Paul Schockemoehle

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Paul Schockemöhle medal table
Paul Schockemöhle at Horses & Dreams 2013
Paul Schockemöhle at Horses & Dreams 2013

Show jumping

GermanyGermany Germany
Olympic games
silver 1976 Crew (with agent )
bronze 1984 Team (with Deister )
World championships
silver 1982 Show jumping, team
European championships
gold 1981 Single (with Deister )
gold 1981 Team (with Deister )
gold 1983 Single (with Deister )
gold 1985 Single (with Deister )
bronze 1985 Team (with Deister )
German championships
gold 1974 Single (with talisman )
gold 1980 Single (with Deister )
gold 1982 Single (with Deister )
gold 1983 Single (with Deister )
gold 1986 Single (with Deister )
gold 1987 Single (with Deister )

Paul Schockemöhle (born March 22, 1945 in Steinfeld , Lower Saxony ) is a German entrepreneur and former show jumper .

Athletic career

Paul Schockemöhle followed his older brother Alwin Schockemöhle as one of the best show jumpers in the world in the early 1980s . In 1981, 1983 and 1985 he became European Champion three times in a row with his most successful horse Deister . A success that has remained unique so far. He also celebrated successes at the Olympic Games and numerous national prizes . For their services to sport in Lower Saxony , the two brothers were included in the Lower Saxony Sports Honor Gallery of the Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History.

Schockemöhle as an entrepreneur

Paul Schockemöhle began building up his logistics company as early as 1966 , which is still one of the largest forwarding companies in Germany today .

In 1989 Paul Schockemöhle founded another company together with the then manager of Boris Becker , Ion Țiriac : the company PST- Marketing for the marketing of international and national sporting events.

He is also active in the agro-industrial sector ( egg production in battery cells ). According to information from the Tierrecht aktiv group , he is part of a consortium that took over the laying batteries from the entrepreneur Anton Pohlmann in 1996 .

In 1996 he was sentenced to eleven months in prison for tax evasion and had to pay 22.6 million marks in taxes.

Performance Sale International

In 1980 Paul Schockemöhle, together with George Morris and Frank Chapot, had the idea that there was a market in America for sport horses from Germany and Holland. To this end, successful auctions with talented young European horses were held in the USA. Together with Ullrich Kasselmann, Schockemöhle is now organizing the Performance Sale International Auctions (PSI Auctions) in Germany in Ankum , where young horses are auctioned. So far, the former Bundeschampioness Poetin has received the highest bid with € 2.5 million.

Schockemöhle as a breeder

On his stud in mills he formed another successful show jumpers, including Orchid , The Freak and Waltz King, the Olympic medals and international tournaments with riders such as the Irish Eddie Macken , Otto Becker and Olympic champions Franke Sloothaak , Dirk Hafemeister and Ludger Beerbaum won successes .

With Gestüt Lewitz, Paul Schockemöhle has created one of the largest centers for horse breeding. A total of around 3000 horses are kept on around 3000 hectares , and around 500 foals are born every year. Among other things, the embryo transfer method is used.

Schockemöhle came under fire in 1990 because he used the so-called parallel bars to induce his horses to jump higher. Subsequently, the German Equestrian Association prohibited the practice of barring in show jumping horses both at tournaments and during training.

At the end of 2010 he bought the very successful stallion Totilas under Edward Gal at an estimated price of 10 to 15 million euros in order to use him in breeding.

Success as a rider

  • European Championship
    • European show jumping champion three times in a row
    • 1981 in Munich : Gold medal team, gold medal individual on Deister
    • 1983 in Hickstead : Gold medal singles on Deister
    • 1985 in Dinard : bronze medal team, gold medal individual on Deister
  • German championships :
    • 1974, Munich: 1st place with a talisman
    • 1980, Munich: 1st place with Deister
    • 1982, Munich: 1st place with Deister
    • 1983, West Berlin: 1st place with Deister
    • 1986, West Berlin: 1st place with Deister
    • 1987, Mannheim: 1st place with Deister
  • Membership in the German championship squad for 20 years
  • For 12 years without a break in the top ten in the world rankings

For his services to sport in Lower Saxony , he was included in the Lower Saxony Sports Honor Gallery of the Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History. He was also awarded the silver bay leaf .

Web links

Commons : Paul Schockemöhle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hall of Fame - NISH - Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History eV In: nish.de. March 22, 1945, Retrieved November 22, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Police search chicken coops - Article on animal rights active
  3. ↑ Prominent tax evaders
  4. ↑ Equi-News.de - Happy Birthday, Paul Schockemöhle! . Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  5. ↑ With pricked ears . In: Der Spiegel . No. 29 , 1990, pp. 164-165 ( online ). and report on July 11, 1990 in the Stern TV program .
  6. ↑ The horse of the century - riding a stallion Totilas is expensive and tricky (2010)
personal data
SURNAME Schockemöhle, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German show jumper
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Steinfeld (Oldenburg)