Hubertus Schmidt (born 8 October 1959) is a German

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and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in ''team dressage'' at the

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in Athens with the team from Germany. Hubertus was a mainstay of the German team with his famous mare Wansuela Suerte, and he has trained many other horses to Grand Prix. He is currently (2010) the coach for the Swedish team. He teaches at Fleyenhof stable in Germany.

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* * * 1959 births Living people German dressage riders Olympic equestrians for Germany German male equestrians Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub