Inessa Merkulova

Montag, 09. November 1964

Inessa Viktorovna Merkulova (Russian: Инесса Викторовна Меркулова, née Poturaeva; born 9 November 1964) is a Russian Olympic dressage rider. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she placed 23rd in the individual competition aboard Trakehner Mister X. She went on to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as well, during which she placed 12th in the team competition representing the Russian Olympic Committee, and 31st individually. Merkulova has also represented Russia at five World Equestrian Games (in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2014 and 2018), five European Dressage Championships (1999, 2001, 2015, 2017 and 2021), and seven World Cup Finals (in 2002, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018).