Dirk Hafemeister

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Dirk Hafemeister (born April 17, 1958 in Berlin ; † August 31, 2017 ) was a German show jumper . In 1988 he was Olympic champion in team competition.

Life

The son of a building contractor was trained, among other things, at the DOKR - Federal Training Center in Warendorf as a horse manager with a focus on riding. He completed his training in 1982. During the 1980s he was freelance and had his horses housed in the stable of his friend Paul Schockemöhle in Mühlen .

Hafemeister's greatest success as a show jumper was winning the gold medal with the team at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul on the mare Orchidee , for which he and his team were awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf. In the individual competition he finished 19th. On PS Priamos he won gold with the team at the World Equestrian Games in The Hague in 1994 . Hafemeister also won two World Cup competitions, rode in five World Cup finals, became German team champion five times and won 13 nations' prizes in 30 participations for Germany.

After finishing his active career, Hafemeister worked as an instructor, trainer and tournament attendant. He died of heart failure on August 31, 2017, leaving two daughters behind.

successes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Riding: Team Olympic champion Hafemeister died. (No longer available online.) Sid article in Donaukurier , September 1, 2017, archived from the original on September 2, 2017 ; accessed on September 3, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.donaukurier.de
  2. ↑ Julia Basic: Dirk Hafemeister died German Equestrian Association , September 1, 2017, accessed on September 3, 2017.

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SURNAME Hafemeister, Dirk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German show jumper
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 2017