Everything starts early...
Even as a baby Melina started having contact with horses. She inherited the Love for horses from her father, who has always bred showjumping horses and who was in a younger age a successful showjumping rider. At the age of four, with Pamela her first Pony, she competed on her first show. Than came Pony Suleika a very competitive Pony, that made her more eager to continue competing.
Trained by her father, Melina achieved a lot of success and started winning many golden ribbons. At the age of fourteen Melina rode her first Grand Prix with a gelding, bred by her father. Her success leaded her to become a member of the German Team, representing her country in Junior Championships.
Career
For Melina there is no world without horses
She studied at the German Equestrian Federation, where she got the Certificate, to educate young riders to become professionals.
Pius Schwizer
Pius Schwizer, Leader of the world ranking list of showjumping in 2010, saw the potential in this 17 years old rider and had her come to work for him in his world famous Showjumping Stable.
" Pius has a fighting spirit and strong discipline. He gave me not only the possibility to compete with many different horses, he also gave me the Knowhow to optimize my riding ."
Stud Dobel (Otto Becker )
Melina´s next career step was in the south of Germany where she trained and led young horses and breeding stallions to the top Level. At the same time she learned everything about modern breeding, blood lines as well the marketing and handling of breeding stallions.
Paul Schockemöhle
Based in Mühlen, Melina became more experienced in Paul Schockemöhles well known Showjumping Stable.
"Supported by great trainers I learned everything I could about the training of showjumping horses, the showjumping presentation and the marketing buisness ."
Because of her knowledge she was chosen to be part of the team to represent and ride the horses at the Holsteiner Auction.
Qatar Equestrian Federation
At the Baumeisters riding facilities, Melina became responsible of the management , training and showjumping presentation of the horses from the Qatar Equestrian Federation. Doing this period in her career she achieved many important victories in national and international competitions. Melina also trained one of the Qatar Showjumping Teams and took it to the top Rankings, like the international 5-Star show in Wiesbaden.
" A great Moment to have worked with the top trainers and veterinarians in the Equestrian World "
Phoenix Bay Equestrian Club (Chongqing/重慶市)
"Very exiting time in my Life, being a whiteness on how the equestrian sport in China is developing and the growths for the Love of the equestrian sport ."
Continent : México
Nationscup Rider Manuel Alvarez
A good Job offer from international showjumper Manuel Alvarez brought Melina to a new Continent- Latin America,to be exact: Mexico
She trained upcoming Horses and brought them in the international sport, as well as training his children, who represented Mexico under her guidance at junior nations cups.
" Manuel and his family opened a lot of doors for me and made me familiar with the Mexican culture. I am very thankful for this time. "
Owning and operating Kulturestables in Northamerica
The step into self-employment followed in 2018.
" North America was definitely a very formative time for my professional career. There I simply learned to rethink things and approach them differently. In addition to my classic German foundation, a little American riding style was added here. I was also able to further expand my network there and met many great people with whom I still continue to work with and have build a trustful friendship with.
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Kulturestables
Europe/Germany
At the end of 2023, Melina returned to Germany and from now on She runs a Competition and training stable in the heart of Europe. In her hometown Trier, bordering Luxembourg, France, Holland and Belgium, she finds the best infrastructure for reaching international circuits in Europe. Melina Schwaab continues to dedicate herself to the training of young and older horses and their age-appropriate competition performance. She also trains students, with a particular focus on supporting young talent from different countries and enabling training stays in Germany.
" I am very happy about taking another and new step back to my homeland. Here in Germany I will focus on investments, development and competing up to international Grand Prix Level. I am very grateful for the trust placed in me by my horse owners and customers. As a trainer, I would like to focus on bringing young talents from different countries and cultures together in Germany. "
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