Dressage in History - On This Day
Publish date: 2024-08-20
Events in Sport
- 1972-09-09 West German equestrian rider Liselott Linsenhoff follows her dressage teams gold in Mexico City with the individual dressage title at her home Olympics in Munich
Birthdays in Sport
- 1904-05-15 Gustav-Adolf Boltenstern, Swedish equestrian (Olympic gold team dressage 1952, 56; silver 1932, bronze 1948), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1995)
- 1912-06-05 Josef Neckermann, German equestrian rider (Olympic gold dressage 1964, 68), born in Würzburg, Germany (d. 1992)
- 1921-03-14 Lis Hartel, Danish equestrian dressage (Olympic silver 1952, 56; permanently paralyzed her below her knees from polio), born in Hellerup, Denmark (d. 2009)
- 1924-10-30 Hannelore Weygrand, German equestrian dressage (Olympic silver 1956), born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 2017)
- 1925-06-23 Nuno Oliveira, Portuguese equestrian, horse trainer, dressage instructor, author ('baroque' or 'classical' style), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1989)
- 1926-09-25 Sergei Filatov, Soviet equestrian dressage (Olympic gold 1960), born in Lysyye Gory, Tambov Governorate (d. 1997)
- 1927-01-14 Ivan Kalita, Soviet equestrian dressage (Olympic silver 1968), born in Tambov Governorate (d. 1996)
- 1929-08-06 Anneliese Kuppers, German FR, equestrian dressage (Olympic silver 1956)
- 1930-02-23 Harry Boldt, German Fed Rep, equestrian dressage (Olympic gold 1976)
- 1936-01-14 Reiner Klimke, German equestrian (Olympic gold 1984), born in Münster, Germany (d. 1999)
- 1943-04-08 Carol Lavell, American equestrian dressage (Olympic bronze 1992, 96), born in Newport, Rhode Island
- 1945-04-10 Vera Misevich, Ukrainian equestrian dressage (Olympic gold 1980), born in Ukraine (d. 1995)
- 1947-01-06 Ian Millar, Canadian dressage rider (World Cup 1988, 89, Olympics 1996), born in Halifax, NS, Canada
- 1956-06-07 Robert Dover, American equestrian dressage (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1964-09-08 Steffan Peters, German-American equestrian dressage competitor (Olympic bronze 1996, 2016), born in Wesel, West Germany
- 1968-01-02 Anky van Grunsven, Dutch equestrian rider (Olympic gold dressage 2000, 04, 08; World C'ship gold 1994, 2006), born in Erp, Netherlands
- 1969-02-25 Michelle Gibson, equestrian dressage (Olympic bronze 1996)
- 1985-07-13 Charlotte Dujardin, English equestrian and dressage rider (3x Olympic Gold medals 2012, 2016), born in London, England
Weddings in Sport
Deaths in Sport
- 1989-02-06 Nuno Oliveira, Portuguese equestrian, horse trainer, dressage instructor, author ('baroque' or 'classical' style), dies at 63
- 1992-01-13 Josef Neckermann, German equestrian rider (Olympic gold dressage 1964, 68), dies at 79
- 1995-03-31 Gustav-Adolf Boltenstern, Swedish equestrian (Olympic gold team dressage 1952, 56; silver 1932, bronze 1948), dies at 90
- 1997-04-03 Sergei Filatov, Soviet equestrian dressage (Olympic gold 1960), dies at 70
- 2009-02-12 Lis Hartel, Danish equestrian rider (Olympic silver individual dressage 1952, 56; permanently paralyzed her below her knees from polio), dies at 87
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