# Simone Blum
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{{short description|German equestrian}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| image = Springreiten Simone Blum auf Pferd Flying Boy International 2011.JPG
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| caption = Blum on Flying Boy at the ''Pferd International'' horse show 2011
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|22 March 1989}}
| birth_place = [Freising](/source/Freising), Germany[{{Cite web|url=https://www.br.de/nachrichten/sport/reit-weltmeisterin-simone-blum-zurueck-in-bayern,R4eLLCG|title=Reit-Weltmeisterin Simone Blum zurück in Bayern|date=2018-09-25|website=BR24|language=de-de|access-date=2019-04-07}}]
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| sport = Horse riding
| event = [Show jumping](/source/Show_jumping)
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{GER}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[World Championships](/source/World_Show_Jumping_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|[2018 Tryon](/source/2018_FEI_World_Equestrian_Games)|Individual jumping}}
{{MedalBronze|[2018 Tryon](/source/2018_FEI_World_Equestrian_Games)|Team jumping}}
{{Medal|Competition|[European Championships](/source/European_Show_Jumping_Championships)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2019 Rotterdam](/source/2019_FEI_European_Championships)|Team jumping}}
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'''Simone Blum''' (born 22 March 1989[{{Cite web|url=http://www.faszination-pferd.de/fileadmin/consumenta/2016/pdf/presse/fp/pressemappe/12_16FP_Reiterportr%C3%A4t_Simone_Blum.pdf|title=Portrait of Simone Blum}}] in [Freising](/source/Freising)) is a German [show jumper](/source/show_jumper). In 2018, she won the individual gold medal at the [2018 World Equestrian Games](/source/2018_FEI_World_Equestrian_Games) on her horse DSP Alice.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.fei.org/athlete/10015757/BLUM-Simone|title=Simone Blum (10015757)|website=FEI.org|language=en|access-date=2019-04-07}}]
== Showjumping ==
Simone Blum started as an [eventing](/source/eventing) rider, but quickly decided to specialise in [show jumping](/source/show_jumping). At 15, she finished fourth at the [European Pony Championships](/source/European_Pony_Championships). In 2015, she won silver, 2016 gold at the German Women's Championships. In 2017 she entered the open classification and immediately became German champion with the mare ''DSP Alice''. Then she was called to the A-squad.
In July 2018 Blum and ''Alice were'' part of the victorious German team in the [Nations Cup](/source/FEI_Nations_Cup) of [Aachen](/source/Aachen). After which, she was called up for the 2018 World Equestrian Games in [Tryon](/source/Tryon%2C_North_Carolina), [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina), where she won individual gold and team bronze. She was a surprise winner despite being the only rider to have a clear round in all 5 stages of the competition.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportschau.de/weitere/pferdesport/springen-einzel100.html|title=Springreiterin Simone Blum gewinnt WM-Gold|date=2018-09-22|website=sportschau.de|language=de|access-date=2019-04-07}}] She was the first German rider to ever win an individual gold medal at the World Equestrian Games within the showjumping competition.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.br.de/nachrichten/sport/reit-weltmeisterin-simone-blum-zurueck-in-bayern,R4eLLCG|title=Reit-Weltmeisterin Simone Blum zurück in Bayern|date=2018-09-25|website=BR24|language=de-de|access-date=2019-04-07}}]
==International Championship Results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! colspan="11" align="center" | '''Results'''
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! Year
! Event
! Horse
! Placing
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018 || rowspan="2" | World Equestrian Games || rowspan="2" |DSP Alice
|{{Bronze03}}
|Team
|-
|{{Gold01}}
|Individual
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| rowspan="2" |2019
| rowspan="2" |European Championships
| rowspan="2" |DSP Alice
|{{Silver02}}
|Team
|-
|4th
|Individual
|-
| colspan="11" align="center" | EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew
|}
== Personal life ==
Blum lives in [Zolling](/source/Zolling) near Munich. She is the daughter of the Olympic eventing rider [Jürgen Blum](/source/J%C3%BCrgen_Blum).