Michael Jung (equestrian)

Michael Jung

Medal record
Competitor for  Germany
Equestrian
Olympic Games
2012 London Individual eventing
2012 London Team eventing
World Equestrian Games
2010 Kentucky Individual eventing
2014 Normandy Team eventing
2014 Normandy Individual eventing
European Championships
2011 Luhmühlen Team eventing
2011 Luhmühlen Individual eventing
2013 Malmö Team eventing
2013 Malmö Individual eventing
2015 Blair Castle Team eventing
2015 Blair Castle Individual eventing
2009 Fontainebleau Individual eventing

Michael Jung (born 31 July 1982) is a German equestrian who competes in eventing.[1] He was born in Bad Soden am Taunus. At the 2012 Olympic Games, he won gold medals in the Individual and team events. In winning the individual event (on his 30th birthday), he made eventing history by becoming the first rider to ever hold the Olympic, World and European championship titles at the same time, having previously won the 2010 World title and 2011 European title. All three titles were won on the horse La Biothesque Sam.

Since then, Jung has won Individual and Team gold at the 2013 Europeans, Individual silver and Team gold at the 2014 World Equestrian Games and Individual and Team gold at the 2015 European Championships. [2] His Individual victory at the 2015 Europeans made him only the second rider in history, after Ginny Leng, to win three consecutive European Individual titles on three different horses. His wins were on La Biothesque Sam (2011), Halunke FBW (2013) and FischerTakinou (2015).

CCI 4* wins

His top horse La Biothesque Sam has also finished 2nd at the Badminton horse trials (2013), and 3rd at both Rolex Kentucky (2015) and Luhmuhlen (2015).[3]

References

  1. ↑ short portrait of Dirk Schrade, 2012 German Olympic Team.
  2. ↑ bbc.co.uk
  3. ↑ http://www.usefnetwork.com/news/12608/2015/4/26/michael_jung_wins_roles_kentucky_th.aspx
Michael Jung riding Sam at the 2011 European Eventing Championship
Internationales Pfingstturnier Wiesbaden 2014
Michael Jung with fischerDaily Impressed CSIYH* Wiesbaden 2015


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