Ludwig Gössing (born 13 May 1938) is 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 medalist. He was born in Dortmund. 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

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. ...

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

, and won a bronze medal with the German team.

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* 1938 births Living people Sportspeople from Dortmund German male equestrians Olympic equestrians for West Germany Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Equestrians at the 1968 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 21st-century German people 20th-century German people {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub