Paul Schockemöhle

Paul Schockemöhle is a German show jumper, born in Steinfeld in Oldenburg on 22 March 1945 and the brother of Alwin Schockemöhle. He won team silver at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and team bronze at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics for West Germany. His best results came at the European Championships, where he won three consecutive individual titles in 1981, 1983 and 1985 on his horse Deister, and he added a team silver at the 1982 World Championships. After his riding career he became one of the best known breeders of sport horses and a trainer of young riders, and he founded a hauling company in 1966. He was sentenced in 1990 for poling horses, a practice later banned by international equestrian bodies.