Malin Hansen-Hotopp

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Malin Hansen-Hotopp
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2025 European Eventing Championships
Personal information
Born (1977-12-30) 30 December 1977 (age 47)
Maasbüll, West Germany
Sport
Country Germany
Sport Equestrian
Medal record
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Equestrian
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Blenheim Team eventing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Haras du Pin Team eventing

Malin Hansen-Hotopp (born 30 December 1977) is a German equestrian.

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Early life

She was brought up in Maasbüll in Schleswig-Holstein. She competed in the German Pony Championship for the first time in 1992. She studied agriculture in Rostock and Kiel. [1]

Career

She became European team champion in 1996 in the under-21 age group. [2]

She won the 2022 Blenheim Horse Trials, competing in Britain for the first time, on Bodil Ipsen’s Carlito’s Quidditch K. They led the competition after the dressage, and jumped clear with only time faults. [3] She was part of the German team which won the FEI Nations Cup event in Haras du Pin in August 2022. [4]

She was a silver medalist in the team eventing at the 2023 European Eventing Championships in Haras du Pin on Carlitos Quidditch K in her senior championship debut. [5]

Personal life

Her father Klaus Hansen was an event trainer and trained future Olympic gold medalist Peter Thomsen. [6] She is married to Thomas Hotopp and has three sons named Jasper, Frode and Jarne. They live in Gransebieth in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Malin Hansen-Hotopp". Pferd-aktuell.de. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Basic, Julia (August 10, 2023). "Pioneering role for Nordic combination". Faz.net. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "PIGGY MARCH AND MALIN HANSEN-HOTOPP TAKE TOP HONOURS AT 2022 BLENHEIM PALACE INTERNATIONAL HORSE TRIALS". British Eventing. September 18, 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "Equestrian - Le Haras du Pin - 2022 - Detailed results". The-Sports.org. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  5. ↑ Roome, Pippa (1 August 2023). "Blenheim winner kicks off German effort in eventing Europeans dressage: 'He was nervous – we can do better'". Horse and Hound. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Blenheim Horse Trials result: poignant win for Malin Hansen-Hotopp". Horse and Hound. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
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