Elisabeth Max-Theurer

Elisabeth Max-Theurer - Moscow 1980

Elisabeth "Sissy" Max-Theurer (born September 20, 1956 in Linz as Elisabeth Theurer) is an Austrian sports official, Olympic champion and former dressage rider .

Life

Elisabeth Theurer was born in Linz in 1956. She started riding at the age of ten and specialized in dressage . Elisabeth Max-Theurer is the daughter of Josef Theurer, the co-owner of the track construction machine company Plasser & Theurer . In 1968 she first met the Ampflwang riding instructor Hans Max, who became her trainer in 1974 and her husband in 1983. They have two children, daughter Victoria Max-Theurer is also a dressage rider and multiple Olympic participant ( 2004 , 2008 , 2012 , 2016 ). Hans Max died in August 2019 at the age of 77.

Elisabeth Max-Theurer lives with her family at Achleiten Castle in Kematen an der Krems , where she runs a breeding and training company with twenty horses.

Athletic career

Moscow 1980

As a dressage rider , Elisabeth Theurer became Austrian state champion in 1978, European champion the following year and Olympic champion in 1980 . She celebrated all of these successes on the gray gelding Mon Cherie .

Elisabeth Theurer won the only gold medal for Austria at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow . Their victory was put into perspective. Since the 1980 Summer Games were boycotted by many nations and many medal favorites were not able to take part, Max-Theurer was the best participant in the 1980 Olympic competition, but the competitions in Moscow were not held among the best dressage riders in the world.

Between 1983 and 1992 she was Austrian national champion three more times. In 1994 she withdrew from active competition.

Most important successes

• 1978: Austrian state champion in dressage with Mon Cherie
• 1979: European dressage champion in Aarhus , Denmark with Mon Cherie
• 1979: Austrian state champion in dressage with Mon Cherie
• 1980: Olympic champion in Moscow with Mon Cherie
• 1980: Austrian state champion in dressage with Mon Cherie
• 1983: 10th place at the European Championships in Aachen with Acapulco
• 1983: Austrian state champion in dressage
• 1984: 11th place Olympic Games in Los Angeles with Acapulco
• 1984: Austrian state champion in dressage

Break from competition after the birth of their children

• 1992: 8th place individual ranking at the Olympic Games in Barcelona with Liechtenstein
• 1992: Austrian state champion in dressage
• 1994: 12th place in the World Championships in The Hague with Liechtenstein

Sports official

• Since 2002: President of the Federal Association for Riding and Driving in the Austrian Equestrian Association (OEPS)
• 2005: Member of the board of the Austrian Olympic Committee (advisory board for women's issues)
• Since 2005: Vice President and Spokesperson for the Supervisory Board of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna
• Since November 6, 2012: Vice President of the Austrian Olympic Committee

Honors

• 1996: Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
• 2010: Consultant for sports , awarded by the Province of Upper Austria on the 30th anniversary of her Olympic title

criticism

The Austrian news magazine “ News ” reported in its April 26th 2012 edition of the allegation that “association money was wasted and the 2010 balance sheet had been improved.” In her role as President of the Austrian Equestrian Federation (OEPS), Max-Theurer was accused of improving the balance sheet and exposed to waste of money . Based on these allegations, the federal sports organization checked the correct use of public funds. The federal sports organization could not find any irregularities during the examination. The OEPS balance sheets are also prepared and checked by external, independent auditors. The complaint was withdrawn because there were no suspicions. The OEPS therefore initiated legal action against these allegations. On August 21, 2012, the Regional Court for Criminal Matters Vienna sentenced AHVV Verlags GmbH (periodical publication HEUTE ) for defamation (§ 6 MedienG) and violation of identity protection (§ 7a MedienG), to pay compensation and to publish the judgment (in HEUTE) sentenced.

Civil law proceedings against AHVV Verlags GmbH and the News publishing group as well as against the alleged initiators of the negative media campaign ended in settlement.

Web links

Commons : Elisabeth Max-Theurer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Elisabeth Max-Theurer on Victoria Max-Theurer's website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Olympic dressage champion Elisabeth Max-Theurer turns 60 , Salzburger Nachrichten, September 20, 2016
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Otherwise it would have been a Russian , in: Der Standard , accessed on September 2, 2016
3. ^ Nachrichten.at: Equestrian sport: Hans Max-Theurer died at the age of 76
4. ↑ Sissy Max-Theurer - an Olympic champion celebrates her "thirties" , state correspondence no. 161 of July 20, 2010, website of the state of Upper Austria
5. ^ Zoff at the equestrian association . In: News.at 17/12 of 26 April 2012 called on 22 May 2012 found.
6. ↑ ^{a b} False, anonymous accusation against OEPS , press release of the Austrian Equestrian Federation , June 12, 2012
7. ^ "The complaint against Max-Theurer in the wording" In "heute.at" from June 12, 2012, accessed on June 10, 2012
8. ^ "Now the judiciary is investigating against the Olympic champion" ( Memento from July 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) in "heute.at" from June 11, 2012.