewards Lisa Gorretta and Elisabeth Williams; Paralympians Margaret McIntosh, Angela Peavy, and Rebecca Hart; USDF president George Williams; USEF dressage technical advisor/chef d’équipe Robert Dover; USEF dressage managing director Hallye Griffin; Angela Peavy’s mother, Rebecca Reno; dressage owners/sponsors Betsy Juliano and Akiko Yamazaki; and dressage Olympians Steffen Peters, Allison Brock, and Kasey Perry-Glass. (Jennifer Bryant photo)

2016 Rio de Janeiro

US chef d’équipe Robert Dover’s (left) “road map to the podiums” led straight to bronze in Rio for Team USA’s Kasey Perry-Glass, Allison Brock, Laura Graves, and Steffen Peters (Diana DeRosa photo)
The nearly-flawless Valegro and Charlotte Dujardin of Great Britain winning their second consecutive Olympic individual gold medal (Diana DeRosa photo)
Olympic Games first-timers Kasey Perry-Glass and Dublet (Diana DeRosa photo)
The stallion Rosevelt and rider Allison Brock made a strong showing (Diana DeRosa photo)
Steffen Peters said he’ll cherish the memory of his Olympic Grand Prix test aboard Legolas 92 (Diana DeRosa photo)
Laura Graves and Verdades pour it on to top 80 percent in the Grand Prix Special (Diana DeRosa photo)

2012 Great Britian

2012 Olympic dressage individual medalists Adelinde Cornelissen (silver), Charlotte Dujardin (gold), and Laura Bechtolsheimer (bronze) (Jennifer Bryant photo)
Team and individual gold medalists Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro of Great Britain (Jennifer Bryant photo)
Tina Konyot and Calecto V in piaffe (Jennifer Bryant photo)
The now-famous Rafalca and Jan Ebeling (Jennifer Bryant photo)
Adrienne Lyle on Wizard (Jennifer Bryant photo)
Steffen Peters rides Ravel in a one-handed passage in the finale of their freestyle (Jenifer Bryant photo)

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