Martin Schaudt (born 7 December 1958 in

Balingen Balingen (; Swabian: ''Balenga'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, capital of the district of Zollernalbkreis. It is located near the Swabian Jura, approx. 35 km to the south of Tübingen, 35 km northeast of Villingen-Schwenn ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

) is a German

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and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in ''team dressage'' at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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with the team from Germany."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Equestrian"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 21 September 2008) He also received a gold medal with the German team in 2004.

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* 1958 births Living people German dressage riders Olympic equestrians for Germany German male equestrians Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tübingen (region) People from Balingen {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub