Marcus Ehning (born 19 April 1974 in Südlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German show jumping champion, Olympic champion from 2000. He is married to Nadia Ehning (née Zülow). He won the Longines Global Champions Tour of Vienna Grand Prix on Plot Blue in September 2014.
Horses
Marcus Ehning joined the equestrian world when he was 7 years old. His firsts horses, which let him learn and take confidence in low and medium level shows, were Lord, Metal, Starlight, Queen and Bright Ruby. Then he started obtaining great results in higher level competitions mostly thanks to Orchidee, Opium and Talan. He reached the top level with For Pleasure and from that point he constantly grew with his horses, achieving victories in competitions worldwide. His top horses are Plot Blue, Cornado, Comme Il Faut, Singular LS La Silla, Gaudi and Sabrina. Beyond high level competitions, he also takes care of his young horses, training them day by day.
Olympic record Ehning participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he won a gold medal in Team Jumping, together with Lars Nieberg, Otto Becker and Ludger Beerbaum."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Equestrian" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 5, 2008)
International championship results Results Year Event Horse PlacingNotes 1993 European Young Rider Championships TalanTeam5thIndividual 1994 European Young Rider ChampionshipsOpium 002Teamkjnlm6thIndividual1995European Young Rider ChampionshipsOpium 0026thIndividual 1999 European Championships For PleasureTeam5thIndividual2000Olympic GamesFor PleasureTeam4thIndividual2001World Cup FinalFor Pleasure31st2002World Cup FinalFor Pleasure25th 2002 World Equestrian Games For Pleasure 4thTeam15thIndividual2003World Cup FinalAnka 1912003European ChampionshipsFor PleasureTeamIndividual2004World Cup FinalAnka 19113th2005World Cup FinalGitania 82005European ChampionshipsGitania 820thIndividual2006World Cup FinalSandro Boy2006World Equestrian GamesNoltes KuchengirlTeam82ndIndividual2007World Cup FinalGitania 85th2007European ChampionshipsNoltes KuchengirlTeam51stIndividual2008World Cup FinalSandro Boy39th2009World Cup FinalLeConte10th2009European ChampionshipsPlot BlueTeam23rdIndividual2010World Cup FinalNoltes Kuchengirl / Plot Blue2010World Equestrian GamesPlot BlueTeam16thIndividual2011World Cup FinalSabrina 32720th2012World Cup FinalHH Copin van de Broy / Sabrina 3277th2012Olympic GamesPlot Blue10thTeam12thIndividual2013World Cup FinalHH Copin van de Broy / Plot Blue23rd2014World Cup FinalCornado NRW4th2014World Equestrian GamesCornado NRW4thTeam10thIndividual2015World Cup FinalSingular ls la SillaRET2016World Cup FinalCornado NRW4th2017World Cup FinalPret a Tout12th2017European ChampionshipsPret a Tout5thTeam6thIndividual2018World Cup FinalCornado NRW12th2018World Equestrian GamesPret a ToutTeam15thIndividual2019European ChampionshipsComme il Faut 5Team5thIndividual2021European ChampionshipsStargoldTeam2025European ChampionshipsCoolio 42 Team19th Individual EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew
References
External links
Official website