Peter Lichtner-Hoyer

Peter Lichtner-Hoyer

Personal information
Born	28 December 1925 Graz, Austria
Sport
Sport	Modern pentathlon

Peter Lichtner-Hoyer (born 28 December 1925) was an Austrian sportsman and colonel.

Career

During World War II, he was badly wounded, so the physicians thought he would never walk again. Nevertheless, he regained strength and took part in more than 1500 competitions as an equestrian and as a pentathlete and reached 1200 good placements. Lichtner-Hoyer took part in 24 world and European Championships.

Olympic Games

• 1956 Summer Olympics in show jumping^[1]
• 1960 Summer Olympics in pentathlon

Prizes

• 2010 Panathlon Würdigungspreis^[2][3]

Works

• 1985 Cavalletti-Training, Rüschlikon-Zürich : Müller
• 1989 Der letzte Husar, Wien : J und V
• 1998 Cavalletti-Arbeit, Lüneburg : Cadmos

References

1. "Peter Lichtner-Hoyer Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
2. http://www.panathlon.at/de/menu_main/club-graz/news/newsshow-news-aus-graz-----peter-lichtner-hoyer-geehrt?return=3
3. http://www.panathlon.at/files/doc/Zeitungsartikel/ngen-22-18396957.pdf

External links

• Biography of Peter Lichtner-Hoyer (German)