Knut Trygve Gysler (21 February 1888 – 22 May 1967) was a Norwegian

equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or Riding in British English) Examples of this are: *Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes in ...

. He was born in Christiania. He competed at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

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, where he placed 9th in individual eventing. He competed at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

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, where he tied 21st in individual jumping, and placed 11th in team jumping. Gysler was an officer ( rittmeister in the

cavalry Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from "cheval" meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry ...

) in the Norwegian Army, and fought in the Norwegian Campaign of World War II. Between 1930 and 1940 he also ran and owned the ''Hippodromen'' riding center in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

. One of his riding pupils were the Norwegian queen, Queen Maud (1869–1938).

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* 1888 births 1967 deaths Sportspeople from Oslo Norwegian male equestrians Olympic equestrians for Norway Equestrians at the 1920 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1928 Summer Olympics Norwegian Army personnel of World War II 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-equestrian-bio-stub