Daniel Bluman

Daniel Bluman (Hebrew: דניאל בלומן; born 15 March 1990) is an Olympic show jumping rider.

Bluman qualified to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, but did not compete due to a clerical error in his horse's registration.

[6][8] His Polish-born Jewish grandfather on his father's side, a Holocaust survivor whose entire family was murdered, was in the Auschwitz concentration camp for three years and emigrated to Colombia after he was liberated.

Bluman later earned an associate degree in business from Florida Atlantic University, attending on a full scholarship.

[7][20][21] He said Through it all, the one thing that has always remained with me is ... what it means to be Jewish and to come from a family who has had to go through the Holocaust.... Israel is a country that accepts every person — it doesn't matter your sexual orientation, your race, your religion, your ideas....

[11]Bluman won the Grand Prix at the Hampton Classic Horse Show in 2017 on Ladriano Z, a Zangersheide gelding.

[13][22] In November 2018, Bluman won the $85,000 GroupBy “Big Ben” Challenge at the CSI4*-W Royal Horse Show in Toronto, Canada, riding Ladriano Z.

[25][26] However, due to a technicality regarding the registration of his horse Gemma W, Bluman was deemed ineligible to compete just weeks prior to the start of the competition.

[3] In June 2021, Bluman won the $213,300 Turtle Creek Casino & Hotel Grand Prix CSI4* in Traverse City, Michigan, riding Cachemire de Braize.

[30] In August 2021, Bluman won the $217,000 Cabana Coast Grand Prix CSI 5* in Toronto, Canada, riding Ubiluc.

[22] In July 2023 Bluman and his Israeli teammates won the Group C Designated Olympic Qualifier at the CSIO4* CET Prague Cup.

[40] In September 2023, Bluman won the $425,000 Longines Hampton Classic 5* Grand Prix with Ladriano Z, winning $140,250 in prize money.

[43][5] He then went on to win the $76,000 Major League Show Jumping CND Grand Prix 1.45 m, American Gold Cup with Cachemire de Braize in Traverse City, Michigan.

[48] In 2023, Bluman also won, with Ladriano Z the $425,000 CSI5* Wellington Equestrian Realty Grand Prix, Winter Equestrian Festival 9; and the Nations Cup to help Israel qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics; with With GEMMA W the $75,900 CND MLSJ IND Competition, American Gold Cup; the $300,000 FEI CSI4* Grand Prix, HITS on the Hudson VIII; and the $146,000 CSI 5* Adequate WEF Challenge Round 12, Winter Equestrian Festival 12; with Cachemire de Braize the $30,000 Grand Prix of Princeton, Princeton Summer Welcome; the $38,700 1.45 m, Old Salem Farm May II; the $77,300 FEI 1.45 m Grand Prix, TerraNova Hunter Jumper 1; and the $38,700 1.45 m Welcome, Split Rock Sarasota; and with Lady Applaus the $200 7 Year old Jumper, HITS on the Hudson VIII.

[13]Erez Kalderon from Kibbutz Nir Oz, a student in the equine therapy program, was kidnapped by Hamas when the boy was 11 years old, and is held hostage.

Bluman riding Sancha LS