Holger Wulschner

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Holger Wulschner (2013)

Holger Wulschner (born December 8, 1963 in Wriezen ) is a German show jumper .

biography

Wulschner with skipper at the Whitsun tournament Wiesbaden 2018
Holger Wulschner with Coeur de Lion in the first qualification for the German Jumping Derby 2012

Holger Wulschner is considered the most famous show jumper in the new federal states. He lives in Passin near Güstrow, is married and has two sons from a previous marriage.

Until 1990

At the age of seven he started riding near his home town of Neurüdnitz . At the age of 15 he won the GDR youth championship for show jumping. At a young age he decided to make horses and riding his profession. He implemented this after graduating from school and trained as a skilled worker for horse breeding at LPG zckericker Loose . In the following years he worked at the interim facility ( ZBE ) pig production in Schlaitz as a rider and stud keeper. As part of this activity he also rode the horse Missouri . With this he entered, often self-financed, in tournaments in other states of the Warsaw Pact .

After German unification

After German reunification, he entered the World Cup in November 1990 in Berlin's Deutschlandhalle . Here he was the only rider from the new federal states to pass the qualification test and thus won prize money of 1,000 marks. Thereupon there was an international interest in the horse Missouri made available to him , there were purchase bids of one million marks. Since his employer, the ZBE Schweinproduktion Schlaitz, got into economic difficulties due to falling pig prices, the workforce there pushed for the horse to be sold. At this time, Wulschner made the acquaintance of the Berlin property manager Herbert Herzog. At that time he was planning to renovate a riding facility in Passin and was looking for an instructor. Wulschner accepted the offer and Herbert Herzog subsequently bought Missouri .

As a result, Holger Wulschner tried to get equestrian experience from West German show jumpers. Franke Sloothaak turned him down, but he got help from Ulrich Kirchhoff , with whom Wulschner maintains a friendly relationship to this day. Kirchhoff made Holger Wulschner familiar with dressage training. In a three-month internship at Paul Schockemöhle , he learned how a riding stable is managed. As a result, Wulschner became a partner in the riding facility in Passin.

In September 1992, inspectors at the CHI Donaueschingen found an anabolic steroid, nandrolone, in Missouri's blood . Wulschner stated that he did not know the remedy at all at the time. The FEI then banned him for three months. Since the substance counts as doping, he was consequently unable to take part in the next Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 , for which Herbert Meyer had designated him as a substitute rider. As a result of these events, Wulschner reacted defiantly and wanted to show everyone. In doing so, however, he put himself under so much pressure that he rode badly, he said he was “on the point of quitting the sport”. His then wife Iris and the Herzog family stopped him. In the following time he achieved his final international breakthrough as part of the German team with second places in the Nations Cup in Washington in 1994 and in Modena in 1995. His greatest successes so far include victories at the Grand Prix of Hickstead , Linz, Hamburg and Rotterdam as well as the victory in the German Jumping Derby 2000. In Hamburg he achieved the unique feat with Capriol of winning both qualifications and the final. In 1997 he took part in the World Cup finals.

independence

On July 1, 2003, he went into business for himself and since then has been running a plant with his team in Groß Viegel near Rostock .

The year 2008 turned out to be one of the most successful of his career, he won the Grand Prix of Nörten-Hardenberg and Hickstead and was 8th in the Grand Prix of Aachen . A year earlier he had won the European Prize in Aachen. The year 2009, on the other hand, was mainly characterized by injuries to his competition horses. In November 2014 he became “Rider of the year” for the first time, overall winner of the 2014 Riders Tour .

In December 2005 and 2006 he held a national tournament on his facility in Groß Viegel (municipality of Dummerstorf ). Since the summer of 2013, he has been hosting an international show jumping tournament on his facility, and the Mecklenburg Youth Derby has been held here since 2013. Holger Wulschner contested his 50th Nations Cup in July 2016 in Falsterbo .

In the 2016/2017 indoor season, Wulschner and Skipper achieved several good placements in World Cup competitions, such as a third place in Mechelen . With the 13th place in the overall ranking of the Western European League, he qualified for the second time for the World Cup final. However, an abscess on Skipper's hoof prevented participation in the World Cup finals.

In 2018, Wulschner is a member of the perspective squad (formerly B-squad) of German show jumpers. His son Benjamin also works as a show jumper.

Current and former competition horses

His most successful horse in the 2000s was the gelding Clausen. In mid-2008, Clausen's owner at the time, Siegfried Kludt, attracted media attention at the CHIO Aachen. After there had already been various offers to buy for Clausen, Kludt decided to sell half of the horse to Holger Wulschner for a symbolic price, as this horse was "the horse of his life" for Wulschner. In order to make a sale impossible, Kludt gave the remaining shares in the horse to his underage daughter.

Wulschner's former top horse Missouri was sold to Paul Schockemöhle in autumn 1995. The horse subsequently took part in the 1996 Olympic Games with the Saudi Arabian rider Kamal Bahamdan, who was then trained by Schockemöhle . The mare Fine Lady ridden by him in 2013 and 2014 won the individual bronze medal with Eric Lamaze at the 2016 Olympic Games .

Current

Holger Wulschner and Cavity G at the CSI 4 * Horses & Dreams , Hagen aTW 2013
  • BSC Cavity (* 2003), dark brown Holstein gelding, father: Caretino, mother's father : Lansing
  • BSC Skipper (* 2004), Hanoverian black wallach, father: Stolzenberg, mother's father: Lord Liberty; Ridden by Jasmin Selke-John until the beginning of 2014
  • BSC Cha Cha Cha (* 2005), bay Holstein gelding, father: Casall, mother's father: Le Grand I.

Former competition horses

  • Catch Me T (* 2008), dark bay Hanoverian mare, father: Contagio, mother's father: Werther; Ridden by Simon Delestre from October 2017
  • Fine Lady (* 2003), bay Hanoverian mare Father: Forsyth, Mother Father: Drosselklang II, ridden by 2012 by Andre Stude, from from May 2014 Eric Lamaze riding
  • Rabea (* 2001), Oldenburg chestnut mare, father: Landor S, father of mother: Raphael; ridden by Ralf Schneider from 2012
  • Little Liberty (* 2000), bay Oldenburg gelding, father: Liberty Son, mother's father: Don Carlos, ridden by Simone Wettstein since April 2012
  • Cefalo (* 1999), bay Holstein stallion, father: Caretino, mother: Echse (descended from Laurin, Echse is also the mother mare of Hinrich Romeike's Olympic champion horse Marius), last used in international sport in 2012
  • Clausen (* 1996), bay Holstein gelding, father: Calato, mother's father: Corleone, retired from sport in early 2012
  • Salieri (* 1989), Hanoverian black stallion, father: Salvano, mother's father: Hello, retired from the sport, Salieri has various offspring as a breeding stallion, the best known is the Hanoverian Salinero ( Anky van Grunsven's successful horse )
  • Capriol (* 1988; † December 2012), dark bay Holstein stallion, father: Capitol, mother's father: Ladykiller xx, retired from the sport
  • Prince Oldenburg (* 1985; † January 2013), Oldenburg gray stallion, father: Picasso, mother's father: Pik Bube, retired from the sport in 2002
  • Missouri (* 1982), bay stallion of the noble warmblood breed ( Mecklenburg descent ), father: Mistral II, mother's father: general manager, retired from the sport

successes

German championships

  • 2019: 11th place with Cha Cha Cha
  • 2017: 10th place with Cha Cha Cha (best rider in the second evaluation test)
  • 2015: 8th place with Cha Cha Cha G
  • 2014: 10th place with Cha Cha Cha G
  • 2012: 13th place with Cavity G.
  • 2008: 10th place with Clausen
  • 2007: 9th place with Clausen and 10th place with Cool-Man
  • 2006: 8th place with Clausen
  • 2003: 9th place
  • 2002: 6th place
  • 1999: silver medal
  • 1998: 4th place with Prince Oldenburg
  • 1996: Bronze medal with Capriol
  • 1994: 12th place
  • 1992: 13th place

More Achievements

  • 2020: 2nd place in the Grand Prix of the CSI 3 * of Sharjah with Casirus
  • 2018: 1st place in the Grand Prix of the Horse Weeks Rostock (CSI 4 * Groß Viegen) with skipper , 1st place in the Nations Cup of Calgary (CSIO 5 *) with skipper
  • 2017: 1st place in the Nations Cup in Lummen (CSIO 5 *) with Skipper , 1st place in the Maimarkt Championship in Mannheim (CSI 3 *) with Cavity , 1st place in the Redefin Grand Prix (CSI 3 *) with Cha Cha Cha , 1st place in the Wiesbaden Grand Prix (CSI 4 *) with Catch Me T , 3rd place in the Calgary Nations Cup (CSIO 5 *) with Cha Cha Cha , 1st place in the Herning Grand Prix (CSI 3 *) with skipper
  • 2016: 1st place in the Grand Prix of a CSI 2 * of the Mediterranean Equestrian Tour in Oliva with skipper , 3rd place in the Grand Prix of a CSI 3 * of the Mediterranean Equestrian Tour in Oliva with Cha Cha Cha , 3rd place in the Grand Prix of Sommerstorf (CSI 2 *) with Cha Cha Cha , 2nd place in the Groß Viegen Grand Prix (CSI 3 *) with Skipper , 1st place in the Mechelen Grand Prix (CSI 5 * -W) with Cavity , 3rd place in the World Cup from Mechelen (CSI 5 * -W) with skipper
  • 2015: 2nd place in the Redefin Grand Prix (CSI 3 *) with Skipper , 1st place in the Nations Cup of Sopot (CSIO 5 *) with Cavity , 1st place in the World Cup competition in Leszno (CSI 3 * -W) with Cha Cha Cha
  • 2014: 1st place in the Neumünster Grand Prix (CSI 3 *) with Fine Lady , 1st place in the Grand Prix of the final week of the Mediterranean Equestrian Tour (CSI 3 * Oliva) with Fine Lady , 1st place in the Hagen aTW Grand Prix (CSI 4 *) with Fine Lady , 2nd place in the Münster Grand Prix (CSI 4 *) with Cavity , 2nd place in the Nations Cup in Porto Alegre (CSIO 4 *) with Cavity , 2nd place in the Porto Alegre Grand Prix (CSIO 4 *) with cavity , 3rd place in the Grand Prix of Saxony (Chemnitz, jumping competition class S ***) with skipper
  • 2013: 2nd place in the Nations Cup of al-Ain (CSIO 5 *) with cavity , 2nd place in the Grand Prix of al-Ain (CSIO 5 *) with cavity , 3rd place in the Grand Prix of Nörten-Hardenberg (CSI 3 *) with Fine Lady
  • 2012: 1st place in the Neustadt / Dosse Grand Prix (CSI 2 *) with Little Liberty , 2nd place with the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern team in the German Show Jumping Team in Braunschweig with Chilano , 3rd place in the Hickstead Nations' Cup (CSIO 5 *) with Cefalo
  • 2011: 3rd place in the Neumünster Grand Prix (CSI 3 *) with Cefalo , 1st place in the Lummen Nations Cup (CSIO 4 *) with Abke , 2nd place in the Copenhagen Nations Cup (CSIO 4 *) with Cefalo , 1st place Place in the Nations Cup of Hickstead (CSIO 5 *) with Cefalo , 2nd place in the Holsteiner Masters Future Prize (CSIYH 1 * Kiel) with Cha Cha Cha G , 2nd place in the Grand Prix of Salzburg (CSI 4 *) with Cefalo
  • 2010: 1st place in the Neumünster Grand Prix (CSI 3 *) with Cefalo , 2nd place in the Redefin Grand Prix (CSI 2 *) with Little Liberty , 1st place in the second Grand Prix of the Gera Summer Meeting 2010 (CSI 1 *) with Cassius , 1st place in the Grand Prix of Tschernjachowsk (CSI 4 *) with Rabea
  • 2009: 1st place in the World Cup special test in Chernyakhovsk (CSI 3 * -W) with Cefalo
  • 2008: 8th place German jumping derby with Cool-Man , 1st place in the Grand Prix of Nörten-Hardenberg with Clausen , 1st place in the Grand Prix of Hickstead (CSIO 5 *) with Clausen , 1st place in the Nations Cup of Hickstead (CSIO 5 *) with Clausen , 6th place in the Grand Prix of Balve (CSN ***, framework tournament of the German championship) with Cefalo , 2nd place in the Nations Cup of Calgary (CSIO 5 *) with Clausen
  • 2007: 3rd place Grand Prix of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg with Clausen , 4th place Grand Prix of Aachen with Clausen , 1st place Nations Cup CSIO **** Dublin / IRL with Clausen
  • 2006: 1st place Grand Prix CSI *** Neustadt (Dosse) with Clausen , 2nd place Grand Prix CSN Verden with Clavio , 1st place Grand Prix CSN Mannheim with Clausen , 1st place Grand Prix CSI *** Nörten-Hardenberg with Clausen , 2nd place Grand Prix CSI *** Redefin with Clausen , 6th place Grand Prix CSIO ***** Calgary with Clausen , 1st place in the Riders Tour team ranking (as part of the Sprehe delicatessen team)
  • 2005: 4th place in the World Cup competition CSI-W Leipzig with Clausen
  • 2004: 2nd place Grand Prix of the Bremen Equestrian Festival with Dublin
  • 2003: 2nd championship in Bremen with Dublin
  • 2002: 1st place Nations Cup in the CSIO Rotterdam with Cabrol Amicor
  • 2001: 3rd place German Jumping Derby Hamburg, 1st place Hardenberg Trophy Nörten-Hardenberg with Salieri, 7th place overall ranking Goldzack Riders Tour
  • 2000: 1st place German Jumping Derby Hamburg, 1st place Prize of Nations CSIO Linz
  • 1998: 1st place Grand Prix Berlin-Brandenburg, 1st place Grand Prix Hamburg
  • 1996: 4th place in Hamburg Derby
  • 1995: 2nd place Nations Cup CSIO Modena
  • 1994: 2nd place Nations Cup in the CSIO Washington
  • 1993: 1st place Nations Cup CSIO-W Sopot
  • 1992: 3rd place Nations Cup CSIO Prague

(As of February 1, 2020)

Web links

Commons : Holger Wulschner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In the port of marriage: Congratulations Astrid Dreier and Holger Wulschner , hippothek.de, November 4, 2011
  2. ↑ a b Missouri returns to Passin , Karl-Heinz Bergmann / Berliner Zeitung , November 21, 1996
  3. ↑ Website of the Christmas Jump Rostock 2005 and 2006 ( Memento from October 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Sixth place at Wulschner's 50th Nations Cup in Falsterbo , notification from the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Association for Riding, Driving and Vaulting, July 12, 2016
  5. ↑ Omaha: Holger Wulschner does not start at the World Cup final , Julia Basic / Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung, March 16, 2017, accessed on March 28, 2017
  6. ↑ Current squad show jumping on the website of the German Equestrian Association
  7. ^ CSI *** Wiener Neustadt: Neighborhood Duel , St. Georg , October 11, 2010
  8. ↑ Wow: Clausen has been sold - but how! , equi-news.de
  9. ↑ Results show jumping at the 1996 Olympic Games (PDF; 67 kB)
  10. ↑ FEI horse database: BSC Cavity
  11. ↑ FEI horse database: BSC Skipper
  12. ^ FEI horse database: BSC Cha Cha Cha
  13. ↑ FEI horse database: Catch Me T
  14. ↑ Holger Wulschner's Wiesbaden winner Catch Me to Simon Delestre , Dominique Wehrmann / St. Georg, October 11, 2017
  15. ↑ FEI horse database: Fine Lady
  16. ↑ FEI horse database: Rabea 75
  17. ↑ Greetings on Holger Wulschner's website, as of July 27, 2010
  18. ^ FEI horse database: Cefalo
  19. ^ Descendants of Lizards, overview on horsetelex.com
  20. ^ FEI horse database: Clausen
  21. ↑ Clausen: a very big one says goodbye - Clausen is now enjoying pastures and nature as an early retirement , 10 January 2012
  22. ^ FEI horse database: Salieri
  23. ^ List of the descendants of Salieri, overview on horsetelex.com
  24. ↑ Article on Capriol on the website of the Passin Riding School ( Memento from July 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  25. ↑ Article on Prince Oldenburg on the Passin Riding School website ( memento from July 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  26. ↑ a b Prince Oldenburg ceded from the breeding stage
  27. ↑ Descent Missouri ( Memento from May 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), sporthorse-data.com
  28. ↑ Holger Wulschner in the FEI results database
personal data
SURNAME Wulschner, Holger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German show jumper
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Spices