# Guenter Seidel

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{{short description|American equestrian}}
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|name=Guenter Seidel
|image=Guenter Seidel mit U II, CDI Hamburg 2011.JPG
|birth_date={{birth-date and age|23 September 1960}}
|birth_place=[Fischen im Allgäu](/source/Fischen_im_Allg%C3%A4u), [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria), Germany
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{{MedalBronze|[1996 Atlanta](/source/1996_Summer_Olympics)|[Team dressage](/source/Equestrian_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2000 Sydney](/source/2000_Summer_Olympics)|[Team dressage](/source/Equestrian_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2004 Athens](/source/2004_Summer_Olympics)|[Team dressage](/source/Equestrian_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/Dressage_World_Championship)}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[Pan American Games](/source/Pan_American_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver|[1995 Mar del Plata](/source/1995_Pan_American_Games)|[Team dressage](/source/Equestrian_at_the_1995_Pan_American_Games)}}
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'''Guenter Seidel''' (born 23 September 1960) is an American equestrian. He was born in [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria), Germany, but represents the United States after moving to the country in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 February 2018 |title=Olympian Guenter Seidel Joins Leatherdale Farms Team Aboard Beltano |url=https://psdressage.com/olympian-guenter-seidel-joins-leatherdale-farms-team-aboard-beltano/ |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=PS Dressage |language=en-US}}</ref>  He won a bronze medal in team [dressage](/source/dressage) at the [1996 Summer Olympics](/source/1996_Summer_Olympics) in [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta), together with [Robert Dover](/source/Robert_Dover_(equestrian)), [Michelle Gibson](/source/Michelle_Gibson) and [Steffen Peters](/source/Steffen_Peters). He also won bronze medals in team dressage at the [2000 Summer Olympics](/source/2000_Summer_Olympics) in [Sydney](/source/Sydney), and at the [2004 Summer Olympics](/source/2004_Summer_Olympics) in [Athens](/source/Athens).<ref name=sports-ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/guenter-seidel-1.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000925/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/guenter-seidel-1.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=18 April 2020 | title=Profile: Guenter Seidel |publisher=sports-reference.com |accessdate=9 January 2012}}</ref> He is openly [gay](/source/gay).<ref>Andy Zeffer (9 July 2004)  {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070422171418/http://www.expressgaynews.com/2004/7-9/arts/feature/index.cfm Trotting Down a Different Path:Gays play an important role in Wellington’s equestrian community]}}. expressgaynews.com.</ref>

== Notable horses ==

* '''Graf George''' – 1982 Gray Gelding
** 1996 Atlanta Olympics – Team Bronze Medal, Individual Eighth Place
** 1997 FEI World Cup Final – Eighth Place
** 1998 World Equestrian Games – Team Fourth Place, Individual Eighth Place
* '''Foltaire''' – 1987 Bay Dutch Warmblood Gelding (Voltaire x Afrikaner)
** 2000 Sydney Olympics – Team Bronze Medal
* '''Nikolas 7''' – 1989 Bay Westfalen Gelding (Weinberg x Exponent)
** 2002 World Equestrian Games – Individual 18th Place
** 2003 FEI World Cup Final – Bronze Medal
** 2004 FEI World Cup Final – Sixth Place
* '''Aragon''' – 1992 Gray Bavarian Gelding (Abydos x Lorenz)
** 2004 Athens Olympics – Team Bronze Medal, Individual 14th Place
** 2005 FEI World Cup Final – 12th Place
** 2006 World Equestrian Games – Team Bronze Medal, Individual 13th Place Grand Prix, Individual 13th Place Freestyle
* '''Zero Gravity''' – 2004 Chestnut Dutch Warmblood Gelding (Royal Hit x Contango)
** 2016 FEI World Cup Final – 18th Place

==References==
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==External links==
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