The late Col. Bengt Ljungquist (1912-1979) of Sweden, entered the USDF Hall of Fame in 1998. He was the US dressage team coach from 1974 to 1978 and is perhaps best known for producing the bronze-medal-winning
dressage team at the 1976 Montreal olympics: Hilda Gurney/Keen, Dorothy Morkis/Monaco, and Edith Master/Dahlwitz.
An advocate for dressage-judge education, Ljungquist helped to develop a training program for the Potomac Valley Dressage Association, a USDF charter GMO.
Longtime PVDA member and former USDF president Sam Barish established the Col. Bengt Ljungquist Memorial Championships, which were frst held in 1983. These prestigious regional championships, which
continue today, honor Ljungquist and his contributions to US dressage, and particularly to PVDA and the Mid-Atlantic dressage community.
The web site is https://www.cblm.org/