JUNG Michael

Germany
Equestrian
31 Jul 1982
39
Male
BAD SODEN AM TAUNUS
 
Germany
HORB AM NECKAR
 
Germany

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
EQU Equestrian Eventing Team
GER
Germany
 4
Eventing Individual 8

Schedule

Change
Start
Time		 Location Event Status
Equestrian Park
Eventing Individual Jumping Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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EQUESTRIAN - EVENTING

Olympic Games
YearLocationEventing IndividualEventing Team
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA12
2012London, GBR11

World Equestrian Games
YearLocationEventing IndividualEventing Team
2014Normandy, FRA21
2010Lexington, KY, USA15

European Championships
YearLocationEventing IndividualEventing Team
2019Luhmuhlen, GER21
2017Strzegom, POL22

CCI5*-L
RankEventYearLocation
1Eventing Individual2017Lexington, KY, USA
2Eventing Individual2018Lexington, KY, USA
2Eventing Individual2017Badminton, GBR
2Eventing Individual2016Pau, FRA
3Eventing Individual2016Pau, FRA
5Eventing Individual2021Luhmuhlen, GER
10Eventing Individual2018Badminton, GBR
WDEventing Individual2017Pau, FRA
RTEventing Individual2017Burghley, GBR

Nations Cup
RankEventYearLocation
1Eventing Team2019Boekelo, NED
1Eventing Team2019Strzegom, POL
1Eventing Team2017Aachen, GER
3Eventing Team2018Waregem, BEL


Legend
DS - Not Started, DSQ - Disqualified, RT - Retired, WD - Withdrawn, EL - Eliminated

EQUESTRIAN - JUMPING

World Cup Western European League
RankEventYearLocation
5Jumping Individual2019/2020Leipzig, GER
10Jumping Individual2019/2020Helsinki, FIN


Legend
NS - Not Started, DSQ - Disqualified, RT - Retired, WD - Withdrawn, EL - Eliminated
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Michi, The Terminator (eventingnation.com, 16 Sep 2015; horseware.com, 15 Mar 2012)
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Athlete, Coach, Horse Trainer
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Wife Faye Fullgraebe, son Lio [2021]
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English, German
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RSG Altheim [Germany]
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Hans Melzer [national], GER
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His father Joachim Jung and his wife Faye Fullgraebe have competed in equestrian at an elite level. (eventingnation.com, 01 Dec 2020; Faye Fullgraebe Instagram profile, 16 May 2018; buschreiter.de, 04 Jun 2018; reitschule-jung.de, 01 Jan 2018)
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He has competed in equestrian jumping and dressage at an elite level. (horseweb.de, 10 Mar 2019; reitschule-jung.de, 01 Jan 2018)
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He began riding ponies at age six. He moved on to horses at age eight. (reitschule-jung.de, 01 Jan 2018; fei.org, 03 Jul 2015)
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His father was involved in horses and his family owns an equestrian centre. (reitschule-jung.de, 01 Jan 2018)
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To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (ardmediathek.de, 23 May 2021)
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Winning gold in the individual event at the 2010 World Equestrian Games [WEG] in Lexington, KY, United States of America. (sport.de, 03 Oct 2020)
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His father Joachim. (horseandrideruk.com, 01 Oct 2016)
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"I like to ride, to train with the young horses. That's the reason I'm a rider, not just to win everything and stop riding." (examiner.com, 03 Aug 2012)
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In 2016 he was named Reitmaster [Riding Master] by the German Equestrian Federation [FN]. (vielseitigkeitssport-deutschland.de, 16 Nov 2016)

In 2013 he was inducted into the Eventing Riders Association's [ERA] Hall of Fame. (cavallo.de, 18 Jun 2013)

In 2013 he was named an honorary citizen of Horb am Neckar in Germany. (horb.de, 25 Mar 2013)

He was presented with the Silbernen Lorbeerblatt [Silver Laurel Leaf] in recognition of his achievements at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (st-georg.de, 09 Nov 2012)

He won the International Equestrian Federation [FEI] 2012 Reem Acra Best Athlete award. (feiawards.org, 08 Nov 2012)

He received the Goldene Reitabzeichen [Golden Badge] in 2003 in recognition of his achievements in dressage and showjumping. (reitschule-jung.de, 01 Jan 2018)

General Interest

General
STABLES
He rides at his family's equestrian centre in Horb am Neckar, Germany. His wife Faye is an animal physiotherapist at the stables. (sport.de, 03 Oct 2020; nolte-kuechen.com, 24 Mar 2020; eventingnation.com, 17 Dec 2019; swr.de, 17 Sep 2019; reitschule-jung.de, 01 Jan 2018)

HORSE RETIREMENT
In November 2018 he retired his horse La Biosthetique Sam at his family's equestrian centre in Horb am Neckar, Germany. The pair won gold together at the Olympic Games in 2012 and 2016, as well as at the 2010 World Equestrian Games [WEG] in Lexington, KY, United States of America. "He is good, he is being ridden four or five times a week and goes in the field - he is fit and looks well. He will stay on our farm, nothing changes for him." (sport.de, 03 Oct 2020; eventingnation.com, 22 Oct 2018)

WEG WITHDRAWAL
A minor injury to his mare FisherRocana meant he was unable to compete at the 2018 World Equestrian Games [WEG] in Tryon, NC, United States of America. (leperon.fr, 29 Aug 2018)

Milestones

He claimed gold in individual eventing at both the 2012 Olympic Games in London and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He was the third eventing rider in history to win two consecutive individual gold medals at the Olympic Games after Charles Pahud de Mortanges [1928, 1932] and Mark Todd [1984, 1988]. (SportsDeskOnline, 31 Jul 2018; animoitalia.com, 23 Aug 2016)

In 2012 he became the first eventing rider to hold the Olympic, European and world titles at the same time. In May 2016 he became the first German rider to win the Badminton Horse Trials in England. His victory meant he followed in the footsteps of British rider Pippa Funnell in securing the Rolex Grand Slam, having already triumphed at the events in Burghley in England and Kentucky in the United States of America. (bbc.co.uk, 08 May 2016, 31 Jul 2012)
Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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