Corinna Schumacher
Corinna Schumacher | |
|---|---|
| Born | Corinna Betsch 2 March 1969 |
| Spouse | Michael Schumacher (m. 1995) |
| Children | Gina-Maria Schumacher (b. 1997) Mick Schumacher (b. 1999) |
Corinna Schumacher, née Betsch (born 2 March 1969) is a German animal rights activist and accomplished horse rider.
Personal life
A keen horsewoman, in 2010 she won the European Championship in western style horse riding.[1] Corinna is also an avid dog lover and a dedicated animal rights activist. In 1997, she gave birth to a daughter, Gina-Maria, who is a non-professional horse rider,[2] and in 1999, a son, Mick, who competes in formula racing.[3]
She is the wife of German seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher. The couple married in August 1995 in Germany.[4][5]
Corinna and Michael own horse ranches in Texas, US,[6] and Switzerland.[7] The CS Ranch, located in Gordonville, Texas, deals in all aspects of the reining industry, focusing mainly on training and showing. CS Ranch accepts a select number of outside horses into their training program.[8]
After her husband's skiing accident, Corinna sold his jet and his holiday home in Norway.[9]
References
- ^ Jacob Murtagh (11 November 2015). "Michael Schumacher's family win right to host world reining championships". mirror.
- ^ Michael Schumacher's lookalike daughter keeps winning in the family as she takes top prize at horse-riding event - Mirror, 12 August 2017
- ^ Simmons, Marcus (24 December 2016). "Mick Schumacher confirms 2017 European F3 campaign with Prema". Autosport.com. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ Brown, Oliver (2019-01-02). "Michael Schumacher's wife Corinna says F1 great is in 'very best of hands' in rare statement on eve of his 50th birthday". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ^ "Corinna and Michael Schumacher wedding 01 August 1995". GrandPrix247. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ^ "home :: CS Ranch". cs-ranch.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "Home :: CS Ranch". cs-ranch.eu. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "home :: CS Ranch". www.cs-ranch.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
- ^ Allan Hall (9 May 2015). "Michael Schumacher's wife sells off £25m jet and holiday pad as "he won't use them again"". mirror.
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