Frank Ostholt (born 23 September 1975 in

Warendorf Warendorf (, Westphalian: ''Warnduorp'') is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and capital of Warendorf District. The town is best known today for its well-preserved medieval town centre, for horse-riding, and the opportunities it prov ...

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

) is a German

eventing Eventing (also known as three day eventing or horse trials) is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combine and compete against other competitors across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. This ...

rider. With his horse Mr. Medicott, he won a gold medal in team eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He is married to Swedish equestrian Sara Algotsson Ostholt.

Notable Horses

* Air Jordan 2 - 1995 Chestnut Hanoverian Gelding (Amerigo Vespucci XX x Wittensee) ** 2004 Athens Olympics - Team Fourth Place, Individual 24th Place ** 2005 European Championships - Team Bronze Medal, Individual Fifth Place ** 2006 World Equestrian Games - Team Gold Medal, Individual Fourth Place ** 2008 FEI World Cup Final - Bronze Medal ** 2009 FEI World Cup Final - Silver Medal * Quite Easy 6 - 2001 Chestnut Westfalen Mare (Quattro B x Akittos XX) ** 2007 FEI Eventing Young Horse World Championships - Gold Medal ** 2008 FEI Eventing Young Horse World Championships - Fifteenth Place * Mr. Medicott - 1999 Chestnut Irish Sport Horse Gelding (Cruising x Edmund Burke) ** 2008 Beijing Olympics - Team Gold Medal, Individual 25th Place ** 2010 World Equestrian Games - Individual 21st Place * Sir Medicott - 2003 Bay German Warmblood Gelding (Campbell 5 x Baylis XX) ** 2009 FEI Eventing Young Horse World Championships - Bronze Medal * Little Paint - 1998 Bay German Warmblood Gelding (Nitron x I'm a Star XX) ** 2011 European Championships - Individual Bronze Medal * Jum Jum - 2010 Bay Westfalen Gelding (Jaguar Mail x Papoi's Boy XX) ** 2017 FEI Eventing Young Horse World Championships - Ninth Place

References

1975 births Living people People from Warendorf Sportspeople from Münster (region) German event riders German male equestrians Olympic equestrians of Germany Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub