Marianne Gossweiler (born 15 May 1943 in

Schaffhausen Schaffhausen (; gsw, Schafuuse; french: Schaffhouse; it, Sciaffusa; rm, Schaffusa; en, Shaffhouse) is a list of towns in Switzerland, town with historic roots, a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in northern Switzerland, and the ...

) is a Swiss equestrian. She placed seventh in individual

dressage Dressage ( or ; a French term, most commonly translated to mean "training") is a form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an art sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery. As an equestrian sport defined b ...

and won a silver medal in team

at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

. She a won bronze medal in team dressage at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

. She is married to sports rower Urs Fankhauser.

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* 1943 births Living people Swiss female equestrians Swiss dressage riders Olympic equestrians of Switzerland Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Equestrians at the 1964 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian People from Schaffhausen Sportspeople from the canton of Schaffhausen Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swiss women {{Switzerland-equestrian-bio-stub