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Chris Kappler Personal information Full name Chris Kappler Nationality United States Discipline Show jumping Born February 9, 1967
St. Charles, IL, U.S.Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight 159 lb (72 kg; 11 st 5 lb) Medal recordCompetitor for United States Equestrian Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens Team jumping Silver 2004 Athens Individual jumping Pan American Games Gold 2003 Santo Domingo Team jumping Silver 2003 Santo Domingo Individual jumping Chris Kappler (born February 9, 1967) is an American equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping, He is an Olympic gold and silver medalist. Kappler was the rider of Royal Kaliber (until his euthanasia in 2004). Kappler is a resident of Pittstown, New Jersey.[1]
At the 2004 Olympic Games, Kappler won a silver medal in Individual Jumping. and won the gold medal as part of the United States team in Team jumping. Chris Kappler won the Budweiser Invitational in Tampa on his horse VDL Oranta a 13-year-old Dutch-bred mare, in 2009.
References
- ^ Cosdon, Christina (2003-03-30). "Kappler lands 2nd invitational". St. Petersburg Times. http://www.sptimes.com/2003/03/30/Sports/Kappler_lands_2nd_Inv.shtml. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
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Olympic Equestrian Champions in Team Jumping 1912: Sweden (Lewenhaupt, Kilman, von Rosen, Rosencrantz) • 1920: Sweden (König, von Rosen, Norling, Martin) • 1924: Sweden (Thelning, Ståhle, Lundström) • 1928: Spain (Navarro, Álvarez, García) • 1936: Germany (Hasse, von Barnekow, Brandt) • 1948: Mexico (Mariles, Uriza, Valdés) • 1952: Great Britain (White, Stewart, Llewellyn) • 1956: Germany (Winkler, Thiedemann, Lütke-Westhues) • 1960: Germany (Winkler, Thiedemann, Schockemöhle) • 1964: Germany (Schridde, Jarasinski, Winkler) • 1968: Canada (Day, Gayford, Elder) • 1972: West Germany (Ligges, Wiltfang, Steenken, Winkler) • 1976: France (Parot, Rozier, Roguet, Roche) • 1980: Soviet Union (Chukanov, Poganovsky, Asmaev, Korolkov) • 1984: United States (Fargis, Homfeld, Burr Howard, Smith) • 1988: West Germany (Beerbaum, Brinkmann, Hafemeister, Sloothaak) • 1992: Netherlands (Raijmakers, Romp, Tops, Lansink) • 1996: Germany (Sloothaak, Nieberg, Kirchhoff, Beerbaum) • 2000: Germany (Beerbaum, Nieberg, Ehning, Becker) • 2004: United States (Wylde, Ward, Madden, Kappler) • 2008: United States (Ward, Kraut, Simpson, Madden)
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