Inessa Merkulova

Inessa Merkulova (née Poturaeva) (born 9 November 1964 in Rostov on Don) is a Russian dressage rider.^[1] She has represented Russia four times at the World Equestrian Games and at the 2015 European Dressage Championships in Aachen. She is also a three-times participant at the Dressage World Cup Finals (in 2002, 2006 and 2014).

She has qualified for the 2014 Dressage World Cup Finals in Lyon after finishing 3rd in the Central European League rankings. At the final held in Lyon's expo center, Inessa finished 10th in the field of 17 competitors. The following year, Merkulova received a FEI wildcard for Finals in Las Vegas where she finished 7th. She also competed at the World Equestrian Games held later that year in Normandy, France. She finished 26th in Normandy and was the best placed Eastern European competitor in the field of 100 riders. 26th place is also her best individual finish at the World Equestrian Games while her best team result is 11th place from the 1998 edition.

At the 2015 European Championships, Inessa finished 7th in team dressage and 28th in individual dressage competition.

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