Michael Jung
Jung in 2014
Personal information
Born31 July 1982 (1982-07-31) (age 41)
Bad Soden am Taunus, West Germany[1]
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportHorse riding
EventEventing
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Individual eventing
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team eventing
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual eventing
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team eventing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Kentucky Individual eventing
Gold medal – first place 2014 Normandy Team eventing
Gold medal – first place 2022 Pratoni Team eventing
Silver medal – second place 2014 Normandy Individual eventing
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Luhmühlen Team eventing
Gold medal – first place 2011 Luhmühlen Individual eventing
Gold medal – first place 2013 Malmö Team eventing
Gold medal – first place 2013 Malmö Individual eventing
Gold medal – first place 2015 Blair Castle Team eventing
Gold medal – first place 2015 Blair Castle Individual eventing
Gold medal – first place 2019 Luhmühlen Team eventing
Silver medal – second place 2017 Strzegom Individual eventing
Silver medal – second place 2019 Luhmühlen Individual eventing
Silver medal – second place 2021 Avenches Team eventing
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Fontainebleau Individual eventing

Michael Jung (born 31 July 1982) is a German equestrian who competes in eventing and show jumping.[3] A three-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. 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.

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
2009 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Sam)
2010 did not participate
2011 RET (Leopin FST)
2012 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Leopin FST) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Leopin FST)
2013 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Sam)
47th (Leopin FST)
2014 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (FischerRocana)
2015 1st place, gold medalist(s) (FischerRocana)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Sam)		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Sam)
RET (FischerRocana)		 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Sam)
EL (FischerRocana)		 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (FischerRocana)
WD (Halunke FBW)
2016 1st place, gold medalist(s) (FischerRocana) 1st place, gold medalist(s) (Sam) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (FischerTakinou)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (FischerRocana)
2017 1st place, gold medalist(s) (FischerRocana) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Sam) RET (Sam) WD (Sam)
2018 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (FischerRocana) 10th (Sam)
2019 did not participate
2020 did not participate
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 5th (FischerWild Wave) Cancelled due to COVID-19
2022 1st place, gold medalist(s) (FischerChipmunk FRH)
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

International Championship results

Results
Year Event Horse Placing Notes
1999 European Junior Championships Maricos 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team
9th Individual
2003 European Young Rider Championships Marco 522 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Individual
2006 World Young Horse Championships Sam 2nd place, silver medalist(s) CCI*
2007 World Young Horse Championships Desperado S 13th CCI*
Sam 2nd place, silver medalist(s) CCI**
2008 World Young Horse Championships River of Joy 4 7th CCI**
2008 Eventing World Cup Final Sam 4th
2009 Eventing World Cup Final Sam 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2009 European Championships Sam 8th Team
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Individual
2010 World Equestrian Games Sam 5th Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Individual
2011 World Young Horse Championships FischerRocana 1st place, gold medalist(s) CCI*
Halunke FBW 32nd CCI**
2011 European Championships Sam 1st place, gold medalist(s) Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Individual
2012 Olympic Games Sam 1st place, gold medalist(s) Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Individual
2013 World Young Horse Championships Ricona FST WD CCI*
2013 European Championships Halunke FBW 1st place, gold medalist(s) Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Individual
2014 World Young Horse Championships Star Connection 1st place, gold medalist(s) CCI*
FischerTakinou 4th CCI**
Ricona FST 25th CCI**
2014 World Equestrian Games FischerRocana 1st place, gold medalist(s) Team
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Individual
2015 World Young Horse Championships FischerIncantas 1st place, gold medalist(s) CCI*
Lennox 364 8th CCI**
2015 European Championships FischerTakinou 1st place, gold medalist(s) Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Individual
2016 Olympic Games Sam 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Individual
2017 European Championships FischerRocana 10th Team
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Individual
2019 European Championships FischerChipmunk FRH 1st place, gold medalist(s) Team
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Individual
2021 Olympic Games FischerChipmunk FRH 4th Team
8th Individual
European Championships FischerWild Wave 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team
4th Individual
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

Notable horses

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Michael Jung.
  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. ^ a b c 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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