Samuel Schatzmann (12 October 1955 – 2 November 2016) was a Swiss equestrian. He won a silver medal in team
dressage
Dressage ( or ; a French term, most commonly translated to mean "training") is a form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an art sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery. As an equestrian sport defined b ...
at the
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 ...
in
Seoul, together with
Otto Josef Hofer
Otto Josef Hofer (born 28 June 1944) is a Swiss equestrian. He won an individual bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and a silver medal with the Swiss team. He won a silver medal with the Swiss team at the 1988 Summer Olympics ...
,
Christine Stückelberger
Christine Stückelberger (born 22 May 1947) is a Swiss retired equestrian who won an individual gold medal in dressage at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[Daniel Ramseier
Daniel Ramseier (born 1963) is a Swiss equestrian. He won a silver medal in team dressage at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, together with Otto Josef Hofer, Christine Stückelberger and Samuel Schatzmann. He also competed at the 2000 Summer ...]
.
At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, he won on "Rochus" the silver medal in the team dressage together with Otto Hofer, Daniel Ramseier and Christine Stückelberger behind the West German team and in Canada. In the individual dressage he failed to qualify for the final round itself.
A year later Schatzmann won on the same horse bronze medal in the team event at the European Championships Dressage 1989 in Mondorf together with Otto Hofer, Daniel Ramseier and Ulrich Lehmann behind the teams of Germany and the Soviet Republic.
Schatzmann was a doctor of law and entrepreneur. He promoted the Westphalian horse breeding, as a breeder through cooperation with the North Rhine-Westphalian State Stud Warendorf. In 2015 he was awarded for his contribution to the Westphalian breeding the silver badge of honor of Westphalia Stud Book.
For several years he was president of the Association Central Swiss Concours riders.
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1955 births
2016 deaths
Swiss male equestrians
Swiss dressage riders
Olympic equestrians for Switzerland
Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland
Equestrians at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in equestrian
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
20th-century Swiss people
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