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Horst Karsten (born 1 January 1936) is a German
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and Olympic medalist. He was born in
Elsfleth Elsfleth () is a town in the district of Wesermarsch, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the confluence of the Hunte with the Weser, on the left bank of the Weser. It has a school of navigation (university of applied sciences), a harbour an ...
,
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. He competed in
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 ...
at the 1964 Summer Olympics in
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, at the
1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
in
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, and at the
1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
in
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* 1936 births Living people German male equestrians Olympic equestrians of the United Team of Germany Olympic equestrians of West Germany Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Equestrians at the 1964 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1968 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Lower Saxony Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics People from Wesermarsch {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub