Alwin Schockemöhle (born May 29, 1937 in Meppen

Meppen, Germany

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, Province of Hanover

Province of Hanover

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) is a former German

Germany

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 show-jumper.

He was a successful international show-jumper in the 1960s and 1970s at individual and team events in Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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 and European Championships

European Show Jumping Championships

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. Paul Schockemöhle

Paul Schockemöhle

Paul Schockemöhle is a former German showjumper. He is the brother of Alwin Schockemöhle, another leading German rider.He was three times European Champion on his best horse Deister....

 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

• 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 in Rome
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     Bronze medal team, Silver medal individual on Ferdl and Freiherr
  • 1965 in Aachen
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    : Bronze medal individual on Freiherr
  • 1967 in Rotterdam
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    : Bronze medal individual on Donald Rex and Pesgö
  • 1969 in Hickstead
    Hickstead
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    : Silver medal individual on Donald Rex and Wimpel
  • 1973 in Hickstead: Silver medal individual on Rex the Robber and Weiler
  • 1975 in Munich
    Munich
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    : 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)

External links

• Alwin Schockemöhle official website