Athina Onassis Roussel - Equestrian Career

Equestrian Career

Onassis-Miranda began her equestrian career as a teenager, when she was still known as Athina Roussel. More recently, in an effort to reattach to her maternal roots, Onassis-Miranda, expressed an interest in learning Greek and even renewed her Greek passport. She switched her national affiliation from France to Greece, effective for all of her equestrian competitions.

Athina Onassis and Alvaro de Miranda Neto have a home base in São Paulo, but they travel throughout the year with the Global Champions Tour, of which Onassis-Miranda is official patroness. The Rio de Janeiro leg of the tour is, in fact, named for Onassis; the Athina Onassis International Horse Show, established in 2007, was initially set in São Paulo, but as of 2009, its venue is a newly renovated center in Rio de Janeiro. Onassis and Miranda are joint owners of AD Sport Horses, their company based in Fleurus.