Marcus Ehning

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).^[1] He won the Longines Global Champions Tour of Vienna Grand Prix on Plot Blue in September 2014.^[2]

Marcus Ehning with Noltes Küchengirl at Internationalen PfingstTurnier Wiesbaden 2013

Marcus Ehning
Personal information
Full name	Marcus Ehning
Nationality	Germany
Discipline	Show jumping
Born	(1974-04-19) 19 April 1974 (age 51) Südlohn, West Germany
Height	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Weight	137 lb (62 kg; 9 st 11 lb)
Medal record Representing  Germany Equestrian Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team jumping World Championships 2006 Aachen Team jumping 2010 Lexington Team jumping 2018 Tryon Team jumping European Championships 1999 Hickstead Team jumping 2003 Donaueschingen Team jumping 2005 San Patrignano Team jumping 2007 Mannheim Team jumping 2009 Windsor Team jumping 2019 Rotterdam Team jumping 2021 Riesenbeck Team jumping 2003 Donaueschingen Individual jumping

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. ^[3]

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.^[4]

International championship results

Results
Year	Event	Horse	Placing	Notes
1993	European Young Rider Championships	Talan		Team
			5th	Individual
1994	European Young Rider Championships	Opium 002		Team	kjnlm	6th	Individual
			1995	European Young Rider Championships	Opium 002	6th	Individual
1999	European Championships	For Pleasure		Team
			5th	Individual
2000	Olympic Games	For Pleasure		Team
			4th	Individual
2001	World Cup Final	For Pleasure	31st
2002	World Cup Final	For Pleasure	25th
2002	World Equestrian Games	For Pleasure	4th	Team
			15th	Individual
2003	World Cup Final	Anka 191
2003	European Championships	For Pleasure		Team
				Individual
2004	World Cup Final	Anka 191	13th
2005	World Cup Final	Gitania 8
2005	European Championships	Gitania 8	20th	Individual
2006	World Cup Final	Sandro Boy
2006	World Equestrian Games	Noltes Kuchengirl		Team
			82nd	Individual
2007	World Cup Final	Gitania 8	5th
2007	European Championships	Noltes Kuchengirl		Team
			51st	Individual
2008	World Cup Final	Sandro Boy	39th
2009	World Cup Final	LeConte	10th
2009	European Championships	Plot Blue		Team
			23rd	Individual
2010	World Cup Final	Noltes Kuchengirl / Plot Blue
2010	World Equestrian Games	Plot Blue		Team
			16th	Individual
2011	World Cup Final	Sabrina 327	20th
2012	World Cup Final	HH Copin van de Broy / Sabrina 327	7th
2012	Olympic Games	Plot Blue	10th	Team
			12th	Individual
2013	World Cup Final	HH Copin van de Broy / Plot Blue	23rd
2014	World Cup Final	Cornado NRW	4th
2014	World Equestrian Games	Cornado NRW	4th	Team
			10th	Individual
2015	World Cup Final	Singular ls la Silla	RET
2016	World Cup Final	Cornado NRW	4th
2017	World Cup Final	Pret a Tout	12th
2017	European Championships	Pret a Tout	5th	Team
			6th	Individual
2018	World Cup Final	Cornado NRW	12th
2018	World Equestrian Games	Pret a Tout		Team
			15th	Individual
2019	European Championships	Comme il Faut 5		Team
			5th	Individual
2021	European Championships	Stargold		Team
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew