Alfons Lütke-Westhues (17 May 1930 in Westbevern – 8 March 2004 in Warendorf) was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in

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with the German team at the

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in Stockholm. He rode a horse named 'Ala'. On one of the jumps, he was thrown out of the saddle, and clung to the horse and got back on, though this move lost them 3 points. They came 2nd. His brother Lutz,

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was also an equestrian, who won two Olympic silver medals. He wasn't able to compete as his horse became sick. So the team was down to Alfons riding Ala, Hans-Guenther Vinkler riding Halla and Fritz Tiedeman riding Meteor. They ended up coming 1st.

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* 1930 births 2004 deaths German male equestrians Olympic equestrians for the United Team of Germany Olympic gold medalists for the United Team of Germany Equestrians at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub