{{Short description|German equestrian (born 1986)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Sandra Auffarth | image = 2018-05-20 Sandra Auffarth auf Landlord-8402.jpg | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = Auffarth with Landlord in 2018 | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|12|27|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Delmenhorst]], [[West Germany]] | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.70m (2012) | weight = 58&nbsp;kg (2012) | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | 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 | [[Equestrian at the Summer Olympics|Equestrian]]}} {{MedalOlympic}} [[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]] {{MedalGold|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Team eventing|Team eventing]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Team eventing|Team eventing]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Individual eventing|Individual eventing]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[World Eventing Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2014 FEI World Equestrian Games|2014 Normandy]]|Individual eventing}} {{MedalGold|[[2014 FEI World Equestrian Games|2014 Normandy]]|Team eventing}} {{MedalGold|[[World Eventing Championships|2022 Pratoni]]|Team eventing}} {{Medal|Competition|[[European Eventing Championship|European Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2011 European Eventing Championship|2011 Luhmühlen]]|Team eventing}} {{MedalGold|[[2015 European Eventing Championships|2015 Blair Castle]]|Team eventing}} {{MedalSilver|[[2011 European Eventing Championship|2011 Luhmühlen]]|Individual eventing}} {{MedalSilver|[[2015 European Eventing Championships|2015 Blair Castle]]|Individual eventing}} {{MedalBronze|[[European Eventing Championships|2023 Haras du Pin]]|Individual eventing}} }}

'''Sandra Auffarth''' (born 27 December 1986) is a German equestrian.{{refn|name=OlympicBotGeneratedRef|{{cite web|title=Sandra Auffarth|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/auffarth-sandra-1117783/|work=London 2012|publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited|accessdate=17 September 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911184748/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/auffarth-sandra-1117783/|archivedate=11 September 2012}}}}

At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] she competed in the [[Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Individual eventing|Individual eventing]] with Opgun Louvo. Auffarth and Louvo had won team gold and individual bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics. One year before, she had won team gold and individual silver with Opgun Louvo at her first senior rider championship - the [[2011 European Eventing Championship]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

Auffarth was selected to represent Germany in the 2023 Summer Olympics in Paris. At the final health check before the games, her mount Viamant Du Matz was "found to be not 100 percent fit", and the pair resigned their place to the reserve rider [[Julia Krajewski]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sandra Auffarth Out, Julia Krajewski In For German Eventing Team - The Chronicle of the Horse |url=https://www.chronofhorse.com/article/sandra-auffarth-out-julia-krajewski-in-for-german-eventing-team/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |language=en-US}}</ref>

She lives in [[Ganderkesee]], where she and her parents have a horse farm.<ref>[http://www.pferd-aktuell.de/olympiateam/team-vielseitigkeit/uebersicht-team-vielseitigkeit Das Team Vielseitigkeit] (German, ''The German 2012 Eventing Olympic team'')</ref>

==CCI 5* results== {{BLP unsourced section|date=July 2024}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan=13 align=center | '''Results''' |- ! Event ! [[Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event|Kentucky]] ! [[Badminton Horse Trials|Badminton]] ! [[Luhmühlen Horse Trials|Luhmühlen]] ! [[Burghley Horse Trials|Burghley]] ! [[Étoiles de Pau|Pau]] ! [[Australian International Three Day Event|Adelaide]] |- | 2011 || || ||{{Silver02}}<small> (Opgun Louvo)</small> | || | |- |2012 | colspan="6" |''Did not participate'' |- | 2013 || || 4th<small> (Opgun Louvo)</small> | | | || |- | 2014-18 || colspan="6" |''Did not participate'' |- | colspan=13 align=center | <small> EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew </small> |}

==International championship results== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan="11" align="center" | '''Results''' |- ! Year ! Event ! Horse ! Placing !Notes |- |2006 |World Young Horse Championships |Nobel Prince OLD |WD |CCI** |- | rowspan="2" | 2006 || rowspan="2" | European Young Rider Championships || rowspan="2" |Carlos 205 |{{Bronze03}} |Team |- |21st |Individual |- | rowspan="2" | 2007 || rowspan="2" |European Young Rider Championships | rowspan="2" |Nobel Prince OLD |{{Bronze03}} |Team |- |RET |Individual |- |2009 |World Young Horse Championships |Opgun Louvo |{{Bronze03}} |CCI** |- | rowspan="2" | 2011 || rowspan="2" | European Championships || rowspan="2" |Opgun Louvo |{{Gold01}} |Team |- |{{Silver02}} |Individual |- | rowspan="2" | 2012 || rowspan="2" |Olympic Games | rowspan="2" | Opgun Louvo ||{{Gold01}} |Team |- |{{Bronze03}} |Individual |- | rowspan="2" |2014 | rowspan="2" |World Equestrian Games | rowspan="2" |Opgun Louvo |{{Gold01}} |Team |- |{{Gold01}} |Individual |- | rowspan="2" |2015 | rowspan="2" |European Championships | rowspan="2" |Opgun Louvo |{{Gold01}} |Team |- |{{Silver02}} |Individual |- |2016 |World Young Horse Championships |Viamant du Matz |EL |CCI** |- | rowspan="2" |2016 | rowspan="2" |Olympic Games | rowspan="2" |Opgun Louvo |{{Silver02}} |Team |- |11th |Individual |- |2018 |World Equestrian Games |Viamant du Matz |RET |Individual |- | colspan="11" align="center" |<small> EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew </small> |}

== Notable horses == [[File:Sandra Auffarth Opgun Louvo, CCI 4 Luhmühlen.JPG|thumb|right|upright=0.7|Sandra Auffarth with Opgun Louvo at the 2011 [[:en:Luhmühlen Horse Trials|Luhmühlen Horse Trials]]]] * '''Carlos 205''' - 1997 Dark Bay Oldenburg Gelding (Coriolan x Matcho AA) * '''Nobel Prince OLD''' - 1999 Bay Oldenburg Gelding (Noble Roi XX x Ramiro's Son I) * '''Opgun Louvo''' - 2002 Chestnut Selle Francais Gelding (Shogoun II x J't'adore)

==References== {{Reflist}}

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{{Olympic champions – Equestrian team eventing}} {{European champions – Equestrian team eventing}}

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