{{short description|German eventing rider}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Christoph Wahler | image = File:Christoph Wahler (GER) 2019.JPG | image_size = | caption = Christoph Wahler in 2019 | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = [[Demographics of Germany|German]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|1|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Uelzen]], [[Germany]] | education = German Military School of Sport at Warendorf, Agricultural Studies at [[University of Osnabrueck]] | occupation = Manager of the family business, Klosterhof Medingen stud | height = | weight = | website = | country = {{GER}} | sport = Equestrian | event = | collegeteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | coach = Anne-Kathrin Pohlmeier (GER) - dressage | coaching = | worlds = | nationals = | olympics = [[2024 Summer Olympics]] | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | show-medals = yes {{MedalSport | [[Equestrianism|Equestrian]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{GER}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FEI World Equestrian Games|World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|2022 Vivaro del Pratoni|Team eventing}} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Eventing Championships|European Championships]]}} {{MedalSilver|2023 FEI European Championships|Team eventing}} }}
'''Christoph Wahler''' (born 21 January 1994 in [[Uelzen]], [[Germany]]) is a German [[eventing]] rider.
== Career == He competed at the 2022 World Championships in Proton del Vivaro, where he won a Gold team medal with the German team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fei.org/athlete/10036633/WAHLER-Christoph|title=Bio |website=www.fei.org|access-date=2022-10-18}}</ref> Wahler competed at the 2021 and 2023 European Championships,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.volksstimme.de/sport/start-reiter-wahler-bei-wm-ohne-hindernis-fehler-3446597|title=Start-Reiter Wahler bei WM ohne Hindernis-Fehler|language=German|website=Volksstimme}}</ref> and earned silver medals at the European Championships in 2014 and 2015.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Christoph Wahler |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/christoph-wahler_1914927 |access-date=July 28, 2024 |website=Olympics.com}}</ref>
Wahler is a third generation horseman. He the son of event rider, Burkhard Wahler, who was the German national champion in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-19 |title=Olympia 2024/Reiten: Teilnehmer im Porträt – Christoph (Wahler) hat Bock auf mehr - |url=https://www.st-georg.de/news/pferde-und-leute/olympia-2024-reiten-teilnehmer-im-portraet-christoph-wahler-bock-auf-mehr/ |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=St.GEORG}}</ref> His grandfather Eugen Wahler founded a horse breeding facility at Klosterhof Medingen in the 1960s, which Wahler runs today.<ref name=":0" />
=== 2024 Olympics === In 2024, he was selected to compete for Germany at the [[2024 Olympic Games|Summer Olympic Games in Paris]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 July 2024 |title=OLYMPIA 2024: DEUTSCHE MEDAILLENTRÄUME IM TEAM BEI VIELSEITIGKEITSREITEN NACH STURZ VON CHRISTOPH WAHLER GEPLATZT |url=https://www.volksstimme.de/sport/start-reiter-wahler-bei-wm-ohne-hindernis-fehler-3446597 |website=Eurosport.de |language=German}}</ref> After posting 29.4 penalties in dressage,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-27 |title=Olympia 2024: Christoph Wahler und der Ritt seines Lebens - es folgt die brutale Enttäuschung - |url=https://www.st-georg.de/news/vielseitigkeit/christoph-wahler-nach-knapper-haelfte-der-olympia-2024-vielseitigkeitsdressur-sechster/ |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=St.GEORG}}</ref> Wahler was eliminated in cross-country when he fell from his mount Carjatan S. Before Wahler's fall, Germany was the second placed team in the competition.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-28 |title=Shock elimination for Germany in Olympic cross-country |url=https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/shock-elimination-for-germany-in-olympic-eventing-cross-country-865866 |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=Horse & Hound |language=en}}</ref> Whaler and Carjantan S. were allowed to compete in the showjumping phase, where they posted a clear round.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eventing team and individual results |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/equestrian/eventing/xc--000100-- |website=Olympics.com}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{FEI|10036633|Christoph Wahler}}
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