Alwin Schockemöhle
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Alwin Schockemöhle in 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
29 May 1937 Meppen, Province of Hanover, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
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 2 sons. Christoph Schockemöhle who resides in Singapore and Frank Schockemöhle who is a manager in german Bundesliga.
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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- Alwin Schockemöhle in the German National Library catalogue
- Alwin Schockemöhle official website
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