Margit Otto-Crépin
Margit Otto-Crépin (born February 9, 1945 in Saarbrücken , † April 19, 2020 in Hamburg , Germany ) was a Franco- German dressage rider .
Margit Otto-Crépin rode since she was eight. In 1962 she left Saarland and graduated from school as part of a student exchange in the United States. Otto-Crépin then went to Paris . Here she initially wanted to study, but then started working in boutiques. There she met her future husband, the amateur jumping rider Daniel Crépin. In 1971 she became a French citizen through marriage. Margit Otto-Crépin ran several fashion boutiques in France.
Above her husband she found her way back to equestrian sport. She stabled her horses in Germany, where she was trained by Fritz Tempelmann and Uwe Schulten-Baumer , among others .
In 1974 she played a major international tournament for the first time. From 1981 she took part in six European championships in a row, and she also took part in world championships and the Olympic Games.
She achieved her greatest successes with the Holsteiner Corlandus . With him she became the first French woman to become European champion, won individual Olympic silver and secured victory at the World Cup finals . Otto-Crépin was a member of various specialist bodies in dressage sport; from 1998 to 2010 she was President of the International Dressage Rider's Club (IDRC). Her successor in this office was Kyra Kyrklund .
Margit Otto-Crépin took her last international dressage test in 2003.
Although she still had her main residence in Paris, Otto-Crépin lived in Hamburg from 2005 . He died there on April 19, 2020 at the age of 75.
successes
Olympic games:
- 1984, Los Angeles : with Caprici 18th place in the individual ranking and part of the French team
- 1988, Seoul : with Corlandus silver medal in the individual ranking and 8th place with the team
- 1992, Barcelona : 19th place in the individual ranking with Maritim and 9th place with the team
- 1996, Atlanta : with Lucky Lord 7th place in the individual ranking and 4th place with the team
- 1982, Lausanne: 10th place in the individual ranking with Caprici
- 1986, Cedar Valley: 6th place in the individual ranking with Corlandus
- 1990, Stockholm : 4th place in the individual ranking with Corlandus and 6th place with the team
- 1994, The Hague : 11th place in the individual ranking (Grand Prix Spécial) with Maritim and 4th place with the team
- 1998, Rome : with Lucky Lord 14th place in the individual ranking (Grand Prix Spécial) and 12th place with the team
- 1987, Goodwood: with Corlandus gold medal in the individual ranking and 4th place with the team
- 1989, Bad Mondorf: with Corlandus silver medal in the individual ranking
- 1991, Donaueschingen: with Corlandus bronze medal in the individual ranking (Grand Prix Spécial) and 6th place with the team
- 1995, Bad Mondorf: Bronze medal with the team with Lucky Lord
- 1997, Verden: 10th place in the individual ranking with Lucky Lord and 6th place with the team
- 2001, Verden: with Tornado 32nd place in the individual ranking and 9th place with the team
Others (from a selection):
- World Cup Final 1989: Winner with Corlandus
- French dressage champion 1980, 1981, 1988, 1989
- Winner at the CHIO Aachen : 1987, 1989
Web links
- Margit Otto-Crépin in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- "Stroke your horse": Dressage rider Margit Otto-Crépin, from: Reiter Revue 06/2007 ( Memento from May 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- Video: Margit Otto-Crépin and Corlandus at the 1989 World Cup final
Individual evidence
- ^ La Française Margit Otto-Crépin est morte à l'âge de 75 ans , lequipe.fr, April 19, 2020
- ↑ The incomparable Dr. It is Uwe Schulten-Baumer's birthday - he is now 84 , Dieter Ludwig on January 13, 2010
- ↑ Dressage rider Margit Otto-Crépin deceased , Uta Helkenberg / German Equestrian Association, April 20, 2020
- ↑ Sudden death of the great dressage rider Margit Otto-Crepin , Dieter Ludwig, April 19, 2020
- ^ DressageDaily: Margit Otto-Crépin New President of The IDRC
- ↑ Kyra Kyrklund becomes new IDRC President , St. Georg , August 25, 2010
- ↑ Margit Otto-Crepin passed away , eurodressage.com, April 19, 2020
- ↑ Individual ranking World Cup 1982 , data.fei.org
- ↑ Individual ranking World Cup 1986 , data.fei.org
- ↑ Team ranking World Equestrian Games 1990 , data.fei.org
- ↑ Result Grand Prix Spécial, World Equestrian Games 1994 , data.fei.org
- ↑ Team ranking World Equestrian Games 1994 , data.fei.org
- ↑ Result Grand Prix Spécial, World Equestrian Games 1998 , data.fei.org
- ↑ Team ranking World Equestrian Games 1998 , data.fei.org
- ↑ Team ranking European Championship 1987 , data.fei.org
- ↑ Individual ranking European Championship 1989 , data.fei.org
- ↑ Team ranking European Championship 1991 , data.fei.org
- ↑ Team evaluation European Championship 1995 , data.fei.org
- ↑ Team ranking European Championship 1997 , data.fei.org
- ↑ European Championship 2001 team evaluation, data.fei.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Otto-Crépin, Margit |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French dressage rider |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saarbrücken |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 2020 |
| Place of death | Hamburg , Germany |