Lars Nieberg (born 24 July 1963 in

Wittingen Wittingen () is a town in the district of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is about northeast of Gifhorn, and southeast of Uelzen. Division of the town Wittingen consists of 27 districts: History The earliest identified record of Wittin ...

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

) is a German

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. He participated in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics in

show jumping Show jumping is a part of a group of English riding equestrianism, equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, Show hunter, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes are commonly seen at horse shows throughout the world, including th ...

competition. Lars Nieberg 1

Olympic record

Nigberg participated at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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, where he won a gold medal in Team Jumping, together with

Franke Sloothaak Franke Sloothaak (born 2 February 1958 in Heerenveen, the Netherlands) is a German show jumping champion, Olympic champion from 1988 and 1996. Olympic Record Sloothaak competed for West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, ...

Ulrich Kirchhoff Ulrich Kirchhoff (born 9 August 1967 in Lohne) is a German (until 2013) and Ukrainian show jumping rider, Olympic champion from 1996. Olympic Record Kirchhoff participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he won a gold medal on the ...

and

Ludger Beerbaum Ludger Beerbaum (, ; born 26 August 1963 in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia) is an internationally successful German equestrian who competes in show jumping and has been ranked the No. 1 Show Jumper in the world by the FEI on multiple occasion ...

."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Equestrian"
''databaseOlympics.com'', retrieved 5 September 2008 Nieberg again won a gold medal in Team Jumping at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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, together with

Marcus Ehning Marcus Ehning (born 19 April 1974 in Südlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German show jumping champion, Olympic champion from 2000. He is married to Nadia Ehning (née Zülow). He won the Longines Global Champions Tour of Vienna Grand Prix on Pl ...

, Otto Becker and

."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Equestrian"
''databaseOlympics.com'', retrieved 5 September 2008

References

1963 births Living people People from Wittingen Olympic gold medalists for Germany Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians of Germany German male equestrians Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Lower Saxony {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub