German equestrian (born 1982)
Michael Jung
Jung in 2014
Personal information Born 31 July 1982 (1982-07-31 ) (age 43) Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[ 2] Weight 70 kg (154 lb) Sport Sport Horse riding Event
Eventing
Michael Jung (born 31 July 1982) is a Germanequestrian who competes ineventing andshow jumping .[ 3] A four-time Olympic gold medallist, he won individual and team gold at the2012 London Olympics , followed by individual gold and team silver at the2016 Rio Olympics , and the individual gold for the third time at the2024 Paris Olympics . He was inducted into the Eventing Rider Association Hall of Fame in 2013,[ 4] and in 2016 he became only the second rider in history to win theGrand Slam of Eventing .
He was born to Joachim Jung, a formerdressage andshow jumping competitor and took up horse riding aged 6.[ 4] He won individual bronze at the 2009 European Championships. At the2012 Olympic Games , he won gold medals in theindividual andteam events. In winning the individual event (on his 30th birthday), he made eventing history by becoming the first rider to ever hold the Olympic, World and European championship titles at the same time, having previously won the 2010 World title and 2011 European title.[ 4] He won all three titles on the horse La Biosthetique Sam.
Since then, Jung has won individual and team gold medals at the 2013 Europeans, individual silver and team gold at the 2014 World Equestrian Games and individual and team gold at the 2015 European Championships.[ 5] His individual victory at the 2015 Europeans made him only the second rider in history, afterVirginia Leng , to win three consecutive European individual titles on three different horses. His wins were on La Biosthetique Sam (2011), Halunke FBW (2013) and FischerTakinou (2015). He won individual and team silver at the 2017 European Championships on Fischerrocanna. Michael Jung's individual silver at the 2014 World Equestrian Games & his individual silver at the 2017 Europeans were won on Fischerocona FST.
Jung's win at Badminton in 2016 sealed theRolex Grand Slam , becoming only the second person in history to win it. His top horse La Biothesque Sam has also finished second at the Badminton horse trials in 2013 and 2017, and third at both Rolex Kentucky (2015) and Luhmuhlen (2015).[ 6]
Results Event Kentucky Badminton Luhmühlen Burghley Pau Adelaide 2009 (Sam) 2010 did not participate 2011 RET (Leopin FST) 2012 (Leopin FST) (Leopin FST) 2013 (Sam) 47th (Leopin FST) 2014 (FischerRocana) 2015 (FischerRocana) (Sam) (Sam) RET (FischerRocana) (Sam) EL (FischerRocana) (FischerRocana) WD (Halunke FBW) 2016 (FischerRocana) (Sam) (FischerTakinou) (FischerRocana) 2017 (FischerRocana) (Sam) RET (Sam) WD (Sam) 2018 (FischerRocana) 10th (Sam) 2019 did not participate 2020 did not participate 2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 5th (FischerWild Wave) Cancelled due to COVID-19 2022 (FischerChipmunk FRH) 2023 2024 2025 (FischerChipmunk FRH) EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew
International Championship results [ edit ] Results Year Event Horse Placing Notes 1999 European Junior Championships Maricos Team 9th Individual 2003 European Young Rider Championships Marco 522 Team Individual 2006 World Young Horse Championships Sam CCI* 2007 World Young Horse Championships Desperado S 13th CCI* Sam CCI** 2008 World Young Horse Championships River of Joy 4 7th CCI** 2008 Eventing World Cup Final Sam 4th 2009 Eventing World Cup Final Sam 2009 European Championships Sam 8th Team Individual 2010 World Equestrian Games Sam 5th Team Individual 2011 World Young Horse Championships FischerRocana CCI* Halunke FBW 32nd CCI** 2011 European Championships Sam Team Individual 2012 Olympic Games Sam Team Individual 2013 World Young Horse Championships Ricona FST WD CCI* 2013 European Championships Halunke FBW Team Individual 2014 World Young Horse Championships Star Connection CCI* FischerTakinou 4th CCI** Ricona FST 25th CCI** 2014 World Equestrian Games FischerRocana Team Individual 2015 World Young Horse Championships FischerIncantas CCI* Lennox 364 8th CCI** 2015 European Championships FischerTakinou Team Individual 2016 Olympic Games Sam Team Individual 2017 European Championships FischerRocana 10th Team Individual 2019 European Championships FischerChipmunk FRH Team Individual 2021 Olympic Games FischerChipmunk FRH 4th Team 8th Individual European Championships FischerWild Wave Team 4th Individual EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew
Marco 522 - 1995 Bay Holsteiner Gelding (Mytens XX x Montanus)2003 European Young Rider Championships - team silver medal, individual gold medal La Biosthetique Sam FBW - 2000 Bay Baden-Wurttemberger Gelding (Stan The Man XX x Heraldik XX)2007 FEI Eventing Young Horse World Championships - second place 2008 FEI Eventing World Cup Final - fourth place 2009 FEI Eventing World Cup Final - gold medal 2009 Luhmühlen CCI**** winner 2009 European Championships - individual bronze medal 2010 World Equestrian Games - team fifth place, individual gold medal 2011 European Championships - team gold medal, individual gold medal 2012 London Olympic Games - team gold medal, individual gold medal 2015 Burghley CCI**** winner 2016 Badminton CCI**** winner 2016 Rio Olympic Games - team silver medal, individual gold medal Desperado S - 2001 Bay Wurttemberger Gelding (Divino de L x Grand Ferdinand II)2007 FEI Eventing Young Horse World Championships - 13th place River of Joy 4 - 2001 Dark Bay Wurttemberger Gelding (Rubicell x Pageno xx)2008 FEI Eventing Young Horse World Championships - seventh place Leopin FST - 1999 Bay German Riding Horse Gelding (Legal Legend XX x Pius)2012 Luhmühlen CCI**** winner FischerRocana FST - 2005 Dark Bay German Sport Horse Mare (Ituango XX x Carismo)2014 World Equestrian Games - team gold medal, individual silver medal 2015 Kentucky CCI**** winner 2016 Kentucky CCI**** winner 2017 Kentucky CCI**** winner 2017 European Championships - individual silver medal FischerTakinou - 2007 Red Roan Anglo Arabian Gelding (Jaguar Mail x Sardana Pierre)2015 European Championships - team gold medal, individual gold medal FischerChipmunk FRH - 2008 Bay Hanoverian Gelding (Contendro I x Heraldik XX)2019 European Championships - team gold medal, individual silver medal 2022 Kentucky CCI5* winner 2024 Paris Olympic Games - individual gold medal 2025 Kentucky CCI5* winner
1912 : Nordlander ,Adlercreutz ,Casparsson ,Åminne (SWE ) 1920 : Mörner ,Lundström ,von Braun ,Dyrsch (SWE ) 1924 : van der Voort van Zijp ,de Mortanges ,de Kruijff ,Colenbrander (NED ) 1928 : de Mortanges ,de Kruijff ,van der Voort van Zijp (NED ) 1932 : Thomson ,Chamberlin ,Argo (USA ) 1936 : Stubbendorf ,Lippert ,von Wangenheim (GER ) 1948 : Henry ,Anderson ,Thomson (USA ) 1952 : von Blixen-Finecke ,Stahre ,Frölén (SWE ) 1956 : Weldon ,Rook ,Hill (GBR ) 1960 : Morgan ,Lavis ,Roycroft (AUS ) 1964 : Checcoli ,Angioni ,Ravano (ITA ) 1968 : Allhusen ,Meade ,Jones (GBR ) 1972 : Meade ,Gordon-Watson ,Parker ,Phillips (GBR ) 1976 : Coffin ,Plumb ,Davidson ,Tauskey (USA ) 1980 : Blinov ,Salnikov ,Volkov ,Rogozhin (URS ) 1984 : Plumb ,Stives ,Fleischmann ,Davidson (USA ) 1988 : Erhorn ,Baumann ,Kaspareit ,Ehrenbrink (FRG ) 1992 : Green ,Rolton ,Hoy ,Ryan (AUS ) 1996 : Schaeffer ,Rolton ,Hoy ,Dutton (AUS ) 2000 : Dutton ,Hoy ,Tinney ,Ryan (AUS ) 2004 : Boiteau ,Lyard ,Courrèges ,Teulère ,Touzaint (FRA ) 2008 : Thomsen ,Ostholt ,Dibowski ,Klimke ,Romeike (GER ) 2012 : Auffarth ,Jung ,Klimke ,Schrade ,Thomsen (GER ) 2016 : Laghouag ,Lemoine ,Nicolas ,Vallette (FRA ) 2020 : Collett ,McEwen ,Townend (GBR ) 2024 : Canter ,McEwen ,Collett (GBR )
1953 : Great Britain : (Weldon ,Hindley ,Hill )1954 : Great Britain : (Hill ,Weldon ,Rook ,Mason )1955 : Great Britain : (Weldon ,Hill ,Rook ,Mason )1957 : Great Britain : (Willcox ,Marsh ,Allhusen ,Tatham-Warter )1959 : West Germany : (Lütke-Westhüs ,Pohlmann ,Dehning ,Klimke )1962 : Soviet Union : (Gazyumov ,Deyev ,Baklyshkin ,Mursalimov )1965 : Soviet Union : (Gorelkin ,Mursalimov ,Yevdokimov ,Baklyshkin )1967 : Great Britain : (Whitely ,Allhusen ,Jones ,Meade )1969 : Great Britain : (Walker ,Allhusen ,Hely-Hutchinson ,Jones )1971 : Great Britain : (West ,Meade ,Gordon-Watson ,Phillips )1973 : West Germany : (Blöcker ,Mergler ,Karsten ,Klugmann )1975 : Soviet Union : (Gornushko ,Kalinin ,Lanyugin ,Tishkin )1977 : Great Britain : (Prior-Palmer ,Holderness-Roddam ,Collins ,Strachan )1979 : Ireland : (Watson ,Foster ,Lillingston ,Cantillon )1981 : Great Britain : (Purbrick ,Benson ,Meade ,Holgate )1983 : Sweden : (Persson ,Breisner ,Ingvarsson ,Ullsten )1985 : Great Britain : (Holgate ,Clarke ,Stark ,Green )1987 : Great Britain : (Leng ,Stark ,Hunt ,Green )1989 : Great Britain : (Powell ,Stark ,Leng ,Clarke-Sutherland )1991 : Great Britain : (Stark ,Walker ,Straker ,Thomson )1993 : Sweden : (Christensson ,Bergendorff ,Duvander ,Hermann )1995 : Great Britain : (Bathe ,Gifford ,Fox-Pitt ,King )1997 : Great Britain : (Bartle ,Stark ,King ,Fox-Pitt )1999 : Great Britain : (Gifford ,Brakewell ,Stark ,Funnell )2001 : Great Britain : (Law ,Brakewell ,Fox-Pitt ,Funnell )2003 : Great Britain : (Brakewell ,Fox-Pitt ,Law ,Funnell )2005 : Great Britain : (Phillips ,Fox-Pitt ,Brakewell ,Law )2007 : Great Britain : (Townend ,Dick ,Phillips ,King )2009 : Great Britain : (Cook ,Fox-Pitt ,Wilson ,Townend )2011 : Germany : (Jung ,Auffarth ,Klimke ,Dibowski )2013 : Germany : (Jung ,Klimke ,Schrade ,Dibowski )2015 : Germany : (Jung ,Auffarth ,Klimke ,Schrade )2017 : Great Britain : (Cook ,Wilson ,Canter ,Townend )2019 : Germany : (Klimke ,Jung ,Dibowski ,Rüder )2021 : Great Britain : (Wilson ,March ,King ,Canter )2023 : Great Britain : (Collett ,Ingham ,King ,Canter )2025 : Germany : (Lübbeke ,Hansen-Hotopp ,Robiné ,Jung )