Dirk Hafemeister (17 April 1958 – 31 August 2017) was a German

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 ...

and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in show jumping with the West German team at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in Seoul.

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1958 births 2017 deaths Sportspeople from Berlin German male equestrians Olympic equestrians for West Germany Olympic gold medalists for West Germany Equestrians at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub