Equestrian - Champions

The FEI World Equestrian Games are considered as the major international championships for equestrianism, and are governed by the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI). The competitions are conducted after every four years.

Some of the important Equestrian championships that are held worldwide are as follows −

The American World Cup

Saratoga Classic Horse Show

World’s Championship Horse Show

The AQHA World Show

The Arabian and Half Arabian Horse Show

The Georgia Arabian Horse Show

Equestrian is a sport of Horse Riding which consists of various events. Many participants have won medals in various championships. The description of some of them is as follows.

Reiner Kpmke

Reiner Kpmke was a German Equestrian who has won six golds and two bronzes in Summer Olympics. In the team events, he won golds in 1964, 1968, 1976, 1984, and 1988. In inspanidual events, he won two bronze medals in 1968 and 1976.

He has also won six gold medals in World Championships of which two were won in inspanidual events in 1974 and 1982 and four in team events in 1966, 1974, 1982, and 1986.

He also got success in European Championships where he won many medals. He died of heart attack at the age of 63.

Carl Hester

Carl Hester is a dressage rider from Great Britain. He started his career at a very young age and won Young Dressage Rider Championship in 1985. From 1990 onwards, he started taking part in World Championships, European Championships, and Olympics.

In 2011, he participated in European Dressage Championship in the British team and won gold medal. He also won silver in special dressage and freestyle dressage in the same championship.

Besides this, he has won four silvers and one bronze in European Championships in different years. In 2009 and 2015 European Championships, he won a silver while a bronze in 2013 in a team event.

Michael Jung

Michael Jung is a horse rider and equestrian participant from Germany who participates in eventing. He has won many medals in Olympics, World Championships, and European Championships.

In 2012 Olympics, he won a gold medal each in team and inspanidual events. In 2010, he won a gold in inspanidual eventing in World Equestrian Games.

In 2014, he won a gold in team eventing and silver in inspanidual eventing. In European Championships, he has won six golds and one bronze.

David O’ Conner

David O’ Conner is an equestrian participant from United States who has participated in two Summer Olympics.

He won a silver medal in 1996 Olympics and a bronze medal in 2000 Olympics in team eventing.

He won a silver medal in inspanidual eventing and a gold medal in team eventing in 1999 Pan American Games.

In 2002 World Equestrian Games, he won a gold in team event. He retired from the team in 2004 and became coach for the US team.

Mark Todd

Mark Todd is an equestrian participant from New Zealand who has won two gold medals in Badminton Horse Trials in Olympics four times and Burghley Horse Trials five times.

He also won gold medals in World Championships while being a member of New Zealand team.

At the starting of his career, he took part in first three-day eventing in a World Championship and got 10^th Position. In 1980, he won Badminton Horse Trials. After this, Todd won medals in 1984 and 1988 Olympics.

Charlotte Dujardin

Charlotte Dujardin is a dressage rider from Great Britain and is considered as the most successful rider who has won many major titles and has set many world records. The titles that she has won include Inspanidual Olympic Freestyle and World Freestyle.

Along with it, she has also won World Cup inspanidual dressage and European Freestyle. She was fond of riding from childhood and she has won Horse of the year four times till the age of 16.

In 2007, she got some coaching with Carl Hester for dressage riding. She has won two golds in 2012 Olympics one as an inspanidual and other in a team.

Anky van Grunsven

Anky van Grunsven is a dressage champion from Netherlands who has won many medals in Olympics.

She has the record of winning medals in three consecutive Olympic Games.

Apart from this, she has also won many medals in World Equestrian Games. Between the year 1995 and 2008, she has won the World Cup nine times.

In European Dressage Championship, she has won eight team medals and seven inspanidual medals. After taking part in 2012 Olympics, she retired in 2013.

Isabell Werth

Isabell Werth is a German dressage rider who has won eight medals in Olympics. In 1992 Olympics, she won a gold in team dressage event and a silver in inspanidual dressage event.

In 1996 Olympics, she won one gold each in team and inspanidual dressage events. In 2000 and 2008 Olympics she won a gold in team and a silver in inspanidual dressage events.

In World Championships, she has won seven golds and two bronzes while in European Championships, she has won nine golds, three silvers, and two bronzes.

Nicole Uphoff

Nicole Uphoff is an Equestrian from Germany who has won four Gold medals in Olympics. Besides this, she has also won medals in World Equestrian Games and European Dressage Championships.

She started her riding career in 1985. In 1987, she started taking part in international championships with her coach Uwe Schulten Baumer. She won a two golds, one in team dressage and one in inspanidual dressage events in 1988 and 1992 Olympics.

In European Championships, she has won six golds and one silver while in World Championships, she has won three golds and one silver.