Guenter Seidel (born 23 September 1960) is an American equestrian. He was born in

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, Germany, but represents the United States after moving to the country in 1985. He won a bronze medal in team

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at the

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, together with Robert Dover, Michelle Gibson and

Steffen Peters Steffen Peters (born September 18, 1964) is a German-born equestrian who competes for the United States in dressage. He has participated in five Olympic Games, winning a team bronze medal on two occasions (in 1996 and 2016) and a team silver med ...

. He also won bronze medals in team dressage at the

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, and at the

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. He is openly

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Notable Horses

* Graf George – 1982 Gray Gelding ** 1996 Atlanta Olympics – Team Bronze Medal, Individual Eighth Place ** 1997 FEI World Cup Final – Eighth Place ** 1998 World Equestrian Games – Team Fourth Place, Individual Eighth Place * Foltaire – 1987 Bay Dutch Warmblood Gelding (Voltaire x Afrikaner) ** 2000 Sydney Olympics – Team Bronze Medal * Nikolas 7 – 1989 Bay Westfalen Gelding (Weinberg x Exponent) ** 2002 World Equestrian Games – Individual 18th Place ** 2003 FEI World Cup Final – Bronze Medal ** 2004 FEI World Cup Final – Sixth Place * Aragon – 1992 Gray Bavarian Gelding (Abydos x Lorenz) ** 2004 Athens Olympics – Team Bronze Medal, Individual 14th Place ** 2005 FEI World Cup Final – 12th Place ** 2006 World Equestrian Games – Team Bronze Medal, Individual 13th Place Grand Prix, Individual 13th Place Freestyle * Zero Gravity – 2004 Chestnut Dutch Warmblood Gelding (Royal Hit x Contango) ** 2016 FEI World Cup Final – 18th Place

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* 1960 births Gay sportsmen LGBT equestrians German LGBT sportspeople American LGBT sportspeople Living people Emigrants from West Germany to the United States American male equestrians American dressage riders Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in equestrian Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Oberallgäu Sportspeople from Swabia (Bavaria) Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1995 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in equestrian Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games {{US-equestrian-bio-stub