Gonnelien Rothenberger (born 5 June 1969 in

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) is an

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from the

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, who was born as Gonneke Antoinette Arnolda Johanna Adriana Robertine Gordijn. She is married to German equestrian

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, with whom she won the silver medal in the Team Dressage Event at the

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for Holland, alongside

Anky van Grunsven Theodora Elisabeth Gerarda "Anky" van Grunsven (born 2 January 1968) is a Dutch dressage champion who is the only rider to record three successive Olympic wins in the same event. Along with her ...

and

Tineke Bartels Martina Maria Anna Antonia "Tineke" Bartels-de Vries (born 6 February 1951 in Eindhoven) is an equestrian from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the Team Dressage Event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She did so along ...

. In the Individual Competition she finished in sixteenth position.

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1968 births Living people Dutch dressage riders Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians of the Netherlands Dutch female equestrians Olympic medalists in equestrian Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Weert Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Netherlands-equestrian-bio-stub