Virginie couperie biography for kids
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Virginie couperie biography for kids
Virginie Couperie-Eiffel Keeps Her Family’s Equestrian Traditions Alive
Galloping with grace through the countryside, majestic and free, horses are living art forms that inspire wonder and awe for the natural world.
Up close, their velvet noses, expressive eyes and flowing manes spur grown women like Virginie Couperie-Eiffel to gush with emotion while describing virtues akin to “a friend or a lover.”
Not a moment of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle, says Couperie-Eiffel, a champion of French riders, and great-great grand daughter of Gustave Eiffel.
Her innate bond with horses has allowed her to literally soar to new heights, navigate life’s obstacles and fulfill her raison d’etre to create a prestigious show-jumping competition at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, where the legacy of two extraordinary families becomes as one.
“I was born on a horse,” she happily exaggerates, marvelling how her pregnant mother rode until one month before she was born.
From her bedroom window