Hannelore Brenner (born 21 June 1963) is a German Paralympian dressage equestrian athlete.

Life

Brenner was born in

Lüneburg Lüneburg, officially the Hanseatic City of Lüneburg and also known in English as Lunenburg, is a town in the German Bundesland (Germany), state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of another Hanseatic League, Hanseatic city, Hambur ...

in 1963. She was a keen horse rider until a severe fall left her paraplegic. Brenner took up horse riding again for leisure but then turned to competition. At the Athens Paralympics she took the Silver medal for Individual Freestyle. In 2008 in Beijing she took a Gold medal in both the Individual and the Individual Freestyle as well as gaining a team silver medal. In 2010 at the World Championships she again took Gold in both the Individual and the Individual Freestyle. At the paralympics in London in 2012 she again won two gold medals and a team silver riding her horse Women of the World.

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* * * * 1963 births Living people People from Lüneburg Paralympic equestrians for Germany Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Germany Paralympic silver medalists for Germany Paralympic medalists in equestrian Equestrians from Lower Saxony {{Germany-Paralympic-medalist-stub