Thomas Weinberg
| Thomas Weinberg medal table |
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 Germany
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| silver | 2004 | Show jumping, juniors, team |
| bronze | 2006 | Show jumping, young riders, team |
| silver | 2008 | Show jumping, young riders (with Escobar ) |
Thomas Weinberg (born February 16, 1987 in Aachen ) is a German show jumper .
Life
Thomas Weinberg was born in 1987 as the son of show jumpers Peter and Helena Weinberg . His sister Andrea is also a successful show jumper. Since 2008 he has had a half-brother with Tony Stormanns, son of his mother and the show jumper Tim Stormanns. His uncle is Paul Bruce Dickinson , the lead singer of the band Iron Maiden . His girlfriend is the British show jumper Anna Rees. Weinberg lives in Herzogenrath and has been running a tournament and trading stable there since the beginning of 2008.
Career
Childhood and successes as a junior rider
In his childhood, his love was football, it was only when the show jumper Frederik Knorren and his ponies came to the Weinberg family stable that Thomas Weinberg's ambition was awakened and he devoted himself entirely to equestrian sport.
At the age of 14 he rode the first jumps in the advanced class. In the same year he won his first S-class at the Rhenish Junior Championships, which he won when he participated for the first time. With his victory he qualified for the German Junior Championship in Elmlohe , where he was German junior runner-up. He was then appointed to the German C-squad (juniors).
In 2001 he started in Lummen in his first Nations Cup (the juniors), which he won with the German team. At the end of the year he achieved his first successes in international senior sport at the Baltic Horse Show in Kiel . In 2002, at the age of 15, he defended his title at the Rhenish championships and won again. In the same year he started his second Nations Cup in Reims , which he won with the team. In the same year he was placed at the Düsseldorf Masters.
In 2003, Weinberg became Rhenish champions for the third time in a row and also won his first international Grand Prix in Fontainebleau . In Hagen he won another Nations Cup with the German team and was awarded the Golden Riding Badge at the end of the year.
Weinberg won his fourth title at the Rhenish championships in 2004. With his sixth place in the Dortmund championship , he was also able to draw attention to himself in the senior sector. With the team he won the silver medal at the European Championships in Vilamoura . In the following year, Weinberg came second in the final of the German Championship and also achieved international success at the Düsseldorf Masters. Several placings, including a victory at the CHIO Aachen , made 2005 the highlight of Thomas's career so far.
Success as a young rider
In 2006 he won his fifth title as Rhenish champion, meanwhile starting in the age group of young riders, and returned from the European championship of young riders in Athens with team bronze. This year he already competed in a Nations Cup (in the rider age group) at the CSIO 4 * -W Podebrady in the Czech Republic.
After graduating from high school in 2007, he was stationed as a mounted soldier at the Bundeswehr Sports School in Warendorf . In 2008 at the European Championships in Prague with Escobar he was Vice European Champion of Young Riders.
Further career
In 2009, Weinberg was no longer considered a young rider and was now only active in the rider age group. This year he made the jump to the B2 squad, and he was also appointed to the perspective squad of German show jumpers.
In April 2011, Weinberg was ranked 139 in the world. He continued to be a member of the German B2 squad in 2011.
Horses
- Escobar (* 1999, Hanoverian, gelding, black, father: Escudo, mother's father: Grundsee, owner: Maren Schmitt-Nolte), since 2006.
- Sandrhea Star (* 1998, stallion, bay , father: Sandro, mother's father: Ramiro, owner: Georg Nolte, Maren Schmitt-Nolte, Thomas Weinberg)
- Avence (* 2003, mare, bay , father: A major (Argentinus), mother's father: Grand Veneur, owner: Georg Nolte, Maren Schmitt-Nolte, Thomas Weinberg)
- Violetta (* 2003, mare, brown, father: Voltaire, mother's father: Polydor)
- Ariella (* 2000, mare, brown, father: Acorado, mother's father: Acobat, owner: Georg Nolte)
Awards
- Golden Riding Badge (2003)
successes
- 2007: 5th place in the Grand Prix of Zwickau with Escobar
- 2008: 1st place in the Grand Prix of Monterrey-La Silla (CSI 2 *) with Escobar
- 2009: 1st place in the Grand Prix of Gahlen with Escobar , 2nd place in the Grand Prix of Copenhagen (CSIO 3 *) with Escobar , 3rd place in the Grand Prix of Zeltweg (CSI 3 *) with Cantaro Z , 1st place in the Grand Prix of Raubach with Escobar , 1st place in the Grand Prix of a CSI 3 * in Arezzo with Escobar , 1st place in the Grand Prix of Leszno (CSI 2 *) with Escobar , 2nd place in the Grand Prix of Katowice (CSI 2 *) ) with Escobar
- 2010: 4th place in the Donetsk Grand Prix (CSI 2 *) with Sandrhea Star , 1st place in the Piber Grand Prix (CSI 2 *) with Violetta
- 2011: 3rd place in the Grand Prix of a CSI 3 * in Arezzo (CSI 3 *) with Sandrhea Star
- 2012: 6th place in the Donetsk Grand Prix (CSI 5 * -W) with As di Azurro
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rhineland's riders + horses ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Thomas Weinberg in the 2009 athlete election of the Aachener Nachrichten Top Athletes 2009 Thomas Weinberg - Riding ( Memento from July 20, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Portrait: Thomas Weinberg ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Bundeskader Jumping 2009 set up Bundeskader Jumping 2009 set up ( Memento from August 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ FEI world ranking list show jumping number 123 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (50 best international results of every show jumper from April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011; PDF; 155 kB)
- ↑ Current squad show jumping 2011 ( Memento from December 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Old FEI success database: Thomas Weinberg ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ New FEI success database ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Extensive success database ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )
- ↑ Success overview ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2009 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. on riderstour.de
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Weinberg, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German show jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |