Klaus Balkenhol (born 6 December 1939 in Velen) is a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona with the team from Germany. Klaus is the author of several dressage books. He is an avid member of Xenophen, and like Philippe Karl petitions against the use of rollkur. Klaus's earlier riding career consisted of being a mounted policeman. He was also the coach of the U.S. Olympic team.[1] He also received a gold medal with the German team in 1996.[2] At present Balkenhol is the trainer of olympic equestrian Laura Bechtolsheimer.
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Olympic Equestrian Champions in Team Dressage |
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- 1928: Germany (von Langen, Linkenbach, Lotzbeck)
- 1932: France (Lesage, Marion, Jousseaume)
- 1936: Germany (Pollay, Gerhard, Oppeln-Bronikowski)
- 1948: France (Jousseaume, Paillard, Buret)
- 1952 – 1956: Sweden (Saint Cyr, Boltenstern, Persson)
- 1964: Germany (Boldt, Klimke, Neckermann)
- 1968: West Germany (Neckermann, Klimke, Linsenhoff)
- 1972: Soviet Union (Petushkova, Kizimov, Kalita)
- 1976: West Germany (Boldt, Klimke, Grillo)
- 1980: Soviet Union (Kovshov, Ugryumov, Misevich)
- 1984: West Germany (Klimke, Sauer, Krug)
- 1988: West Germany (Klimke, Linsenhoff, Theodorescu, Uphoff)
- 1992: Germany (Balkenhol, Uphoff, Theodorescu, Werth)
- 1996: Germany (Balkenhol, Schaudt, Theodorescu, Werth)
- 2000: Germany (Werth, Capellmann, Salzgeber, de Ridder)
- 2004: Germany (Kemmer, Schmidt, Schaudt, Salzgeber)
- 2008: Germany (Kemmer, Capellmann, Werth)
- 2012: Great Britain (Hester, Bechtolsheimer, Dujardin)
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Balkenhol, Klaus |
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Equestrian |
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6 December 1939 |
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Germany