Reiner Klimke

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Olympic medal record
Equestrian
Gold	Tokyo 1964	Dressage Team
Gold	Mexico City 1968	Dressage Team
Bronze	Mexico City 1968	Dressage Individual
Gold	Montréal 1976	Dressage Team
Bronze	Montréal 1976	Dressage Individual
Gold	Los Angeles 1984	Dressage Team
Gold	Los Angeles 1984	Dressage Individual
Gold	Seoul 1988	Dressage Team

Reiner Klimke (born January 14, 1936 in Münster – died August 17, 1999 in Münster) was a West German equestrian, who won six gold and two bronze medals in dressage at the Summer Olympics — a record for equestrian events.

He won team gold in 1964, 1968 (both aboard Dux), 1976 (riding Mehmed), 1984 and 1988 (both aboard Ahlerich), and the individual gold in 1984 on Ahlerich.

His two bronze medals came in the individual event in 1968 and 1976. Klimke also had a fine record at the World Championships, winning six gold medals (two individual [1974 aboard Mehmed, 1982 aboard Ahlerich] and four team [1966, 1974, 1982, 1986]).

At the European Championships, he was the individual champion in 1967, 1973, and 1985 and rode on seven winning West German teams. Klimke also competed in eventing early in his career. He was a member of the winning West German three-day event team at the 1959 European Championships, and finished 16th in individual eventing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Reiner Klimke is father to Ingrid Klimke, who competes successfully at the international level in eventing. As his profession he was a lawyer in Germany.