Karsten Huck

{{Short description|German equestrian (born 1945)}} {{infobox sportsperson | name = Karsten Huck | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|11|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Wohltorf, Germany | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Equestrian}} {{MedalCountry| {{FRG}} }} {{MedalOlympics}} {{MedalBronze|1988 Seoul|Individual jumping}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|1990 Stockholm|Team jumping}} }}

'''Karsten Huck''' (born 13 November 1945) is a German equestrian and Olympic medalist. He was born in Wohltorf. He won a bronze medal in show jumping at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.<ref name=sports-ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hu/karsten-huck-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092130/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hu/karsten-huck-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Karsten Huck |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |work=SR/Olympic Sports |accessdate=22 November 2013}}</ref>

== Biography == Huck was born the son of competition rider Hans-Jürgen Huck. He started vaulting at the Flensburg-Mürwik Riding and Driving School at the age of ten and then began riding. After graduating from high school in 1965, he did his military service until 1967, trained as a bank clerk and studied business administration in Hamburg, graduating in 1974 with a degree in business administration. He worked as the managing director of a Hamburg-based housing management company until 1977. In 1979, he decided to become a riding instructor and became a master of equine management with a focus on riding. Huck runs a competition and training business in Schleswig-Holstein.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Willkommen |url=https://www.karstenhuck.de/inhalt.php4?url=inhalt_information.html |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=www.karstenhuck.de}}</ref>

In April 1988, he married Brigitte Horn, who was also a successful competition rider in equestrian sport. They have two children together. His sister Melitta's son is the German dressage rider Matthias Alexander Rath.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karsten Huck - Munzinger Biographie |url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/go/document.jsp?id=01000002724 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=www.munzinger.de}}</ref>

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