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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andreas_Dibowski > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andreas_Dibowski.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Dibowski > Source revision: 1312651769 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) German eventing rider Andreas Dibowski german horse rider Andreas Dibowski and FRH Fantasia at the Quarry during the cross-country phase of Badminton Horse Trials 2011 Personal information Nationality Germany Discipline Eventing Born (1966-03-29) 29 March 1966 (age 60) Hamburg, West Germany Medal record Equestrian Representing Germany Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team eventing European Championships 2011 Luhmühlen Team eventing 2013 Malmo Team eventing 2019 Luhmühlen Team eventing 2021 Avenches Team eventing **Andreas Dibowski** (born 29 March 1966 in [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg))[1] is a German [eventing](/source/Eventing) rider. With his horse Butts Leon he won a gold medal in [team eventing](/source/Equestrian_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Team_eventing) at the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics). He is based in Dohle, near Hamburg in North Germany where he runs his own training yard. ## Career Aged 15 Andreas began training as a groom at the National Riding School in Hoya followed by two years in California in a show jumping yard. On returning to Germany he began teaching and became National Champion (1989) with Just Be Fair. In 1991 he competed in the Bundeschampionat (the national championships for young horses) with three horses in three different disciplines and two years later enjoyed his first international success in eventing when placed second in the CCI** at Falsterbo with FRH Amadeus. Within seven years and success with several horses he was selected for the German Olympic team in Sydney 2000 with Andora (team 4th) then Athens 2004 and was a member of the team that won Olympic gold in Beijing (2008). Andreas has won 3 four* events Pau 2010 - FRH Fantasia Luhmuhlen 2011 - Butts Leon Luhmuhlen 2016 - It's Me xxx He currently has several international horses in training including the eventing stallion Mighty Magic with whom he won the World Young Horse Championships at Le Lions in 2010, Butts Avedon also by Heraldik and Leon's half brother Butts Leonardo R (out of the same mare but by the trakehner Buddenbruck). ## Personal life He is married to rider Susanna and the couple has three children. As an aside to eventing, Andreas enjoys breeding doves and exotic birds. He is 1.81m tall and weighs 73 kg. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Andreas Dibowski"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080908181705/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/7/202757.shtml). *Beijing2008.cn*. [Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games](/source/Beijing_Organizing_Committee_for_the_Olympic_Games). Archived from [the original](http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/7/202757.shtml) on 2008-09-08. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Andreas Dibowski](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Andreas_Dibowski). - [Andreas Dibowski](https://www.fei.org/athlete/10000231) (and [here](https://bios.fei.org/bios/Person/10000231)) at [FEI](/source/International_Federation_for_Equestrian_Sports) - [Andreas Dibowski](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/andreas-dibowski) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee) - [Andreas Dibowski](https://www.teamdeutschland.de/team/details/andreas-dibowski) at [*Team Deutschland*](/source/German_Olympic_Sports_Confederation) (in German) - [Andreas Dibowski](https://web.archive.org/web/20161204/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/andreas-dibowski-1.html) at [Olympics at Sports-Reference.com](/source/Sports_Reference#Olympics) (archived) v t e Olympic equestrian champions in team eventing 1912: Nordlander, Adlercreutz, Casparsson, Åminne (SWE) 1920: Mörner, Lundström, von Braun, Dyrsch (SWE) 1924: van der Voort van Zijp, de Mortanges, de Kruijff, Colenbrander (NED) 1928: de Mortanges, de Kruijff, van der Voort van Zijp (NED) 1932: Thomson, Chamberlin, Argo (USA) 1936: Stubbendorf, Lippert, von Wangenheim (GER) 1948: Henry, Anderson, Thomson (USA) 1952: von Blixen-Finecke, Stahre, Frölén (SWE) 1956: Weldon, Rook, Hill (GBR) 1960: Morgan, Lavis, Roycroft (AUS) 1964: Checcoli, Angioni, Ravano (ITA) 1968: Allhusen, Meade, Jones (GBR) 1972: Meade, Gordon-Watson, Parker, Phillips (GBR) 1976: Coffin, Plumb, Davidson, Tauskey (USA) 1980: Blinov, Salnikov, Volkov, Rogozhin (URS) 1984: Plumb, Stives, Fleischmann, Davidson (USA) 1988: Erhorn, Baumann, Kaspareit, Ehrenbrink (FRG) 1992: Green, Rolton, Hoy, Ryan (AUS) 1996: Schaeffer, Rolton, Hoy, Dutton (AUS) 2000: Dutton, Hoy, Tinney, Ryan (AUS) 2004: Boiteau, Lyard, Courrèges, Teulère, Touzaint (FRA) 2008: Thomsen, Ostholt, Dibowski, Klimke, Romeike (GER) 2012: Auffarth, Jung, Klimke, Schrade, Thomsen (GER) 2016: Laghouag, Lemoine, Nicolas, Vallette (FRA) 2020: Collett, McEwen, Townend (GBR) 2024: Canter, McEwen, Collett (GBR) v t e European equestrian champions in team eventing 1953: Great Britain: (Weldon, Hindley, Hill) 1954: Great Britain: (Hill, Weldon, Rook, Mason) 1955: Great Britain: (Weldon, Hill, Rook, Mason) 1957: Great Britain: (Willcox, Marsh, Allhusen, Tatham-Warter) 1959: West Germany: (Lütke-Westhüs, Pohlmann, Dehning, Klimke) 1962: Soviet Union: (Gazyumov, Deyev, Baklyshkin, Mursalimov) 1965: Soviet Union: (Gorelkin, Mursalimov, Yevdokimov, Baklyshkin) 1967: Great Britain: (Whitely, Allhusen, Jones, Meade) 1969: Great Britain: (Walker, Allhusen, Hely-Hutchinson, Jones) 1971: Great Britain: (West, Meade, Gordon-Watson, Phillips) 1973: West Germany: (Blöcker, Mergler, Karsten, Klugmann) 1975: Soviet Union: (Gornushko, Kalinin, Lanyugin, Tishkin) 1977: Great Britain: (Prior-Palmer, Holderness-Roddam, Collins, Strachan) 1979: Ireland: (Watson, Foster, Lillingston, Cantillon) 1981: Great Britain: (Purbrick, Benson, Meade, Holgate) 1983: Sweden: (Persson, Breisner, Ingvarsson, Ullsten) 1985: Great Britain: (Holgate, Clarke, Stark, Green) 1987: Great Britain: (Leng, Stark, Hunt, Green) 1989: Great Britain: (Powell, Stark, Leng, Clarke-Sutherland) 1991: Great Britain: (Stark, Walker, Straker, Thomson) 1993: Sweden: (Christensson, Bergendorff, Duvander, Hermann) 1995: Great Britain: (Bathe, Gifford, Fox-Pitt, King) 1997: Great Britain: (Bartle, Stark, King, Fox-Pitt) 1999: Great Britain: (Gifford, Brakewell, Stark, Funnell) 2001: Great Britain: (Law, Brakewell, Fox-Pitt, Funnell) 2003: Great Britain: (Brakewell, Fox-Pitt, Law, Funnell) 2005: Great Britain: (Phillips, Fox-Pitt, Brakewell, Law) 2007: Great Britain: (Townend, Dick, Phillips, King) 2009: Great Britain: (Cook, Fox-Pitt, Wilson, Townend) 2011: Germany: (Jung, Auffarth, Klimke, Dibowski) 2013: Germany: (Jung, Klimke, Schrade, Dibowski) 2015: Germany: (Jung, Auffarth, Klimke, Schrade) 2017: Great Britain: (Cook, Wilson, Canter, Townend) 2019: Germany: (Klimke, Jung, Dibowski, Rüder) 2021: Great Britain: (Wilson, March, King, Canter) 2023: Great Britain: (Collett, Ingham, King, Canter) 2025: Germany: (Lübbeke, Hansen-Hotopp, Robiné, Jung) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat People DDB This article about an equestrian Olympic medalist of Germany is a stub. 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