Ingrid Klimke
Ingrid Klimke (born 1 April 1968 in Münster, West Germany) is a German eventing rider. She appeared at five Olympics from 2000 to 2016. With her horse Abraxxas, she won two gold medals in team eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won a team silver with Hale-Bob.
Ingrid Klimke and Butts Abraxxas competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Equestrian | ||
| Representing Germany | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| 2008 Beijing | Team eventing | |
| 2012 London | Team eventing | |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Team eventing | |
| World Equestrian Games | ||
| 2006 Aachen | Team eventing | |
| 2014 Normandy | Team eventing | |
| 2018 Tryon | Individual eventing | |
| 2022 Herning | Team dressage | |
| European Championships | ||
| 2011 Luhmühlen | Team eventing | |
| 2013 Malmo | Team eventing | |
| 2015 Blair Castle | Team eventing | |
| 2017 Strzegom | Individual eventing | |
| 2019 Luhmühlen | Team eventing | |
| 2019 Luhmühlen | Individual eventing | |
| 2013 Malmo | Individual eventing | |
| 2021 Avenches | Team eventing | |
| 2005 Blenheim | Individual eventing | |
She is the daughter of equestrian Reiner Klimke. Like her father, she rides in both eventing and dressage at international events, for example, she was placed seventh at the 2002 Dressage World Cup Final with Nector van het Carelshof. In 2022, she made her debut on the German dressage team at the World Championships, where she was awarded a team bronze medal.
In January 2012 she was appointed to the position of "Reitmeister" (Riding Master, a special title of the German Equestrian Federation). Klimke is the second woman ever to be appointed as "Reitmeister".