Alwin Schockemöhle
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 Alwin Schockemöhle with Zukunft, puissance competition, Wilhelmshaven (West Germany), ca. 1965 |
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| Equestrian | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
Competitor for  Germany |
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| Gold | 1960 Rome | Team jumping |
Competitor for  West Germany |
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| Bronze | 1968 Mexico City | Team jumping |
| Silver | 1976 Montreal | Team jumping |
| Gold | 1976 Montreal | Individual jumping |
| European Championships | ||
| Silver | 1963 Rome | Individual jumping |
| Bronze | 1965 Aachen | Individual jumping |
| Bronze | 1967 Rotterdam | Individual jumping |
| Silver | 1969 Hickstead | Individual jumping |
| Silver | 1973 Hickstead | Individual jumping |
| Gold | 1975 Munich | Individual jumping |
| Gold | 1975 Munich | Team jumping |
Alwin Schockemöhle (born May 29, 1937 in Meppen, Province of Hanover) 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. Paul Schockemöhle is his younger brother.
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[edit] Biography
He 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. Several times he has been crowned champion of Europe and Germany.
[edit] Major achievements
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- 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 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
- 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)
[edit] References
- ^ Datenbase on the homepage of the IOC May 2006
- ^ www.sport-komplett.de May 2006
- ^ Siegerliste CHIO Aachen May 2006
- derStandard.de June 2002
- Rheinlands Reiter - Pferde July 2004
[edit] Bibliography
- Eckhard F. Schröter: Das Glück dieser Erde. Leben and Karriere deutscher Springreiter.. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 1980, ISBN 3-596-23019-5
- Alwin Schockemöhle in the German National Library catalogue (German)
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Categories:
- 1937 births
- Living people
- People from Meppen
- German equestrians
- German show jumping riders
- Olympic equestrians of the United Team of Germany
- Olympic equestrians of West Germany
- People from the Province of Hanover
- Equestrians at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United Team of Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for West Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for West Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany
- Olympic medalists in equestrian
