Rudolf Lippert

{{short description|German equestrian}} __NOTOC__{{Infobox sportsperson | name = Rudolf Lippert | birth_date = {{birth date text|29 October 1900}} | birth_place = [[Leipzig]] | death_date = {{death-date and age|1 April 1945|29 October 1900}} | death_place = near [[Bielefeld]] | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Equestrian sport|Equestrian]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{flagIOC|GER|1936 Summer}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Equestrian at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]] | [[Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Team eventing]]}} | module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes | allegiance = {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | branch = [[German Army (Wehrmacht)|Army]] | rank = ''[[Generalmajor]]'' | commands = ''[[5th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)|5. Panzer-Division]]'' | battles = [[World War II]] | awards = [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] }} }}

'''Rudolf Lippert''' (29 October 1900 – 1 April 1945) was a [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[Equestrianism|horse rider]] who competed in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Rudolf Lippert |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/rudolf-lippert-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203132821/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/rudolf-lippert-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}</ref> He was also a recipient of the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="WWII">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |access-date=24 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315182007/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-date=15 March 2016}}</ref>

In 1936 he and his horse ''Fasan'' won the gold medal as part of the German [[eventing]] team in the team eventing competition after finishing sixth in the [[Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics|individual eventing competition]].

==Awards==  * [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] on 9 June 1944 as ''[[Oberst]]'' and commander of Panzer-Regiment 31<ref>Scherzer 2007, p. 510.</ref>

== References ==

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===Bibliography=== {{Refbegin}} * {{Cite book |last=Fellgiebel |first=Walther-Peer |year=2000 |orig-year=1986 |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile |trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches |language=de |location=Friedberg, Germany |publisher=Podzun-Pallas |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6}} {{Refend}}

==External links== * {{Olympics.com|rudolf-lippert}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{databaseOlympics|LIPPEROL01|Rolf Lippert|archive=20121004053724}}

{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{succession box |before=General der Panzertruppe [[Karl Decker]] |after=Generalmajor [[Günther Hoffmann-Schönborn]] |title= Commander of [[5th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)|5. Panzer-Division]] |years=16 October 1944 – 5 February 1945 }} {{s-end}}

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