Otto Becker (born 3 December 1958 in
Großostheim
Großostheim (or ''Grossostheim'') is a market community in the Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. The inhabitants call themselves ''Aistmer'' (''ostheimers'').
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) is a former
German show jumping champion, Olympic champion from 2000.
Since January 2009 he is the coach of the German show jumping team.
Bundestrainer Springen: DOKR-Springausschuss mit neuem Trainerkonzept
, German Equestrian Federation (www.pferd-aktuell.de), October 8, 2008
Olympic Record
Becker participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
in Sydney, where he won a gold medal in team show jumping, together with Lars Nieberg, Marcus Ehning
Marcus Ehning (born 19 April 1974 in Südlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German show jumping champion, Olympic champion from 2000. He is married to Nadia Ehning (née Zülow). He won the Longines Global Champions Tour of Vienna Grand Prix on ...
and Ludger Beerbaum
Ludger Beerbaum (, ; born 26 August 1963 in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia) is an internationally successful German equestrian who competes in show jumping and has been ranked the No. 1 Show Jumper in the world by the FEI on multiple occasi ...
.["2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Equestrian"]
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on September 5, 2008) He received a bronze medal in team show jumping in 2004.
References
1958 births
Living people
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic equestrians for Germany
German male equestrians
Olympic medalists in equestrian
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
People from Aschaffenburg (district)
Sportspeople from Lower Franconia
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