Christoph Wahler in 2019 | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | German |
Born | Uelzen, Germany | 21 January 1994
Education | German Military School of Sport at Warendorf, Agricultural Studies at University of Osnabrueck |
Occupation(s) | Manager of the family business, Klosterhof Medingen stud |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Equestrian |
Coached by | Anne-Kathrin Pohlmeier (GER) - dressage |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | 2024 Summer Olympics |
Christoph Wahler (born 21 January 1994 in Uelzen, Germany) is a German eventing rider.
He competed at the 2022 World Championships in Proton del Vivaro, where he won a Gold team medal with the German team. [1] Wahler competed at the 2021 and 2023 European Championships, [2] and earned silver medals at the European Championships in 2014 and 2015. [3]
Wahler is a third generation horseman. He the son of event rider, Burkhard Wahler, who was the German national champion in 1984. [4] His grandfather Eugen Wahler founded a horse breeding facility at Klosterhof Medingen in the 1960s, which Wahler runs today. [3]
In 2024, he was selected to compete for Germany at the Summer Olympic Games in Paris. [5] After posting 29.4 penalties in dressage, [6] Wahler was eliminated in cross-country when he fell from his mount Carjatan S. Before Wahler's fall, Germany was the second placed team in the competition. [7] Whaler and Carjantan S. were allowed to compete in the showjumping phase, where they posted a clear round. [8]