Peter Lichtner-Hoyer

Peter Lichtner-Hoyer (* 1925 in Graz , Styria ) is a former Austrian versatile athlete and colonel in the Austrian Armed Forces .

Life

He was born in the interwar period as the son of an officer in the Imperial and Royal Navy in the Villa Managetta at the foot of the Ruckerlberg in Graz. His mentor and teacher re. of the Italian riding system was after the Second World War the extremely successful racing rider and Major General Camillo Bregant himself at the beginning of the 20th century . He himself is active in equestrian sports at an advanced age and runs a stud in Lower Austria (Gut Ritzenhof).

Career

After a serious war injury suffered in the Second World War, he took part in 1,500 competitions as a rider and modern pentathlon and reached 1,200 top positions. Lichtner-Hoyer took part in 24 world and European championships.

Olympic participation

• 1956 Summer Olympics in Stockholm in show jumping
• 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome in modern pentathlon

Awards

• 2001: Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
• 2010: Panathlon appreciation award

Publications

• The most versatile athlete in the world
• 1985 Cavalletti training, Rüschlikon-Zurich: Müller
• 1989 The Last Hussar, Vienna: J and V
• 1998 Cavalletti work, Lüneburg: Cadmos

Web links

• Literature by and about Peter Lichtner-Hoyer in the catalog of the German National Library
• http://peterlichtnerhoyer.blogspot.com/2008/08/peter-lichtner-hoyer.html

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 6, 2012 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. 
3. ↑ http://www.panathlon.at/files/doc/Zeitungsartikel/ngen-22-18396957.pdf