Liselott Linsenhoff

Liselott Linsenhoff was a German dressage rider, born in Frankfurt am Main on 25 August 1927 and dead in Antibes on 4 August 1999. She won five Olympic medals: team silver and individual bronze in 1956, team gold in 1968, and in 1972 the individual gold and a team silver. Her 1972 victory made her the first woman to win an Olympic individual dressage gold, and both of her gold medals came on the Swedish stallion Piaff. She was also a member of the winning West German dressage team at the 1974 World Championships and won individual European titles in 1969 and 1971. A daughter of the owner of the VDO instrument company, she retired in the mid 1970s after a dispute with the German tax authorities.