Franke Sloothaak

Franke Sloothaak is a show jumper, born in Heerenveen in the Netherlands on 2 February 1958, who rode for Germany after receiving German citizenship in 1979 following training under Alwin Schockemöhle. He took part in four consecutive Summer Olympics from 1984 to 1996 and won two team gold medals, in 1988 and 1996, and a team bronze medal in 1984; his best individual finish was seventh in 1988. At the World Championships he won the individual title in 1994 and the team title in 1994 and 1998, adding an individual bronze in 1998, and at the Europeans he won a team bronze in 1985 and an individual silver in 1991. He won the Grand Prix of Aachen in 1989 and the Deutsche Spring Derby in 2001, rode professionally until 2011 and then turned to coaching.