Christoph Sandmann
Christoph Sandmann (born 24 May 1967) is a German equestrian and multiple World Champion at the World Equestrian Games.
Sandmann competes in the driving disciplines and became World Champion for the first time in 1992, when he won the gold medal in the team event in Riesenbeck of the Four-in-Hand World Championships.
He is married to Karin Sandmann.[1] The couple has a daughter Anna Sandmann, born 14 September 1995, who also competes in combined driving with a pair of horses.[2]
Career highlights[edit]
- World Championships
- 1992 – Riesenbeck, Driving,
3rd at individual competition - 1992 – Riesenbeck, Driving,
1st at team competition - 1994 – The Hague, Driving, 1st at team competition
- 1996 – Waregem, Driving,
2nd at team competition - 1998 – Rome, Driving, 2nd at team competition
- 2002 – Jerez de la Frontera, Driving, 2nd at individual competition
- 2002 – Jerez de la Frontera, Driving, 3rd at team competition
- 2006 – Aachen, Driving, 3rd at individual competition
- 2006 – Aachen, Driving, 1st at team competition
- 2008 – Beesd (Nederlands), Driving, 2nd at team competition
- 2010 - Lexington, Driving, 3rd at team competition
- 2012 - Riesenbeck, Driving, 2nd at team competition
- 2014 - Caen, Combined Driving, 2nd at team competition
- 2016 Breda (Nederlands), Driving, 3rd at team competition[3]
(1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 World Championships as part of the FEI World Equestrian Games)
- FEI World Cup Driving
- 2001/02 – Driving, 3rd
- 2002/03 – Driving, 3rd
- 2003/04 – Driving, 3rd
- 2006/07 – Driving, 3rd
- 2007/08 – Driving, 1st
- European Championships
- 2015 Aachen, Combined Driving, 2nd at team competition
- 2001 Breda (Nederlands), Combined Driving, 3rd at team competition
- National Championships
- 1990 – Driving, 2nd
- 1991 – Driving, 2nd
- 1992 – Driving, 2nd
- 1993 – Driving, 3rd
- 1994 – Driving, 2nd
- 1996 – Driving, 3rd
- 1999 – Driving, 1st
- 2000 – Driving, 1st
- 2001 – Driving, 2nd
- 2002 – Driving, 2nd
- 2003 – Driving, 2nd
- 2006 – Driving, 3rd
- 2007 – Driving, 1st
- 2009 - Riesenbeck, Combined Driving, 1st
- 2010 - Lähden, Combined Driving, 1st
- 2012 - Lähden, Combined Driving, 1st
- 2013 - Donaueschingen, Combined Driving, 1st
- 2014 - Riesenbeck, Combined Driving, 2nd
- 2016 - Lähden, Combined Driving, 3rd[4]
- Awards
- 2002 – FEI Top Driver Award
References[edit]
- ^ Christoph Sandmann gibt die Zügel aus der Hand, Roman Sobierajski, Aachener Zeitung, 27 June 2013
- ^ Anna Sandmann, FN Germany
- ^ Christoph Sandmann, FN Germany
- ^ Christoph Sandmann, FN Germany
External links[edit]
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived January 22, 2009)
- Christoph Sandmann (and here) at FEI
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