Otto Rothe (6 November 1924 – 9 January 1970) was a German equestrian. He was born in Samonienen in East Prussia (today part of

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). He competed in

equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics The equestrian events at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics included dressage, eventing, and show jumping. All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions and were held from 28 July to 3 August 1952. One of the biggest change ...

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, where he won a silver medal in the team

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 ...

, and placed eleventh in the individual contest. He competed in

equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics The equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics were held in Stockholm due to the Australian quarantine regulations and included dressage, eventing, and show jumping. All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions. The co ...

in Stockholm, where he won a silver medal in the team competition in eventing (along with August Lütke-Westhues and Klaus Wagner). Rothe died in a car accident in 1970.

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1924 births 1970 deaths People from Gołdap County Sportspeople from Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship People from East Prussia German male equestrians Equestrians at the 1952 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians of Germany Olympic equestrians of the United Team of Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for the United Team of Germany Olympic medalists in equestrian Road incident deaths in Germany Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub