Following the 2008 German Dressage Championships in Balve, Germany, German chef d'equipe Holger Schmezer has made some changes to his A-team, out of which he will pick an Olympic team after the CDIO Aachen.
New comers to the A-team are German Male Champion, 24-year old Matthias Alexander Rath with Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff's Oldenburg gelding Sterntaler Unicef (by Sion) and 26-year old Helen Langehanenberg with the 9-year old Oldenburg mare Responsible (by Rohdiamant).
Two veterans had to make room in the A-team for the new comers. Carola Koppelmann and Le Bo (by Lauries Crusador xx) and Hubertus Schmidt with Wansuela Suerte (by Warkant) were degraded to the B-team.
Photo copyrighted: Astrid Appels/Eurodressage.com
2008 German A-team
- Capellmann, Nadine - Elvis
- Husenbeth, Klaus - Piccolino
- Kemmer, Heike - Bonaparte
- Langehanenberg, Helen - Responsible
- Rath, Matthias-Alexander - Sterntaler Unicef
- Schulten-Baumer, Ellen - Donatha S
- Theodorescu, Monica - Whisper
- Werth, Isabell - Warum Nicht and Satchmo
2008 German B-team
- Hilberath, Jonny
- Koppelmann, Carola
- Lebek, Susanne
- Plönzke, Anja
- Schmidt, Hubertus
- Simons-de Ridder, Alexandra
- Vetters, Jochen
- Wittig, Brigitte
- Wittig, Wolfram
- Zierer, Ludwig
Related Links
Scores - 2008 German Dressage Championship
Photo Report - 2008 CDI Hagen
Sterntaler to Make Show Come Back with Matthias Alexander Rath
Jurgen Koschel Hired as Nadine Capellmann's New Trainer