Ulrich Kirchhoff (born 9 August 1967 in Lohne) is a German (until 2013) and Ukrainian

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 ...

rider, Olympic champion from 1996.

Olympic Record

Kirchhoff 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, ...

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

, where he won a gold medal on the stallion ''Jus De Pommes'' in the Individual Jumping."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Equestrian"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on September 5, 2008) At the same Olympics he also received 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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* 1967 births Living people Olympic gold medalists for Germany Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Germany German male equestrians Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Ukrainian male equestrians Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Ukraine German emigrants to Ukraine Naturalized citizens of Ukraine {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub