Kevin Van Ham
Kevin Van Ham is a Belgian paralympic equestrian competing in Test Grade V.
Early life
Van Ham was born with a piece of his left forearm missing. He has been riding horses since he was 12.Career
Van Ham started out in the able-bodied Dressage circuit and switched to para-dressage in 2017.Van Ham participated in his first international para-competition in 2018 and a year later he recorded his first scores above 70% at the CPEDI competitions in Uberhernn and Stadl-Paura with his horse Eros Van Ons Heem.
Van Ham first represented Belgium in an international competition in the Para-dressage events at the 2019 FEI European Championships in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, where he finished fifth in both the Individual Test Grade V and the Freestyle Test Grade V.
Van Ham was selected for both the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics. In Tokyo, Japan he finished 7th in the Individual Test Grade V and 8th in the Freestyle Test Grade V. In Paris, France he did better in both disciplines, finishing 6th in the Individual Test Grade V and 5th in the Freestyle Test Grade V.
In 2020 he participated in his first FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark finishing 4th in the Individual Test Grade V and 7th in the Freestyle Test Grade V.