Samuel Schatzmann

Samuel Schatzmann

Personal information
Born	12 October 1955
Died	2 November 2016(2016-11-02) (aged 61)
Medal record Equestrian Representing Switzerland Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team dressage World Championships 1990 Stockholm Team dressage European Championships 1989 Mondorf Team dressage

Samuel Schatzmann (12 October 1955 – 2 November 2016) was a Swiss equestrian. He won a silver medal in team dressage at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, together with Otto Josef Hofer, Christine Stückelberger and Daniel Ramseier. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, he won on "Rochus" the silver medal in the team dressage together with Otto Hofer, Daniel Ramseier and Christine Stückelberger behind the West German team and in Canada. In the individual dressage he failed to qualify for the final round itself.

A year later Schatzmann won on the same horse bronze medal in the team event at the European Championships Dressage 1989 in Mondorf together with Otto Hofer, Daniel Ramseier and Ulrich Lehmann behind the teams of Germany and the Soviet Republic.

Schatzmann was a doctor of law and entrepreneur. He promoted the Westphalian horse breeding, as a breeder through cooperation with the North Rhine-Westphalian State Stud Warendorf. In 2015 he was awarded for his contribution to the Westphalian breeding the silver badge of honor of Westphalia Stud Book. [1] For several years he was president of the Association Central Swiss Concours riders.

External links

• Samuel Schatzmann at Olympics.com
• Samuel Schatzmann at Olympedia