Michael Jung (equestrian)

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Michael Jung
Michael Jung 3.jpg
Jung in 2014
Personal information
Born31 July 1982 (1982-07-31) (age 43)
Bad Soden am Taunus, West Germany [1]
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in) [2]
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportHorse riding
Event Eventing
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London Individual eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London Team eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Individual eventing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team eventing
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Kentucky Individual eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Normandy Team eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Pratoni Team eventing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Normandy Individual eventing
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Luhmühlen Team eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Luhmühlen Individual eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Malmö Team eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Malmö Individual eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Blair Castle Team eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Blair Castle Individual eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Luhmühlen Team eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Blenheim Team eventing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Strzegom Individual eventing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Luhmühlen Individual eventing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Avenches Team eventing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Blenheim Individual eventing
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Fontainebleau Individual eventing

Michael Jung (born 31 July 1982) is a German equestrian who competes in eventing and show jumping. [3] A four-time Olympic gold medallist, he won individual and team gold at the 2012 London Olympics, followed by individual gold and team silver at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and the individual gold for the third time at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He was inducted into the Eventing Rider Association Hall of Fame in 2013, [4] and in 2016 he became only the second rider in history to win the Grand Slam of Eventing.

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Career

He was born to Joachim Jung, a former dressage and show jumping competitor and took up horse riding aged 6. [4] He won individual bronze at the 2009 European Championships. At the 2012 Olympic Games, he won gold medals in the individual and team events. In winning the individual event (on his 30th birthday), he made eventing history by becoming the first rider to ever hold the Olympic, World and European championship titles at the same time, having previously won the 2010 World title and 2011 European title. [4] He won all three titles on the horse La Biosthetique Sam.

Since then, Jung has won individual and team gold medals at the 2013 Europeans, individual silver and team gold at the 2014 World Equestrian Games and individual and team gold at the 2015 European Championships. [5] His individual victory at the 2015 Europeans made him only the second rider in history, after Virginia Leng, to win three consecutive European individual titles on three different horses. His wins were on La Biosthetique Sam (2011), Halunke FBW (2013) and FischerTakinou (2015). He won individual and team silver at the 2017 European Championships on Fischerrocanna. Michael Jung's individual silver at the 2014 World Equestrian Games & his individual silver at the 2017 Europeans were won on Fischerocona FST.

Jung's win at Badminton in 2016 sealed the Rolex Grand Slam, becoming only the second person in history to win it. His top horse La Biothesque Sam has also finished second at the Badminton horse trials in 2013 and 2017, and third at both Rolex Kentucky (2015) and Luhmuhlen (2015). [6]

CCI 5* results

Results
Event Kentucky Badminton Luhmühlen Burghley Pau Adelaide
2009Gold medal icon.svg (Sam)
2010did not participate
2011RET (Leopin FST)
2012Gold medal icon.svg (Leopin FST)Bronze medal icon.svg (Leopin FST)
2013Silver medal icon.svg (Sam)
47th (Leopin FST)
2014Silver medal icon.svg (FischerRocana)
2015Gold medal icon.svg(FischerRocana)
Bronze medal icon.svg (Sam)		Bronze medal icon.svg (Sam)
RET (FischerRocana)		Gold medal icon.svg (Sam)
EL (FischerRocana)		Silver medal icon.svg(FischerRocana)
WD (Halunke FBW)
2016Gold medal icon.svg(FischerRocana)Gold medal icon.svg (Sam)Silver medal icon.svg (FischerTakinou)
Bronze medal icon.svg (FischerRocana)
2017Gold medal icon.svg(FischerRocana)Silver medal icon.svg(Sam)RET (Sam)WD (Sam)
2018Silver medal icon.svg(FischerRocana)10th (Sam)
2019did not participate
2020did not participate
2021Cancelled due to COVID-195th (FischerWild Wave) Cancelled due to COVID-19
2022Gold medal icon.svg (FischerChipmunk FRH)
2023
2024
2025Gold medal icon.svg (FischerChipmunk FRH)
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

International Championship results

Results
YearEventHorsePlacingNotes
1999European Junior ChampionshipsMaricosSilver medal icon.svgTeam
9thIndividual
2003European Young Rider ChampionshipsMarco 522Silver medal icon.svgTeam
Gold medal icon.svgIndividual
2006World Young Horse ChampionshipsSamSilver medal icon.svgCCI*
2007World Young Horse ChampionshipsDesperado S13thCCI*
SamSilver medal icon.svgCCI**
2008World Young Horse ChampionshipsRiver of Joy 47thCCI**
2008Eventing World Cup FinalSam4th
2009Eventing World Cup FinalSamGold medal icon.svg
2009European ChampionshipsSam8thTeam
Bronze medal icon.svgIndividual
2010World Equestrian GamesSam5thTeam
Gold medal icon.svgIndividual
2011World Young Horse ChampionshipsFischerRocanaGold medal icon.svgCCI*
Halunke FBW32ndCCI**
2011European ChampionshipsSamGold medal icon.svgTeam
Gold medal icon.svgIndividual
2012Olympic GamesSamGold medal icon.svgTeam
Gold medal icon.svgIndividual
2013World Young Horse ChampionshipsRicona FSTWDCCI*
2013European ChampionshipsHalunke FBWGold medal icon.svgTeam
Gold medal icon.svgIndividual
2014World Young Horse ChampionshipsStar ConnectionGold medal icon.svgCCI*
FischerTakinou4thCCI**
Ricona FST25thCCI**
2014World Equestrian GamesFischerRocanaGold medal icon.svgTeam
Silver medal icon.svgIndividual
2015World Young Horse ChampionshipsFischerIncantasGold medal icon.svgCCI*
Lennox 3648thCCI**
2015European ChampionshipsFischerTakinouGold medal icon.svgTeam
Gold medal icon.svgIndividual
2016Olympic GamesSamSilver medal icon.svgTeam
Gold medal icon.svgIndividual
2017European ChampionshipsFischerRocana10thTeam
Silver medal icon.svgIndividual
2019European ChampionshipsFischerChipmunk FRHGold medal icon.svgTeam
Silver medal icon.svgIndividual
2021Olympic GamesFischerChipmunk FRH4thTeam
8thIndividual
European ChampionshipsFischerWild WaveSilver medal icon.svgTeam
4thIndividual
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

Notable horses

References

  1. ↑ Michael Jung. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ Michael Jung Archived 10 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine . nbcolympics.com
  3. ↑ Michael Jung. 2012 German Olympic Team.
  4. 1 2 3 Michael Jung. nbcolympics.com
  5. ↑ Ollie Williams (31 July 2012) Olympics eventing: Britain win team silver behind Germany. BBC
  6. ↑ Leah Oliveto (26 April 2015) Michael Jung Wins Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by Land Rover/Phillip Dutton Secures Fourth Rolex/USEF CCI4* Eventing National Championship Title. usefnetwork.com
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