Horst Karsten

Horst Karsten is a German eventing rider and Olympic medallist, born in Elsfleth in Lower Saxony on 1 January 1936. He competed in eventing at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Olympedia, the record keeper of the Olympic Movement, credits him with two bronze medals, lists his club as RV Delmenhorst in Lower Saxony, and notes that he was entered at one further Games as a non-starter. He is listed under the National Olympic Committee of Germany and, for his earlier Games, under the name West Germany.