Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff
Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff ( born August 1, 1960 in Dusseldorf ) is a German sports functionary and former dressage rider. She is Deputy Chairman of UNICEF Germany.
The biggest success of her athletic career, she celebrated at the 1988 Seoul Olympics when she became Olympic champion together with the German dressage team.
Sporting career
Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff is the daughter of two-time Olympic gold medalist Liselott Linsenhoff born Schindling and Fritz Linsenhoff. She showed even as a young rider talent: in 1981 she won the German championship for young riders the silver medal. At the European Championships for Young Riders in the same year she won in Rotterdam with the crew of the German Equestrian Federation title and finished second in the individual competition 3rd place
After that Linsenhoff first had to compete with its strong national competition. It was not until 1987, it established itself at the forefront of German dressage riders. Between 1987 and 1990, they won four in a row, German Vice-Champion.
To this period belong also their biggest international success. In 1987 she was in the Goodwood team European Champion and European Champion in the individual competition. At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, she won on her horse Courage 10 together with Nicole Uphoff, Monica Theodorescu and Reiner Klimke undisputed gold medal in the team competition. The following year, she defended in Mondorf -les- Bains its title as the team European champion and won behind Nicole Uphoff and the Frenchwoman Margit Otto -Crépin in the individual competition the bronze medal. Finally, 1990 saw at the World Equestrian Games in Stockholm in the world championship title with the team.
A sporty comeback Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff at the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez de la Frontera with her second title as World Champion team. In early April 2007, she explained her resignation for health reasons from active equestrian (Lyme disease ).
Private and professional
Her grandfather Adolf Schindling (* 1887, † 1963) was the founder of the tournament Stalls " black-yellow " in Kronberg im Taunus.
Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff is the mother of two children; she has a son (* 1991) and a daughter (* 2001). In 1989, she had Michael Kroth married, the marriage ended shortly after the death of her mother in 1999. Since 2000 she has been with the riding instructor Klaus Martin Rath ( born 1959 ) together, the marriage followed in 2004. He is also the father of Matthias Alexander Rath (* 1984).
Linsenhoff is licensed vet and has in Kronberg im Taunus, the stud " sheep farm " that led them to her mother's death Lieselott Linsenhoff († 1999) in 2000, took over. For her horse Renoir she received in 2001 the prestigious Otto Lörke prize for the best " young horse of the year".
In summer 2002, she founded under the auspices of UNICEF own, endowed with € 500,000 Foundation. Three of their top horses have since been fitted nicknamed UNICEF. All prices and sponsorship of these horses directly benefit the children's charity.
After she had already given her horse Renoir early 2006 her stepson Matthias Alexander Rath, she also gave some to her successful horse Sterntaler early 2008 on to him.
2007 donated Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff total of 65,000 euros to the CDU, one of the largest donations, which were introduced by a private individual in 2007.
On 1 January 2008 took over Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff the first woman in this office chair the German Sports Aid Foundation, which they but - put down again in September 2008 - after disagreements with the supervisory board. Since April 2008 she has been Deputy Chairman of UNICEF Germany.
Paul Schockemoehle bought in October 2010 traded at 10 million euros dressage stallion Totilas. Then he formed with Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff an owner community. On Linsenhoff's " sheep farm " a breeding station has been set up especially because the stallion is used alongside the sport activities in the breed. Rider of the animal is her stepson Matthias Alexander Rath.
14 April 2011 Linsenhoff was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.