Markus Fuchs (show jumper)

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Markus Fuchs (show jumper)
medal table
Markus Fuchs with La Toya III at CSIO Switzerland, St. Gallen, 2009
Markus Fuchs with La Toya III at CSIO Switzerland , St. Gallen, 2009

Show jumping

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Olympic rings Olympic games
silver 2000 Show jumping, team
(with Tinka's Boy )
European championships
bronze 1987 Show jumping, team
(with Shandor )
bronze 1989 Show jumping, team
(with Shandor )
bronze 1991 Show jumping, team
(with Shandor )
silver 1999 Show jumping, singles
(with Tinka's Boy )
silver 1999 Show jumping, team
(with Tinka's Boy )
bronze 2003 Show jumping, team
(with Tinka's Boy )
silver 2005 Show jumping, team
(with La Toya III )
Swiss championship
gold 1973 Show jumping, singles
(with Lady Seven )
gold 1984 Show jumping, singles
(with Volvo a Lifetime )
gold 1989 Show jumping, singles
(with M&CH Shandor )
gold 1994 Show jumping, singles
(with Adelfos AC foils )
gold 2000 Show jumping, singles
(with Cosima )
gold 2006 Show jumping, singles
(with Nirmette )

Markus Fuchs (born June 23, 1955 in Abtwil ) is a former show jumper. He was one of the most successful Swiss professional riders in international show jumping.

Live and act

Markus Fuchs won his first national title as Swiss champion in 1973, and in the same year he competed in his first international competition, the European Junior Championship - in St. Moritz, Switzerland . His most successful horse so far is Tinka's Boy (Markus Fuchs: "Tinka's Boy was the horse of my life"), who began a second career as a successful stallion at the end of 2004 - after winning the Grand Prix at the CHIO in Aachen . On June 6th, 2009 he finished his sporting career in front of a home crowd with a fourth place in the great jumping competition at the CSIO St. Gallen .

After the end of his equestrian career, he continues to work as a trainer, riding instructor, horse dealer and trainer for other international show jumpers ( Pius Schwizer , José Larocca ). Beginning with the European Show Jumping Championships in Windsor in late summer 2009, he was also to act as a TV co-commentator for Swiss television .

At the end of July 2009 he took over the position of team manager for the Italian show jumpers. After the World Equestrian Games in 2010 (where the Italian show jumping team only achieved 18th place), his area of ​​responsibility was limited, and at the end of September 2011 he resigned. On the initiative of the head of the Swiss team, Urs Grünig, Fuchs became a sporting advisor for the Swiss show jumpers in 2012. In the following years he supported teams and riders from Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and the Ukraine. Since the summer of 2017 he has withdrawn a little and only trains individual riders. Fuchs is still active in the horse trade and supports the CSIO Switzerland as head of sport.

The trained businessman is married to a dressage rider and has two sons.

Greatest successes

Olympic games

  • Silver Team, Sydney 2000, with Tinka's Boy
  • 5th place team, Athens 2004, with Tinka's Boy
  • 5th place team, Barcelona 1992, with Shandor
  • 6th place team, Atlanta 1996, with Adelfos
  • 7th place singles, Seoul 1988, with Shandor
  • 7th place team, Seoul 1988, with Shandor

World championships

  • Bronze Team, The Hague 1994, with Goldlights

World Cup Finals

  • 1st place, Göteborg 2001, with Tinka's Boy
  • 2nd place, Las Vegas 2000, with Tinka's Boy
  • 3rd place, Del Mar 1992, with Shandor
  • 3rd place, Milan 2004, with Tinka's Boy
  • 5th place, Las Vegas 2003, with Tinka's Boy

European championships

  • Silver Singles, Hickstead 1999, with Tinka's Boy
  • Silver Team, Hickstead 1999, with Tinka's Boy
  • Bronze Team, Donaueschingen 2003, with Tinka's Boy
  • Bronze Team, La Baule 1991, with Shandor
  • Bronze Team, Rotterdam 1989, with Shandor
  • Bronze Team, St. Gallen 1987, with Shandor

Swiss championships

  • 1st place, 2006, with Nirmette
  • 1st place, 2000, with Cosima
  • 1st place, 1994, with Adelfos
  • 1st place, 1989, with Shandor
  • 1st place, 1984, with Volvo a Lifetime
  • 1st place, 1973, with Lady Seven

Nations Cup

  • 142 starts / 19 wins

Web links

Commons : Markus Fuchs  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tinka's Boy: The Second Career , Kavallo
  2. ↑ Notice of June 6, 2009 on its website , accessed on June 18, 2009
  3. ↑ Swiss veteran Markus Fuchs is the new team leader of the Squadra Azzura ( Memento from August 2, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), www.horseweb.de, July 22, 2009
  4. ↑ Markus Fuchs no longer Italy's team boss , September 15, 2011
  5. ↑ Markus Fuchs becomes a sports advisor , Horse Week, November 11, 2011
  6. ↑ An old fox brings new ideas , Angelika Nido Wälty / Tages-Anzeiger , June 3, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Fuchs, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss show jumper
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Abtwil