Henrik von Eckermann (born 25 May 1981 in
Nyköping
Nyköping () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 32,759 inhabitants as of 2017. The city is also the capital of Södermanland County.
Including Arnö, the locality on the ...
,
Sweden
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) is a Swedish Olympic
show jumping
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rider.
He has competed at three
Summer Olympics
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(in
2012
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,
2016
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and
2020
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). His best individual Olympic placements came in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo when he won gold in the
team
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and placed 4th in the
individual competition.
Henrik participated at the
2014 World Equestrian Games
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and at four
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(in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015). He won a team bronze at the 2013 Europeans held in
Herning
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. Meanwhile, his current best individual result is 5th place from the 2011 European Championships. Henrik also participated at three editions of the
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finals (in 2013, 2016 and 2017). His biggest success came in 2017, when he placed 3rd in the finals, behind
McLain Ward
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At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Ward won the team jumping gold medal for the United States, together with Peter Wylde, Beezie Madden ...
and
Romain Duguet
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.
References
Living people
1981 births
Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Swedish male equestrians
Olympic equestrians for Sweden
Swedish people of German descent
People from Nyköping Municipality
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in equestrian
Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
Sportspeople from Södermanland County
20th-century Swedish people
21st-century Swedish people
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