German eventing rider
Ingrid Klimke (born 1 April 1968 in Münster , West Germany [ 1] ) is a German eventing rider. She appeared at five Olympics from 2000 to 2016.[ 2] With her horse Abraxxas, she won two gold medals in team eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics . At the 2016 Summer Olympics , she won a team silver with Hale-Bob.
She is the daughter of equestrian Reiner Klimke . Like her father, she rides in both eventing and dressage at international events, for example, she was placed seventh at the 2002 Dressage World Cup Final with Nector van het Carelshof.[ 3] In 2022, she made her debut on the German dressage team at the World Championships , where she was awarded a team bronze medal.
In January 2012 she was appointed to the position of "Reitmeister" (Riding Master, a special title of the German Equestrian Federation ). Klimke is the second woman ever to be appointed as "Reitmeister".[ 4]
Youth
Through her father, Klimke started to work with horses at a very young age.
She states that she never thought about a career in equestrianism . Since her youth she has been competing in dressage , show jumping and eventing . Her trainers were, besides her father, Fritz Ligges and Ian Millar . About her trainers she says:
I received a consistent training from all of them, which was geared to develop an intensive bonding between horse and rider and to never overburden the horses. Being Ian Millar’s working student I learned everything about care and show jumping and I am really grateful towards my father for making that stay abroad possible.
After her school days, she began an apprenticeship as a bank clerk and afterwards she began to study to become a teacher. Later she realized that it was not possible to this and keep riding at the same time so she decided to dedicate herself to equestrianism and horse training.
CCI5* Results
Results
Event
Kentucky
Badminton
Luhmühlen
Burghley
Pau
Adelaide
2006
(Sleep Late)
2007
WD (Sleep Late)
2008-2009
Did not participate
2010
(Butts Abraxxas)
2011
EL (Butts Abraxxas)
2012
Did not participate
2013
16th (Butts Abraxxas)
RET (RF Tabasco)
4th (Butts Abraxxas)
2014
28th (Hale Bob)
(Hale Bob)
2015
(Hale Bob)
(Escada)
2016
Did not participate
2017
9th (Hale Bob)
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew
International Championship Results
Results
Year
Event
Horse
Placing
Notes
1999
European Championships
Sleep Late
39th
Individual
2000
Olympic Games
Sleep Late
4th
Team
2002
Dressage World Cup Final
Nector vh Carelshof
7th
2004
Olympic Games
Sleep Late
4th
Team
RET
Individual
2005
European Championships
Sleep Late
Individual
2006
World Young Horse Championships
Seacookie TSF
8th
CCI**
2006
World Equestrian Games
Sleep Late
Team
34th
Individual
2007
European Championships
FRH Butts Abraxxas
7th
Team
10th
Individual
2008
Olympic Games
FRH Butts Abraxxas
Team
5th
Individual
2009
European Championships
FRH Butts Abraxxas
8th
Team
RET
Individual
2010
World Equestrian Games
FRH Butts Abraxxas
5th
Team
13th
Individual
2011
World Young Horse Championships
Parmenides 4
9th
CCI**
SAP Hale Bob OLD
WD
CCI**
2011
European Championships
FRH Butts Abraxxas
Team
11th
Individual
2012
Olympic Games
FRH Butts Abraxxas
Team
25th
Individual
2013
European Championships
SAP Escada FRH
Team
Individual
2014
World Young Horse Championships
Zilia D
12th
CCI**
2014
World Equestrian Games
SAP Escada FRH
Team
13th
Individual
2015
World Young Horse Championships
Weisse Duene
21st
CCI*
2015
European Championships
SAP Hale Bob OLD
Team
5th
Individual
2016
World Young Horse Championships
Weisse Duene
CCI**
2016
Olympic Games
SAP Hale Bob OLD
Team
14th
Individual
2017
European Championships
SAP Hale Bob OLD
10th
Team
Individual
2018
World Equestrian Games
SAP Hale Bob OLD
5th
Team
Individual
2019
European Championships
SAP Hale Bob OLD
Team
Individual
2019
World Young Horse Championships
Equistros Siena Just Do It
WD
CCI***
2020
World Young Horse Championships
Cascamara
CCI**
2021
European Championships
SAP Hale Bob OLD
Team
5th
Individual
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew
Notable Horses
Sleep Late - 1991 Gray British Sport Horse Gelding (Kuwait Beach XX x Evening Trial)
1999 European Championships - Individual 39th Place
2000 Sydney Olympics - Team Fourth Place
2004 Athens Olympics - Team Fourth Place
2005 European Championships - Individual Bronze Medal
2006 World Equestrian Games - Team Gold Medal
Nector vh Carelshof - 1990 Bay Gelding
2002 FEI Dressage World Cup Final - Seventh Place
FRH Butts Abraxxas - 1997 Gray Hanoverian Gelding (Heraldik XX x Kronenkranich XX)
2007 European Championships - Team Seventh Place, Individual Tenth Place
2008 Beijing Olympics - Team Gold Medal, Individual Fifth Place
2009 European Championships - Team Eighth Place
2010 World Equestrian Games - Team Fifth Place, Individual 13th Place
2011 European Championships - Team Gold Medal, Individual 11th Place
2012 London Olympics - Team Gold Medal, Individual 25th Place
SAP Escada FRH - 2004 Bay Hanoverian Mare (Embassy I x Lehnsherr)
2013 European Championships - Team Gold Medal, Individual Silver Medal
2014 World Equestrian Games - Team Gold Medal, Individual 13th Place
2015 Luhmuhlen CCI**** Winner
SAP Hale Bob OLD - 2004 Bay Oldenburg Gelding (Helikon XX x Noble Champion)
2014 Pau CCI**** Winner
2015 European Championships - Team Gold Medal, Individual Fifth Place
2016 Rio Olympics - Team Silver Medal, Individual 14th Place
2017 European Championships - Team Tenth Place, Individual Gold Medal
Weisse Duene - 2009 Gray Holsteiner Mare (Clarimo x Romino)
2016 FEI Eventing Young Horse World Championships - Gold Medal
References
^ "Athlete - the official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games" . results.beijing2008.cn . Archived from the original on 13 August 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022 .
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Ingrid Klimke" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on January 10, 2010.
^ Finale FEI Wereldbeker Dressuur 2001/2002 [dead link ]
^ Reitmeistertitel für Ingrid Klimke Archived February 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , Uta Helkenberg / Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung , January 14, 2012
External links
1912 : Nordlander , Adlercreutz , Casparsson , Åminne (SWE )
1920 : Mörner , Lundström , von Braun , Dyrsch (SWE )
1924 : van der Voort van Zijp , de Mortanges , de Kruijff , Colenbrander (NED )
1928 : de Mortanges , de Kruijff , van der Voort van Zijp (NED )
1932 : Thomson , Chamberlin , Argo (USA )
1936 : Stubbendorf , Lippert , von Wangenheim (GER )
1948 : Henry , Anderson , Thomson (USA )
1952 : von Blixen-Finecke , Stahre , Frölén (SWE )
1956 : Weldon , Rook , Hill (GBR )
1960 : Morgan , Lavis , Roycroft (AUS )
1964 : Checcoli , Angioni , Ravano (ITA )
1968 : Allhusen , Meade , Jones (GBR )
1972 : Meade , Gordon-Watson , Parker , Phillips (GBR )
1976 : Coffin , Plumb , Davidson , Tauskey (USA )
1980 : Blinov , Salnikov , Volkov , Rogozhin (URS )
1984 : Plumb , Stives , Fleischmann , Davidson (USA )
1988 : Erhorn , Baumann , Kaspareit , Ehrenbrink (FRG )
1992 : Green , Rolton , Hoy , Ryan (AUS )
1996 : Schaeffer , Rolton , Hoy , Dutton (AUS )
2000 : Dutton , Hoy , Tinney , Ryan (AUS )
2004 : Boiteau , Lyard , Courrèges , Teulère , Touzaint (FRA )
2008 : Thomsen , Ostholt , Dibowski , Klimke , Romeike (GER )
2012 : Auffarth , Jung , Klimke , Schrade , Thomsen (GER )
2016 : Laghouag , Lemoine , Nicolas , Vallette (FRA )
2020 : Collett , McEwen , Townend (GBR )
2024 : Canter , McEwen , Collett (GBR )
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