Corinna Schumacher ('' née'' Betsch; born 2 March 1969) is a German animal rights activist and accomplished horse rider. She is married to German former racing driver

Michael Schumacher Michael Schumacher (; ; born 3 January 1969) is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One for Jordan, Benetton, Ferrari, and Mercedes. Schumacher has a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles (tied with Lewis ...

Personal life

A keen horsewoman, in 2010 Schumacher won the European Championship in western style horse riding. Corinna is also an avid dog lover and a dedicated animal rights activist. In 1997, she gave birth to a daughter, Gina-Maria, who is a non-professional horse rider, and in 1999, a son

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, who is now a professional racing driver, who has competed in

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following the footsteps of his father and uncle. She is the wife of German seven-time

champion

, and sister-in-law to former Formula One driver

Ralf Schumacher Ralf Schumacher (born 30 June 1975) is a German former racing driver. He is the younger brother of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher, and the pair are the only siblings to each win Formula One races. Schumacher began kart ...

. Corinna and Michael were married in Germany in August 1995. Before she married Michael, she was in a relationship with

Heinz-Harald Frentzen Heinz-Harald Frentzen (born 18 May 1967) is a German former racing driver. He competed in multiple disciplines including Sportscars, Formula One and DTM. He had his most success in Formula One, entering over 150 Grands Prix and winning three. ...

in the early 1990s. Corinna and Michael own horse ranches in

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and Switzerland. The CS Ranch, located in Gordonville, Texas, deals in all aspects of the reining industry, focusing mainly on training and showing. CS Ranch accepts a select number of outside horses into their training program.

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Corinna Corinna or Korinna ( grc, Κόριννα, Korinna) was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Tanagra in Boeotia. Although ancient sources portray her as a contemporary of Pindar (born ), not all modern scholars accept the accuracy of this tradition ...

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