Hometown: Wellington, Fla. Birthday: 10/8/1985 Sport/Disciplines: Dressage

Endel Ots is an up-and-coming talent for the United States Dressage program, debuting at the CDI Grand Prix level in 2024 with Zen Elite’s Bohemian. Endel grew up on a farm in De Pere, Wisconsin, and began riding at age eight, finding a love for dressage early on. Throughout his career Endel has trained under some of the best eyes in sport and started his early career in Germany before relocating to Wellington full-time in 2011. He was named a reserve rider for the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, and was selected to compete in his first championship for the program ahead of the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Ots has earned top honors at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions, a prestigious national championship competition, and represented the U.S. at the FEI World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Dressage in 2015 and 2016.

Ots and Bohemian won the FEI CDI3* Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special at the Palm Beach Dressage Derby. The duo went on to win the CDI3* Grand Prix Freestyle at Terranova Dressage 3 and contributed to the U.S. Dressage Team fourth place finish in the FEI Dressage Nations Cup Aachen CDIO5*. Ots and Bohemian became the travelling reserve for the USA Dressage Team at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.