Marcus Ehning

Marcus Ehning ( born April 19, 1974 in Südlohn, Westphalia ) is an internationally successful German show jumper.

Career

Marcus Ehning lives in Borken ( Borken district ) in Westphalia and has thanks to his horse loving family since childhood to do with ponies. Already in the Pony, Junior and Young Riders section, he won six gold medals in team competitions at the European Championships. In 1998 he got the horse For Pleasure in training, with which his success continued in the senior area. Among his greatest successes was the Olympic gold medal with the team at the Games in Sydney in 2000. Even the World Cup Final victory in 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, as well as winning the Grand Prix of Aachen is attributed to.

Marcus Ehning is a qualified wholesale and foreign trade merchant and stands with his horses on the family-owned riding facility.

For the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Marcus Ehning was initially nominated by For Pleasure, but had to cancel his start in the short term due to a violation of his horse. In 2010, he was with Plot Blue part of the German team that won the gold medal at the World Equestrian Games in Lexington (Kentucky). In the individual competition as he reached the round of 27, nearly 30 best, in this he improved still ranked 16th in the final result.

From July to December 2009 he was leader of the world rankings. He has held continuously from August 2005 to January 2007 this position. In February 2014, he is ranked fourth in the world rankings.

Private

Since 24 June 2009, he is with his longtime girlfriend, the former vaulter Nadia Zülow (now Ehning ) married. The marriage produced three children so far.

His younger brother John Ehning is also active as a show jumper.

Awards

In April 2008, Marcus Ehning was honored by the Association of German sports journalists with the fair play trophy of the association. He received the award from the hands of Hans Günter Winkler for his voluntary renunciation of winning the Best of Champions, a test with changing horses in the context of the CHIO Aachen 2007. Having his horse For Germany had refused in the test under all three competitors and increased was, he rode past the voluntary final obstacle, which was considered a refusal and withdrawal, which resulted in this special Regulations to a score of 24 points. Since he had like two other starters, only 4 more penalty points erritten with other horses, so a jump-off was required. Ehning refrained from participating in the jump-off and contented himself voluntarily to the third place.

Horses

Current Horses:

(1997 *), brown KWPN stallion, father Plot Blue: Mr. Blue, Mother: Ilotte, mother father: Pilot ridden until June, 2008 by Werner Muff
Sabrina (* 1999), brown Bavarian Warmblood mare, Sire: Sandro Boy, Mother Father: Landadel
Cornado NRW (* 2003), Westphalian stallion, father, Cornet Obolensky, Mother Father: Acobat; Owner: North Rhine- Westphalian State Stud Warendorf

Former successful competition horses:

Nolte 's kitchen Girl ( * 1997, Original Name: Lord's Classics ), Bavarian Warmblood mare, Sire: Lord Z, Mother: Classics; adopted in February 2014 the Sport
For Pleasure (* 1986, † 2011), fox -colored Hanoverian stallion, father: Furioso II, mother of Grannus
Anka (* 1992, † 2014), chestnut Oldenburg mare, Sire: Argentinus, Mother: Wenke from woodsman
Gitania (* 1992), white Holsteiner mare, Sire: Capitol, Mother: Libertina
Sandro Boy (* 1993), brown Oldenburg stallion, father, Sandro, Mother: Wiadora, adopted in April 2011 from the Sport
Leconte (* 1996), dark brown Holsteiner gelding, Sire: Lasino, mother Gloria, Mother Father: Contender, rode up to the 2008 Olympic Games by Matthew Williams, adopted in 2011 Sports
For Germany (* 1998), brown Hanoverian stallion, father: For Pleasure, mother, Cosima, last used in 2009 in the sport, at stud
Vulkano FRH (* 1999, † 2012), brown Hanoverian stallion, father: Voltair, Mother: Pretoria, beginning April 2012, died from the effects of colic
Ridden Brownboy, until December 2011, ridden by Gregory Wathelet, from February 2014 Quentin Judge: Copin van de Broy (* 2002), brown Belgian Warmblood stallion Sire: Darco, mother father

Achievements

Olympic games Sydney 2000: Gold medal team and fourth place in the individual on For Pleasure
London 2012: 10th place team and 12th place in the individual on Plot Blue

2002 in Jerez de la Frontera: 4th place with the team ranked 15th in the individual on For Pleasure
Aachen 2006: Bronze medal team at Nolte 's Kitchen Girl
2010 in Lexington: Gold medal team, ranked 16th in the individual on Plot Blue

2000 Balve: Silver Medal
2002 in Verden: Gold medal on For Pleasure
2004 Balve: Silver Medal
2006 in Münster: Silver medal on Sandro Boy
2011 in Balve: Silver medal on Plot Blue

World Cup Final Winner: 2003 Anka, 2006, Sandro Boy, 2010 Nolte kitchen Girl and Plot Blue

Winner of Appreciation 2010

More wins 2006: Classic at the CSI 5 * Zurich with Sandro Boy, Grand Prix of Aachen ( CSIO 5 *) with Nolte 's kitchen Girl, Grand Prix of Bordeaux (CSI -W) with Gitania, Spangenberg (CSI 3 *) with Anka and with the team at the Samsung Super League Final in Barcelona with Gitania
2007: Grand Prix of Braunschweig ( CSI 3 *) with Nolte 's kitchen Girl, Grand Prix Dortmund / the Federal Republic ( CSI 4 *) with For Germany, Grand Prix of Bremen ( Euro Classics, CSI 4 *) with Sandro Boy, Grand Prix of Hannover ( Riders Tour stage, CSI 4 *) with Sandro Boy and the team in the Super League Nations Cup at La Baule ( CSIO 5 *, with Nolte kitchen Girl), Aachen ( CSIO 5 *, with Nolte kitchen Girl) and the final in Barcelona ( CSIO 5 *, with Sandro Boy)
2008: World Cup special stage in 's-Hertogenbosch (CSI -W) with Sandro Boy, Grand Prix of Frankfurt (CSI 4 *, Masters League final ) with Sandro Boy and the team in the Super League Nations Cup of Rotterdam ( CSIO 5 *, with Nolte kitchen Girl)
2009: Euro Classics Appreciation (Bremen, CSI 4 *) with Leconte, Grand Prix of guillemots ( CSIO 4 *) with Nolte 's kitchen Girl, Grand Prix of Wiesbaden (CSI 4 *, Riders Tour stage ) with Vulkano FRH, Grand Prix of Nördlingen (CSI 2 *) with Sandro Boy, World Top Ten finals with Plot Blue
2010: World Cup special stage in Bordeaux (CSI 5 * -W) with Leconte, Grand Prize of the Federal Republic of Germany (Dortmund, CSI 3 *) with Sabrina, Grand Prix Paris Grand Palais (CSI 5 *) with Sabrina, € 20,000 - Large Price of Münster with Leconte, € 125 000 exam at the CSI 5 * Rio de Janeiro with Sabrina, GCT special stage in Rio de Janeiro (CSI 5 *) with Nolte kitchen Girl, Grand Prix of Paderborn ( CSI 4 *) with Sabrina, Grand Prix of Munich (CSI 4 *) with Sandro Boy
2011: World Cup special stage in Zurich (CSI 5 * -W) with Nolte kitchen Girl, Grand Prix Equestrian Winter Tour II (CSI 2 * Wiener Neustadt) with Nolte kitchen Girl, as well as with the team in the Nations of Hickstead ( CSIO 5 *) with Plot Blue
2012: Grand Prix of Bordeaux (CSI 5 * -W) with Sabrina, Grand Prix Gothenburg ( CSI 5 * -W) with Plot Blue, Badenia (CSI 3 * Mannheim) with Plot Blue, Grand Prix of Norten -Hardenberg (CSI 3 *) with Copin van de Broy, Grand Prix of St. Gallen ( CSIO 5 *) with Plot Blue, Grand Prix of Paderborn ( CSI 3 *) with Nolte kitchen Girl, Grand Prix London Olympia ( CSI 5 * -W) with Sabrina as well as with the team in Nations Cups of Rotterdam ( CSIO 5 *) with Copin van de Broy
2013: Grand Prix of Cannes ( CSI 5 *) with Plot Blue, Grand Prix Herning (CSI 3 *) with Cornado NRW
2014: World Cup competition of Bordeaux (CSI 5 * -W) with Cornado NRW, Grand Prix Paris Grand Palais (CSI 5 *) with Cornado NRW

(Updated: March 16, 2014)

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