Sandra Auffarth

Sandra Auffarth medal table
Sandra Auffarth (in the center of the picture) in 2012 with her parents.
Eventing riding
Germany Germany
Olympic games
gold	2012	Crew (with Opgun Louvo )
bronze	2012	Single (with Opgun Louvo )
silver	2016	Crew (with Opgun Louvo )
World Equestrian Games
gold	2014	Crew (with Opgun Louvo )
gold	2014	Single (with Opgun Louvo )
European championships
gold	2011	Crew (with Opgun Louvo )
silver	2011	Single (with Opgun Louvo )
gold	2015	Crew (with Opgun Louvo )
silver	2015	Single (with Opgun Louvo )
German championships
gold	2016	Single (with Opgun Louvo )
bronze	2017	Single (with Opgun Louvo )

Sandra Auffarth (born December 27, 1986 in Delmenhorst ) is a German rider who achieved her greatest successes in eventing .

Career

Second place in her first CCI 4 *: Sandra Auffarth with Opgun Louvo , Luhmühlen 2011

Sandra Auffarth grew up surrounded by horses, her parents run a training and trading stable in Bergedorf near Ganderkesee . She actually wanted to specialize in show jumping, but at her mother's insistence she also rode dressage. Her first national successes in eventing followed as a pony rider, and in 2000 she was sixth at the German championship of pony eventing riders. Even after switching to large horses, she remained successful, becoming German vice-champion in 2004 as a junior and a year later as a young rider, German champion in her age group.

After graduating from high school, she moved to Warendorf in 2006. Here she was part of the DOKR's perspective group and trained as a horse manager , which she completed as the best of the year. This was followed by training as a sports and fitness clerk at the German Equestrian Association .

In 2007, Sandra Auffarth took over the five-year-old gelding Opgun Louvo from the Belgian eventing rider Myriam Meylemans . She continued to train him and with him achieved third place in the 2009 World Championship for seven-year-old eventing horses. In 2010, the first starts at CIC 3 * level followed.

In 2011, Sandra Auffarth moved back to her parents' farm, where she works as a horse host. In the summer of that year, Auffarth played her first CCI 4 * of her career, the CCI Luhmühlen , surprisingly she came second with Opgun Louvo .

As a result, Auffarth was nominated for the first championship in the "rider" age group, the 2011 European Eventing Championships . At this championship, which was also held in Luhmühlen, Sandra Auffarth and Opgun Louvo were able to convince again, finished second in the individual ranking and won the gold medal with the German team.

At the beginning of 2012 there was a moment of shock for Auffarth: During a preparatory exam early in the season, as part of a medication check, caffeine was found in the blood of one of her young horses , which is considered an illegal medication. However, Auffarth was able to prove that contaminated feed was the reason for the positive result, so that the proceedings against her were discontinued. The year was otherwise a successful one for Auffarth. Accordingly, Auffarth was nominated with Opgun Louvo for her first Olympic Games , where she was part of the victorious German team and also won bronze in the individual.

The mare Corona ridden by her won the Bundeschampionat for 5-year-old eventing horses in September 2012 . In November 2012, she and 163 other athletes were awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf .

Sandra Auffarth celebrated her greatest individual success at the World Equestrian Games in August 2014 when she won the individual gold medal together with her French gelding Opgun Louvo . As part of the German team, she also became a team world champion. In 2015 she won the silver medal behind Michael Jung at the European Championships at Blair Castle and took the title with the team. At the Luhmühlen eventing in June 2016, she secured victory with Opgun Louvo , which at the same time earned her the German championship title for the first time.

Due to an injury to the handle leg in February 2017, the season opener for Opgun Louvo was delayed , so Auffarth ruled out participation in the European Championship. Nevertheless, Sandra Auffarth and Opgun Louvo won a medal in 2017, they finished third in the German championship. In 2017, Auffarth rode the Hanoverian stallion Gentleman again as the Bundeschampion of the 5-year-old eventing horses at the Federal Championships, and a year later both of them also won the 6-year-old eventing horses.

Horses

Current

Opgun Louvo (* 2002), nickname Wolfgang , mostly shortened to wool ; Selle Français -Fox Wallach, father: Shogoun II, father of mother : J't'Adore; Owner: German Olympics Committee, Sandra Auffarth and Breido Graf zu Rantzau
Corona 94 (* 2007), bay Hanoverian mare, father: Contendro I, mother's father: Garibaldi II
Viamant du Matz (* 2009), Selle Français chestnut stallion, father: Diamant de Semilly, mother's father: Voltigeur le Malin

Former

Ispo (* 2004), bay Westphalian Wallach, father: It's me du Mesnil, father of mother: Polydor; ridden by Sandra Auffarth until May 2016 after the death of Benjamin Winter
Parancs (* 1998), Hungarian chestnut gelding, father: Goliath, father of mother: Karakorum xx; was ridden by Júlia Varga from 2013 (HUN)
Lord Lauries (* 2001), bay Oldenburg gelding, father: Laralle, mother's father: Lauries Crusador xx, ridden by Zara Phillips from mid-2010
Carlos 205 (* 1997), dark brown Oldenburg gelding, father: Coriolan, mother's father: Matcho AA, ridden by Jule and Merle Wewer in 2010
Nobel Prince OLD (* 1999), bay Oldenburg gelding, father: Noble Roi xx, mother's father: Ramiro's Son I, last used in international sport in 2010

successes

Eventing riding

Sandra Auffarth with Opgun Louvo at the 2011 European Championships

Summer Olympics :

2012, London : with Opgun Louvo gold with the team and bronze in the individual ranking
2016, Rio de Janeiro : with Opgun Louvo silver with the team

World Equestrian Games :

2014, Normandy : 1st place in the individual ranking with Opgun Louvo and 1st place with the team

European Championships :

2006, Pardubice (Young Riders): 21st place in the individual ranking with Carlos and 3rd place with the team
2007, Blair Castle (Young Riders): 3rd place with the team with Nobel Prince
2011, Luhmühlen : with Opgun Louvo 2nd place in the individual ranking and 1st place with the team
2015, Blair Castle : 2nd place in the individual ranking with Opgun Louvo and 1st place with the team
2019, Luhmühlen: 11th place in the individual ranking with Viamant du Matz

German championships :

2000, Walldorf (pony rider): 6th place with Faryno
2004, Bonn-Rodderberg (Juniors): 2nd place with Carlos
2005, Hohenberg-Krusemark (Young Riders): 1st place with Carlos
2007, Bonn-Rodderberg (Young Riders): 1st place with Carlos
2009, Schenefeld: 5th place with Carlos
2011, Luhmühlen: 8th place with Parancs
2016, Luhmühlen: 1st place with Opgun Louvo
2017, Luhmühlen: 3rd place with Opgun Louvo
2019, Luhmühlen: 8th place with Viamant du Matz

further successes (in selection):

2006: 1st place in the CIC 2 * Kreuth with Carlos

2007: 1st place in the CIC 2 * Kreuth with Carlos , 1st place in the CIC 2 * Langenhagen with Nobel Prince

2009: 1st place in the CIC 2 * Velen with Carlos , 1st place in the CIC 2 * Sahrendorf with Opgun Louvo , 1st place in the CIC 2 * Helvoirt with Lord Lauries , 1st place in the CCI 2 * Langenhagen with Lord Lauries

2010: 1st place in the CIC 2 * Kreuth with Lord Lauries

2011: 2nd place in the CIC 3 * Marbach with Opgun Louvo , 2nd place in the CCI 4 * Luhmühlen with Opgun Louvo

2012: 2nd place in the CIC 3 * Marbach with Opgun Louvo , 1st place in the CICO 3 * -W Strzegom with Opgun Louvo , also 1st place with the German team in the Nations Cup of the CICO 3 * -W Strzegom with Parancs and 1st place. Place in the Nations Cup of the CICO 3 * Aachen with Opgun Louvo

2013: 4th place in the CCI 4 * Badminton with Opgun Louvo , 2nd place in the individual ranking of the CICO 3 * Aachen with Opgun Louvo and 1st place in the Nations Cup of the CICO 3 * Aachen with Opgun Louvo

2014: 2nd place in the CIC 3 * Marbach with Opgun Louvo , 3rd place in the individual ranking of the CICO 3 * Strzegom with Opgun Louvo , 1st place in the Nations Cup of the CICO 3 * Strzegom with Opgun Louvo , 1st place in the individual ranking of the CICO 3 * Aachen with Opgun Louvo and 1st place in the Nations Cup of the CICO 3 * Aachen with Opgun Louvo

2015: 1st place in the CIC 2 * Radolfzell with Opgun Louvo , 2nd place in the CIC 2 * Marbach with Ispo , 1st place in the Nations Cup of the CICO 3 * Houghton Hall with Ispo , 2nd place in the June CIC 2 * Strzegom with Thalia L'Amaurial , 1st place in the CIC 3 * Baborówko with Ispo , 3rd place in the individual ranking and 1st place in the team ranking of the CICO 3 * Aachen with Opgun Louvo , 1st place in the CIC 1 * Bad Segeberg with Corona , 1st place in October-CIC 3 * Strzegom with Ispo , 1st place in October-CIC 2 * Strzegom with Thalia L'Amaurial

2016: 3rd place in the individual ranking and 1st place in the team ranking of the CICO 3 * Fontainebleau with Opgun Louvo , 2nd place in the CIC 2 * Münster with Corona , 1st place in the CIC 3 * Luhmühlen with Opgun Louvo

2017: 2nd place in a CIC 2 * in Luhmühlen with Viamant du Matz , 3rd place in the CCI 2 * Renswoude with Viamant du Matz , 1st place in the team classification of the CICO 3 * Aachen with Opgun Louvo , 1st place in the Team ranking of the CICO 3 * Waregem with Viamant du Matz

2018: 2nd place in the CIC 1 * Münster (2nd department) with Gentleman FRH , 1st place in a CCI 2 * in Sopot with Daytona Beach , 1st place in the CIC 2 * Renswoude with Daytona Beach , 1st place in the CIC 3 * Strzegom (August tournament) with Viamant du Matz

(As of April 15, 2019)

Show jumping

German Championships (women):

2018, Balve: 6th place with Landlord

German championship of professional riders:

2017, Bad Oeynhausen: 4th place with La Vista
2018, Bad Oeynhausen: 1st place (own horse: Landlord )
2019, Bad Oeynhausen: 2nd place (own horse: Landlord )

Further:

German Spring Derby, CSI 4 * Hamburg 2018 : 3rd place with La Vista
3rd place in the Grand Prix of the Equestrian City Verden 2018 (CSI 2 *) with La Vista
German Spring Derby, CSI 4 * Hamburg 2019 : 3rd place with La Vista