Otto Becker (born 3 December 1958 in

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) is a former

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champion, Olympic champion from 2000. Since January 2009 he is the coach of the German show jumping team.Bundestrainer Springen: DOKR-Springausschuss mit neuem Trainerkonzept
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(www.pferd-aktuell.de), October 8, 2008

Olympic Record

Becker participated at the

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, where he won a gold medal in team show jumping, together with

Lars Nieberg Lars Nieberg (born 24 July 1963 in Wittingen, Lower Saxony) is a German equestrian. He participated in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics in show jumping competition. Olympic record Nigberg participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlant ...

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 ...

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 ...

."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Equestrian"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on September 5, 2008) He received a bronze medal in team show jumping in 2004.

References

1958 births Living people Olympic gold medalists for Germany Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Germany German male equestrians Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Germany People from Aschaffenburg (district) Sportspeople from Lower Franconia {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub