Samuel Schatzmann (12 October 1955 – 2 November 2016) was a Swiss equestrian. He won a silver medal in team

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, together with Otto Josef Hofer,

Christine Stückelberger Christine Stückelberger (born 22 May 1947) is a Swiss retired equestrian who won an individual gold medal in dressage at the 1976 Summer Olympics.Daniel Ramseier Daniel Ramseier (born 1963) is a Swiss equestrian. He won a silver medal in team dressage at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, together with Otto Josef Hofer, Christine Stückelberger and Samuel Schatzmann. He also competed at the 2000 Summer ...

. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, he won on "Rochus" the silver medal in the team dressage together with Otto Hofer, Daniel Ramseier and Christine Stückelberger behind the West German team and in Canada. In the individual dressage he failed to qualify for the final round itself. A year later Schatzmann won on the same horse bronze medal in the team event at the European Championships Dressage 1989 in Mondorf together with Otto Hofer, Daniel Ramseier and Ulrich Lehmann behind the teams of Germany and the Soviet Republic. Schatzmann was a doctor of law and entrepreneur. He promoted the Westphalian horse breeding, as a breeder through cooperation with the North Rhine-Westphalian State Stud Warendorf. In 2015 he was awarded for his contribution to the Westphalian breeding the silver badge of honor of Westphalia Stud Book. For several years he was president of the Association Central Swiss Concours riders.Dr. Samuel Schatzmann verstorben

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* 1955 births 2016 deaths Swiss male equestrians Swiss dressage riders Olympic equestrians for Switzerland Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Equestrians at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-equestrian-bio-stub