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Hermann Schridde
show jumper
- July 3, 1937 · Celle
- May 18, 1985 · Winsen an der Aller
- 47 years
- plane crash
About Hermann Schridde
Hermann Schridde was a show jumper from Germany. Born in 1937, Schridde died in 1985 at the age of 47 in Winsen an der Aller.
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|Hermann Schridde (3 July 1937 – 18 May 1985) was a German equestrian. Schridde won the German show jumping championship in 1960.
Schridde was a show jumper at the 1964 Summer Olympics for the United Team of Germany. He won a gold medal in the team event and a silver medal in the individual event. In 1965, he won the European Show Jumping Championships in Aachen riding Dozent. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the team event, riding for West Germany. He qualified for West Germany for the 1972 Summer Olympics, but withdrew, and founded a private school for parachutists in Meißendorf.
He was appointed German federal show jumping trainer in 1980, and held the post until his death from an aircraft crash in 1985.
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