Alwin Schockemöhle
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Alwin Schockemöhle in 1972
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| Born | 29 May 1937 Meppen, Province of Hanover, Germany |
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| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alwin Schockemöhle (born 29 May 1937) is a former German show-jumper.
He was a successful international show jumping equestrian in the 1960s and 1970s at individual and team events in Olympic Games and European Championships. His younger brother Paul was also a successful show-jumper.
Biography
File:Alwin Schockemöhle auf Zukunft.jpg
Alwin Schockemöhle with Zukunft, puissance competition, Wilhelmshaven (West Germany), ca. 1965
Schockemöhle won his first Olympic gold medal in 1960 on the German show jumping team, followed in 1968 by a bronze medal. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he won both gold in the individual and a silver medal with the German team which he was part of with his brother.[1] Several times he has been crowned champion of Europe and Germany.
He has a son, Christoph Schockemöhle who resides in Singapore.
Major achievements
- Olympic Games
- 1960 in Rome: Gold medal team, individual 26th on Ferdl
- 1968 in Mexico City: Bronze medal team, individual 7th on Donald Rex
- 1976 in Montreal: Silver medal team, Gold medal individual on Warwick Rex
- European Championships
- 1963 in Rome Bronze medal team, Silver medal individual on Ferdl and Freiherr
- 1965 in Aachen: Bronze medal individual on Freiherr
- 1967 in Rotterdam: Bronze medal individual on Donald Rex and Pesgö
- 1969 in Hickstead: Silver medal individual on Donald Rex and Wimpel
- 1973 in Hickstead: Silver medal individual on Rex the Robber and Weiler
- 1975 in Munich: Gold medal team, Gold medal individual on Warwick Rex
- Other
- Four times German champion (1961, 1963, 1967, 1975)
- Thrice champion of the Grand Prix of Aachen (1962 on Freiherr, 1968 on Donald Rex and 1969 on Wimpel)
- Thrice champion of the German Jumping Derby in Hamburg (1957, 1969, 1971)
References
- ↑ Alwin Schockemöhle. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Datenbase on the homepage of the IOC May 2006
- ↑ www.sport-komplett.de May 2006
- ↑ Siegerliste CHIO Aachen May 2006
Sources
- derStandard.de June 2002
- Rheinlands Reiter – Pferde July 2004
- Eckhard F. Schröter: Das Glück dieser Erde. Leben and Karriere deutscher Springreiter.. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 1980, ISBN 3-596-23019-5
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alwin Schockemöhle. |
- Alwin Schockemöhle in the German National Library catalogue
- Alwin Schockemöhle official website
Categories:
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- 1937 births
- Living people
- People from Meppen, Germany
- German equestrians
- German show jumping riders
- Olympic equestrians of the United Team of Germany
- Olympic equestrians of West Germany
- People from the Province of Hanover
- Equestrians at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Male equestrians
- Equestrians at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United Team of Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for West Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for West Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany
- Olympic medalists in equestrian
