Anna Siemer and FRH Butt’s Avondale. Photo by Shelby Allen.
Teams and individuals named for the upcoming FEI Eventing European Championships are beginning to emerge, and Germany is the latest nation to announce who will be representing the country in Switzerland next month. The European Championships will be hosted at Avenches September 23-26.
Each nation has the ability to send a four-member team along with two individual competitors. In alphabetical order, the following combinations have been named to the German squad:
- Andreas Dibowski and FRH Corrida (12-year-old Hanoverian mare owned by the Dibowski family)
- Michael Jung and fischerWild Wave (9-year-old Holsteiner gelding owned by Klaus and Sabine Fischer and the Jung family)
- Ingrid Klimke and SAP Hale Bob OLD (17-year-old Oldenburg gelding owned by Ingrid Klimke)
- Dirk Schrade and Casino 80 (11-year-old Holsteiner gelding owned by Freya Rethmeier)
- Anna Siemer and FRH Butts Avondale (14-year-old Hanoverian mare owned by Dr. Volker Steinkraus)
- Christoph Wahler and Carjatan S (12-year-old Holsteiner gelding owned by Lena Thonenies and Christoph Wahler)
- First Reserve: Andreas Ostholt and Corvette 31 (13-year-old Westphalian mare owned by Rudolf Westmeyer)
- Other Reserves: Emma Brussels and Dark Desire GS (12-year-old Hanoverian mare owned by Jürgen Brüssau/ Sophie Leube and Jadore Moi (11-year-old Bavarian mare owned by BG Jadore Moi and Sophie Leube)
FEI Eventing European Championships: [Website]
