Gerco Bernardus Schröder (born 28 July 1978, in

Tubbergen Tubbergen (; Tweants dialect, Tweants: ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and town in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands. Geography The following population centres can be found ...

) is a Dutch

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. He currently ranks third on the FEI Rolex Ranking List. Gerco Schröder represented the Netherlands at the

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where he took part in the individual jumping competition and the show jumping team event alongside Wim Schröder, Leopold van Asten and Gert-Jan Bruggink. As an individual driving on his horse 'Monaco', Schröder was eliminated in the qualification round, ending up on the 48th position. He was 21st after the first qualification round, but 8 penalty points in his second round eliminated him. With the Dutch show jumping team he finished fourth with a total of 24 penalty points. In 2006 Schröder won team gold alongside

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, Piet Raijmakers and Albert Zoer at the

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. In 2010 he won the Dutch national championship. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Schröder won the silver medal in the individual jumping competition after a jump-off for silver and bronze with Ireland's Cian O'Connor. He was also part of the Dutch silver medal-winning team in the team jumping event. At the 2013 CHI Al Shaqab event in Doha, Qatar, Schröder and his horse London won the CSI 5* Grand Prix title.

Family

Schröder has a wife named Evelien, and together they have a son named Thomas. When asked what his hobbies were, he said "spending time with his family". His older brothers Ben and

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are also Dutch equestrians (show jumping).

References

External links

Official website including biographySchröder at the Dutch Olympic Archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schroder, Gerco 1978 births Living people People from Tubbergen Dutch show jumping riders Olympic equestrians for the Netherlands Dutch male equestrians Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Overijssel