Alwin Schockemöhle
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Medal record | |||
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Equestrian | |||
Olympic Games | |||
Gold | 1960 Rome | Team jumping | |
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) is a former German show-jumper.
He was a successful international show-jumper 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 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. He has several times been crowned champion of Europe and Germany.
[edit] Major achievements
- 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
[edit] External links
Categories: 1937 births | Living people | German equestrians | Event riders | Show jumping riders | Olympic equestrians of the United Team of Germany | Olympic equestrians of West Germany | 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 Germany | Olympic silver medalists for Germany | Olympic bronze medalists for Germany