Josef Neckermann

Josef Neckermann was a German dressage rider and businessman, born in Würzburg on 5 June 1912 and dead in Dreieich on 13 January 1992. He won six Olympic dressage medals across four Games: an individual bronze in 1960, a team gold in 1964, a team gold and individual silver in 1968, and a team silver and individual bronze in 1972. At the 1966 World Championships he won the individual title and helped West Germany to the team title. Outside the arena he built one of the largest mail order companies in Europe, founded the Deutsche Sporthilfe in 1967 to support high performance athletes, sat on the West German National Olympic Committee, and entered the German Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.