Margit Otto-Crépin
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Margit Otto-Crépin (19 February 1945 – 19 April 2020) was a German-born French
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 in ...
. She won a silver medal at
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 ...
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, behind
Nicole Uphoff Nicole Uphoff (born 25 January 1967) is a German equestrian who competes in the sport of dressage. She won four gold medals in individual and team competition at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. Riding her star horse, Rembrandt, Uphoff also w ...
. She was trained by and
Uwe Schulten-Baumer Uwe Schulten-Baumer (14 January 1926 – 28 October 2014), nicknamed "Der Doktor" (The Doctor), was a German show jumping and dressage rider who became an internationally famous dressage trainer and coach who worked with Nicole Up ...
. Born in Germany, she adopted French nationality in 1971. Otto-Crépin died in
Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...
on 19 April 2020 at age 75 following an illness.La Française Margit Otto-Crépin est morte à l'âge de 75 ans
(in French) lequipe.fr


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* 1945 births 2020 deaths Olympic silver medalists for France Equestrians at the 1984 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1988 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for France French female equestrians French dressage riders German emigrants to France Olympic medalists in equestrian Sportspeople from Saarbrücken {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub