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Equestrian - About

The Equestrian competition at London 2012 is made up of three disciplines: Dressage, Eventing and Jumping. Each discipline requires different skills from the riders andhorses competing.

Number of medal events
Six – there is a team and an individual competition in each of the three Equestrian disciplines.

Equestrian – Athletes

Come back to this page as the London2012 Olympic Games approach to see the profiles of every athlete competing in the Equestrian competition. 

In the meantime, explore the profiles of legendary Olympians and find out more aboutEquestrian and its venue, Greenwich Park.

Famous Olympians

Hans Günter Winkler
Country |
Germany |
Date of birth | Medal tally |
24 July 1926 | 5 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze |
Hans Günter Winkleris the only jumper to ever win five Olympic gold medals and one of only four athletes to compete and win medals at six Games.
In an international career spanning 34 years, his most famousachievements came on Halla, the only horse ever ridden to three Olympic gold medals.
He triumphed at the Melbourne 1956 Games in both Individual and Team Jumping events – which were held in Stockholm – andfollowed this up with medals at each of the next four Games.
Winkler celebrated his 50th birthday at Montreal 1976, his final Games, and he marked the occasion with a silver in Team Jumping.
ReinerKlimke
ountry |
Germany |
Date of birth | Medal tally |
14 January 1936 | 6 gold, 2 bronze |

Reiner Klimke's six gold and two bronze Dressage medals over six different Games make him the mostdecorated rider in Olympic history.
At the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games, riding Dux, he helped the West German team to win and retain Team gold. Four years later in Montreal, he again won Team gold,this time riding Mehmed.
Los Angeles 1984 saw Klimke’s only triumph in Individual competition, while he also took another gold as part of the Team event. His final gold medal followed in the Team...