{{Short description|German equestrian (born 1977)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Malin Hansen-Hotopp | image =2025 European Eventing Championships 20250920 124023(0).jpg | image_size = | caption = 2025 European Eventing Championships | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|12|30|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Maasbüll]], [[West Germany]] | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | website = | country = [[Germany]] | sport = [[equestrianism|Equestrian]] | event = | collegeteam = | universityteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{GER}}}} {{MedalSport | [[List of equestrian sports|Equestrian]]}} {{Medal|Competition|[[European Eventing Championship|European Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2025 European Eventing Championships|2025 Blenheim]]|Team eventing}} {{MedalSilver|[[European Eventing Championship|2023 Haras du Pin]]|Team eventing}} }}
'''Malin Hansen-Hotopp''' (born 30 December 1977) is a German equestrian.
==Early life== She was brought up in [[Maasbüll]] in [[Schleswig-Holstein]]. She competed in the German Pony Championship for the first time in 1992. She studied agriculture in [[Rostock]] and [[Kiel]].<ref name="hotpop">{{cite web|url=https://www.pferd-aktuell.de/spitzensport/portraets/malin-hansen-hotopp|website=Pferd-aktuell.de|accessdate=4 April 2024|title=Malin Hansen-Hotopp}}</ref>
==Career== She became European team champion in 1996 in the under-21 age group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.faz.net/aktuell/sport/mehr-sport/reiten-malin-hansen-hotopp-und-carlitos-quidditch-bei-vielseitigkeits-em-19094357.html|website=Faz.net|accessdate=4 April 2024|title= Pioneering role for Nordic combination|first= Julia|last=Basic|date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
She won the 2022 [[Blenheim Horse Trials]], competing in Britain for the first time, on Bodil Ipsen’s Carlito’s Quidditch K. They led the competition after the dressage, and jumped clear with only time faults.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.britisheventing.com/piggy-march-and-malin-hansen-hotopp-take-top-honours-at-2022-blenheim-palace-international-horse-trials/|website=British Eventing|accessdate=4 April 2024|title= PIGGY MARCH AND MALIN HANSEN-HOTOPP TAKE TOP HONOURS AT 2022 BLENHEIM PALACE INTERNATIONAL HORSE TRIALS|date=September 18, 2022}}</ref> She was part of the German team which won the FEI Nations Cup event in Haras du Pin in August 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.the-sports.org/equestrian-fei-nations-cup-eventing-le-haras-du-pin-results-2022-epr123221.html|website=The-Sports.org|accessdate=4 April 2024|title= Equestrian - Le Haras du Pin - 2022 - Detailed results|date=24 August 2022}}</ref>
She was a silver medalist in the team eventing at the 2023 [[European Eventing Championships]] in Haras du Pin on Carlitos Quidditch K in her senior championship debut.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/european-eventing-championships-dressage-malin-hansen-hotopp-833650|website=Horse and Hound|accessdate=4 April 2024|title= Blenheim winner kicks off German effort in eventing Europeans dressage: ‘He was nervous – we can do better’|first=Pippa|last=Roome|date=1 August 2023}}</ref>
==Personal life== Her father [[Klaus Hansen]] was an event trainer and trained future Olympic gold medalist [[Peter Thomsen]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/blenheim-horse-trials-winner-result-2022-803388|website=Horse and Hound|title= Blenheim Horse Trials result: poignant win for Malin Hansen-Hotopp|date=18 September 2022 |accessdate=4 April 2024}}</ref> She is married to Thomas Hotopp and has three sons named Jasper, Frode and Jarne. They live in [[Gransebieth]] in [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]].<ref name="hotpop"/>
== References == {{reflist}}
{{European champions – Equestrian team eventing}}
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