Martin Plewa

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Martin Plewa (born May 6, 1950 in Vreden ) is a trainer of horses, riders and riding instructors. He was the head national trainer of the eventing riders in the German Olympiad Committee for Equestrian , gold medal winner at the Olympic Games and participant in world and European champions of riders.

Life

He studied mineralogy and pedagogy for teaching in Münster. From 1971 to 1976 Plewa was the national trainer for eventing riders. After the second state examination, he worked from 1978 to 1985 as a high school teacher for chemistry in Versmold and as a riding instructor. During this time he took his horse management exam in 1980. From 1985 to 2000 he was the national coach of the German eventing riders. After the 2000 Summer Olympics , he was accused of having missed a team at this event, and as a result, his contract with the DOKR was terminated. Plewa himself commented as follows: "I have now been in the position of head national coach for 16 years. That is a very long time for a coach. It was a very good year with great successes, and of course with disappointments. It also changed It turned out that my ideas about the type and scope of my further training as a trainer are very difficult to realize under the given circumstances.I am at an age in my early 50s where I still have the chance for a professional reorientation.I am also with the German Equestrian Association and the DOKR remained so that we have left open options for cooperation in the future. "

Since March 2001 he has been the director of the Westphalian Riding and Driving School. In November 2006 he was awarded the title of "Riding Master". Plewa has been a member of the supervisory board of the Xenophon eV association since 2016 - society for the preservation and promotion of classic riding culture.

Martin Plewa's older brother is Dr. Dietrich Plewa , former German runner-up in dressage riding (1994), former state trainer dressage in Baden-Württemberg and current international dressage judge and member of the DOKR dressage committee.

Sporting successes

  • Participation in the German Junior Championships between 1964 and 1968 in all disciplines, a third place in dressage and a third place in jumping
  • Since 1969 as a "senior" in the eventing squad , during this time a second place in the German championships, a sixth place in the individual ranking at the 1973 European Championship in Kiev and a third place with the team at the 1974 World Cup in Burghley, participation in the European Championship 1975 in Luhmühlen and at the 1982 World Cup in Luhmühlen

Coaching career

  • Bronze and silver medal with the team (1985) and a bronze medal in the individual ranking (1987) at the European Championships.
  • 1990 in Stockholm and 1994 in The Hague World Cup bronze medal with the team
  • 1992 Olympic bronze medal in the team competition and silver medal in the individual competition in Barcelona by Herbert Blöcker.
  • 1988 Olympic gold medal with the team in Seoul

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) 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.wrfs-muenster.de
  2. ↑ Article on the termination of the national coaching contract of M. Plewa  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , www.buschreiter.de, published in 2000@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.vielseitigkeitsreiter.de  
  3. ↑ "Martin Plewa turns 60" ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , www.horseweb.de, April 29, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.horseweb.de
  4. ↑ a b The history of the association of RuF Vreden , www.reitverein-vreden.de, among other things in 1963 remarks on the brothers Martin and Dietrich Plewa
  5. ↑ Xenophon General Assembly: Elections, elections, elections and a Grand Prix Special. In: Xenophon eV - Society for the preservation and promotion of classic riding culture. March 31, 2016, accessed January 31, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Dr. Dietrich Plewa turned 60 , www.reitwelten.de, taken over by the press service of the German Equestrian Association, October 4, 2007
personal data
SURNAME Plewa, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German equestrian
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Vreden