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Reiner Klimke
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Reiner Klimke was a male citizen of West Germany and Germany, born in Münster in 1936 and educated at the University of Münster. He worked as a politician, non-fiction writer, lawyer, and notary, and was a member of the Christian Democratic Union. His professional activities included work in Düsseldorf, and he competed in equestrian sport.
Klimke authored 22 works, with notable titles including *Grundausbildung des jungen Reitpferdes*, *Klimke on dressage*, *Cavalletti*, *schooling of horse & rider over ground rails*, and *Cavalletti 4th Edition*. He received the Germany's Sports Hall of Fame and the Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia. He died of a myocardial infarction in Münster in 1999. His child is Ingrid Klimke.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1936
- Works
- 22
Top works
- Grundausbildung des jungen Reitpferdes
- Klimke on dressage
- Cavalletti, schooling of horse & rider over ground rails
- Cavalletti
- Cavalletti 4th Edition
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1936-01-14 ) January 14, 1936, Münster , Nazi Germany
- Died
- August 17, 1999 (1999-08-17) (aged 63), Münster , Germany
- Height
- 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Weight
- 66 kg (146 lb)
- Sport
- Equestrianism
- Club
- RuF Gustav Rau, Telgte , RV St. Georg Münster
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Münster
- Place of death
- Münster
- Occupation
- non-fiction writer
- Educated at
- University of Münster
- Political party
- Christian Democratic Union
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Sport
- equestrian sport
- Mass
- 66
- Image
- Reiner Klimke 1969 Ajman stamp.jpg
- Height
- 184
- Work location
- Düsseldorf
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- date of birth
- 1936-01-14
- date of death
- 1999-08-17
- Commons category
- Reiner Klimke
- name in native language
- Reiner Klimke
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview
Reiner Klimke ( German pronunciation: [ˈʁaɪnɐ ˈklɪmkə] ; 14 January 1936 – 17 August 1999) was a German equestrian, who won six gold and two bronze medals in dressage at the Summer Olympics — a record for equestrian events that has since been surpassed. He appeared in six Olympics from 1960 to 1988, excluding the 1980 Games that were boycotted by West Germany.
Equestrian career
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