Walter Günther (rider)

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Walter Günther , known by his nickname Bubi Günther (born November 16, 1921 in Hanover , Lower Saxony, † May 10, 1974 ), was a German rider and trainer; 1963 German master in dressage riding . He was married to Maria Günther .

Life

Günther was the son of Walter Günther senior, a professional rider and owner of a riding company with a focus on show jumping . At the age of four he rode a children's quadrille , which earned him the nickname "Bubi", which he kept for his entire life. He learned from Felix Bürkner and Otto Lörke and was active as a rider in all three Olympic equestrian disciplines.

After the war he worked as a trainer for the Royal Horse Guards stationed in Menden in the Sauerland . Here he met his future wife Maria. Together with his wife, he opened the Greif training stable in Hamburg. The couple won the German championship in dressage (Walter Günther on adjutant ) and jumping (Maria Günter on Zambezi ) on the same day, so far as the only married couple .

Until his sudden death in 1974 as a result of a serious heart disease with an operation, Günther was the national trainer for the German dressage riders.

Sporting successes

Coaching career

student

German school quadrille

Walter Günter was a rider of the German school quadrille in the 1940s . This was demonstrated by prominent guests in the Army Riding School from 1940 to 1943. At the 1972 Summer Olympics , the German school quadrille was revived. Walter Günter was one of the twelve horsemen with a partisan .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German championships from 1959 to 2014. (PDF) In: fnverlag.de. P. 8 , accessed on June 4, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Laura Becker: Maria Günther - a life for equestrian sport. In: pm-forum-digital.de. April 2015, accessed June 4, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Uta Helkenberg: Maria Günther is 90. In: pferd-aktuell.de. January 21, 2015, accessed June 2, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b c Walter Günther - He could just do everything ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Sabine M. Becker in the anniversary brochure 75 Years of the Rhineland Equestrian Sports Association, page 4 f. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gsbxmedia.de
  5. ↑ Jasper Nissen: Large rider and horse dictionary, Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, 1977, ISBN 3-570-04580-3 , page 192
  6. ↑ Ulla Saal: NRZ series on Olympia - the Duisburg medal winners. In: waz.de: Olympic series. July 26, 2012, accessed June 4, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Waldemar Seunig: Masters of the art of riding and their ways. E. Hoffmann 1960.
personal data
SURNAME Günther, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Günther, Bubi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German equestrian
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1974