# Rudolf Lippert

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German equestrian

Rudolf Lippert Personal information Born 29 October 1900 (1900-10-29) Leipzig Died 1 April 1945(1945-04-01) (aged 44) near Bielefeld Military career Allegiance Nazi Germany Branch Army Rank Generalmajor Commands 5. Panzer-Division Conflicts World War II Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Medal record Men's Equestrian Representing Germany Olympic Games 1936 Berlin Team eventing

**Rudolf Lippert** (29 October 1900 – 1 April 1945) was a [German](/source/Nazi_Germany) [horse rider](/source/Equestrianism) who competed in the [1936 Summer Olympics](/source/1936_Summer_Olympics).[1] He was also a recipient of the [Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II).[2]

In 1936 he and his horse *Fasan* won the gold medal as part of the German [eventing](/source/Eventing) team in the team eventing competition after finishing sixth in the [individual eventing competition](/source/Equestrian_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics).

## Awards

- [Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross) on 9 June 1944 as *[Oberst](/source/Oberst)* and commander of Panzer-Regiment 31[3]

## References

### Citations

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Rudolf Lippert"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161203132821/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/rudolf-lippert-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/rudolf-lippert-1.html) on 3 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WWII_2-0)** Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160315182007/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65) on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Scherzer 2007, p. 510.

### Bibliography

- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. *Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile* [*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*] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-7909-0284-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-7909-0284-6).

## External links

- [Rudolf Lippert](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/rudolf-lippert) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

- [Rudolf Lippert](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/12329) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Rolf Lippert](https://web.archive.org/web/20121004053724/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LIPPEROL01) at databaseOlympics.com (archived)

Military offices Preceded by General der Panzertruppe Karl Decker Commander of 5. Panzer-Division 16 October 1944 – 5 February 1945 Succeeded by Generalmajor Günther Hoffmann-Schönborn

v t e Olympic equestrian champions in team eventing 1912: Nordlander, Adlercreutz, Casparsson, Åminne (SWE) 1920: Mörner, Lundström, von Braun, Dyrsch (SWE) 1924: van der Voort van Zijp, de Mortanges, de Kruijff, Colenbrander (NED) 1928: de Mortanges, de Kruijff, van der Voort van Zijp (NED) 1932: Thomson, Chamberlin, Argo (USA) 1936: Stubbendorf, Lippert, von Wangenheim (GER) 1948: Henry, Anderson, Thomson (USA) 1952: von Blixen-Finecke, Stahre, Frölén (SWE) 1956: Weldon, Rook, Hill (GBR) 1960: Morgan, Lavis, Roycroft (AUS) 1964: Checcoli, Angioni, Ravano (ITA) 1968: Allhusen, Meade, Jones (GBR) 1972: Meade, Gordon-Watson, Parker, Phillips (GBR) 1976: Coffin, Plumb, Davidson, Tauskey (USA) 1980: Blinov, Salnikov, Volkov, Rogozhin (URS) 1984: Plumb, Stives, Fleischmann, Davidson (USA) 1988: Erhorn, Baumann, Kaspareit, Ehrenbrink (FRG) 1992: Green, Rolton, Hoy, Ryan (AUS) 1996: Schaeffer, Rolton, Hoy, Dutton (AUS) 2000: Dutton, Hoy, Tinney, Ryan (AUS) 2004: Boiteau, Lyard, Courrèges, Teulère, Touzaint (FRA) 2008: Thomsen, Ostholt, Dibowski, Klimke, Romeike (GER) 2012: Auffarth, Jung, Klimke, Schrade, Thomsen (GER) 2016: Laghouag, Lemoine, Nicolas, Vallette (FRA) 2020: Collett, McEwen, Townend (GBR) 2024: Canter, McEwen, Collett (GBR)

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