Sven Günther Rothenberger (born 1 June 1966 in
Frankfurt am Main
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) is an
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 i ...
from
Germany
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, who competed for the
Netherlands
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after his marriage with Dutch equestrian
Gonnelien Gordijn.
Sven is the father of
Sonke Rothenberger, who won team gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
References
External links
Dutch Olympic Committee
1966 births
Living people
Dutch dressage riders
Olympic equestrians of the Netherlands
Dutch male equestrians
Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic medalists in equestrian
Sportspeople from Frankfurt
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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