Hans Günter Winkler biography
Hans Günter Winkler, (born July 24, 1926, Barmen [now Wuppertal], Germany—died July 9, 2018, Warendorf), German equestrian champion who was essentially the most embellished Olympic present jumper of all time, successful seven medals, 5 of which have been gold.
Winkler received world championships in present leaping in 1954 and 1955. At the 1956 Olympic Games, wherein the equestrian occasions have been held in Stockholm, Sweden, due to quarantine restrictions in the principle Games website at Melbourne, Australia, Winkler received gold medals in each particular person present leaping and staff present leaping. He then received staff gold medals in present leaping on the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome and the 1964 Games in Tokyo. He led the German staff to a bronze medal on the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City and a gold medal on the 1972 Olympics in Munich and completed his illustrious profession with a staff silver on the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
Riding the identical mare, Halla, for a lot of his early profession, Winkler was the one horseman to have ridden all three legs of the staff show-jumping course for Germany throughout their successful streak from 1956 to 1964. In the person competitors on the 1956 Olympics, Winkler sustained a extreme groin harm and was virtually unable to maneuver, however his mare—with out route from her rider—accomplished the course flawlessly within the remaining spherical, bringing Winkler the gold. He continued to compete till his retirement in 1986.