Otto Ammermann
Otto Ammermann (born September 7, 1932 in Kleinensiel ) is a former German eventing rider who won the Olympic silver medal with the team in 1976 .
Life
Otto Ammermann started for the Jader Reitclub Jaderberg . As early as 1963 he won a championship jumping in Aachen. He won the German championship in 1969, 1978 and 1980. In 1976, Ammermann and eight-year-old Volturno qualified for the German team at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. In cross-country riding he had to be disqualified after several mistakes and a fall. Together with Karl Schultz , Herbert Blöcker and Helmut Rethemeier , Ammermann received the silver medal and the silver laurel leaf behind the team from the United States.
In 1978 Ammermann won the silver medal at the World Championships in Lexington together with Helmut Rethemeier, Harry Klugmann and Herbert Blöcker on Volturno . Ammermann missed the 1980 Olympic Games because of the Olympic boycott . At the alternative festival in Fontainebleau , Germany came silver, Ammermann and Volturno came tenth in the individual ranking.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 .
- National Olympic Committee for Germany: Montreal 1976. The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany . Frankfurt am Main 1976
Web links
- Otto Ammermann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ German championships in eventing
- ↑ City of Landshut, Sportchrnik 1974-76: .... 1976 ... Reception of the German Olympic team in October with Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in Bonn and award with the silver bay leaf ...
- ↑ World Championship results ( Memento from March 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ammermann, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German eventing rider |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kleinensiel |