Rolf-Göran Bengtsson (born 2 June 1962 in

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) is a Swedish show jumper. He won a silver medal in the

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in the individual jumping, and also a silver medal in the team jumping event at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

. In 2011, Bengtsson won the

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. From 1997 to 2003 he worked at the stable of

Jan Tops Johannes Augustinus Petrus "Jan" Tops (born 5 April 1961) is an equestrian from the Netherlands, who won the gold medal in the team jumping event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain riding Top Gun. He did so alongside Pie ...

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. Since 2003 Bengtsson lives in Breitenburg in Northern Germany where he runs his own stable together with Bo Kristoffersen. The Mexican billionaire Alfonso Romo is a major financier to Bengtsson's ventures into the world of international show jumping.

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Rolf-Goran Bengtsson
at the

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