Thomas Fuchs (show jumper)

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Thomas Fuchs (born January 10, 1957 in Zurich ) is a former Swiss show jumper .

Life

Fuchs grew up with his two years older brother Markus in Bietenholz , where his father set up a riding stable from the mid-1960s. He enjoyed great success with the mare Dollar Girl between 1981 and 1991 . With the Swiss team, he was European champion in 1983, vice-European champion in 1981 and third in 1989 and 1991 in each case. After Dollar Girl was sold by her owner in late 1991, the Belgian gelding Major was his top horse. Fuchs won two more European team championships in 1993 and 1995. At the 1994 World Equestrian Games , he won the bronze medal with the team. In terms of singles, he took seventh place at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , fourth place in the 1992 World Cup final , numerous Grand Prix victories and three Swiss championships. Fuchs denied about 100 Nations Cups . His son Martin is also a successful show jumper.

Thomas Fuchs is married to the former show jumper and harness racing driver Renata Fuchs . He trades horses successfully.

Greatest successes

Olympic games
  • 5th place team, Barcelona 1992, with Dylano
  • 7th place individual and team, Seoul 1988, with Dollar Girl
World championships
  • Bronze Team, The Hague 1994, with Major AC Foils
European championships
  • Gold Team, St. Gallen 1995, with Major AC Folien
  • Gold Team, Gijón 1993, with Dylano
  • Bronze Team, La Baule 1991, with Dollar Girl
  • Bronze Team, Rotterdam 1989, with Dollar Girl
  • Gold Team, Hickstead 1983, with Willora Swiss
  • Silver Team, Munich 1981, with Willora Carpets
Swiss championships
  • 1st place, 1995, with major AC slides
  • 1st place, 1993, with Dylano
  • 1st place, 1986, with El Lute
World Cup Finals

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Thomas Fuchs in the Munzinger archive , accessed on February 21, 2011 ( beginning of the article freely available)
  2. ↑ A life for equestrian sport: Zuozerin Renata Fuchs has been with White Turf for years (page 11) (PDF: 3.9 MB)
  3. ↑ a b Thomas Fuchs at sports-reference.com . Retrieved February 21, 2011.
  4. ↑ Medal table of the Swiss riders and drivers (PDF; 359.2 kB) Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. 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. Retrieved July 10, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fnch.ch
  5. ↑ a b c d Thomas Fuchs on Show Jumping Nostalgia . Retrieved February 21, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Fuchs, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss show jumper
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich , Canton of Zurich , Switzerland