- Alwin Schockemöhle
Alwin Schockemöhle (born
May 29 ,1937 in Meppen) is a former German show-jumper.He was a successful international show-jumper in the 1960s and 1970s at individual and team events in
Olympic Games and European Championships.Paul Schockemöhle is his younger brother.Biography
He won his first Olympic gold medal in 1960 on the 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. He has several times been crowned champion of Europe and Germany.
Major achievements
[ [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp"Datenbase on the homepage of the IOC"] May 2006] [ [http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/r/reitsport/_historie.htm"www.sport-komplett.de"] May 2006] [ [http://www.chioaachen.de/OBEN/Archiv/Siegerliste.asp"Siegerliste CHIO Aachen"] May 2006]
*Olympic Games
**1960 in Rome: Gold medal team, individual 26th on "Ferdl"
**1968 in Mexiko City: Bronze medal team, individual 7th on "Donald Rex"
**1976 in Montreal: Silver medal team, Gold medal individual on "Warwick Rex"
*European Championships
**1963 inRome Bronze medal team, Silver medal individual on "Ferdl" and "Freiherr"
**1965 inAachen : Bronze medal individual on "Freiherr"
**1967 inRotterdam : Bronze medal individual on "Donald Rex" and "Pesgö"
**1969 inHickstead : Silver medal individual on "Donald Rex" and "Wimpel"
**1973 in Hickstead: Silver medal individual on "Rex the Robber" and "Weiler"
**1975 inMunich : Gold medal team, Gold medal individual on "Warwick Rex"
*Multiple:
**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
* [http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=994431 derStandard.de] June 2002
* [http://www.reiter-pferde.de/web/cms/archiv?p_p_id=journal_archive_WAR_ndvportlets_INSTANCE_K9xE&p_p_action=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_order=w1&p_p_col_pos=0&p_p_col_count=1&_journal_archive_WAR_ndvportlets_INSTANCE_K9xE_struts_action=%2Fjournal_archive%2Fshow&_journal_archive_WAR_ndvportlets_INSTANCE_K9xE_year=2004&_journal_archive_WAR_ndvportlets_INSTANCE_K9xE_month=6&_journal_archive_WAR_ndvportlets_INSTANCE_K9xE_day=10&_journal_archive_WAR_ndvportlets_INSTANCE_K9xE_issuetitle=Ausgabe+7%2F2004&_journal_archive_WAR_ndvportlets_INSTANCE_K9xE_pagenumber=4&_journal_archive_WAR_ndvportlets_INSTANCE_K9xE_id=20040625-9-2004062536-51&#p_journal_archive_WAR_ndvportlets_INSTANCE_K9xE Rheinlands Reiter - Pferde] July 2004Bibliography
* 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
* [http://www.alwinschockemoehle.de/t3/index.php?id=25&L=0 Alwin Schockemöhle official website]
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