Lars Nieberg (born 24 July 1963 in

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) is a German

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. He participated in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics in

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competition. Lars Nieberg 1

Olympic record

Nigberg participated at the

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, where he won a gold medal in Team Jumping, together with

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, Ulrich Kirchhoff and Ludger Beerbaum."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Equestrian"
''databaseOlympics.com'', retrieved 5 September 2008 Nieberg again won a gold medal in Team Jumping at the

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, together with Marcus Ehning, Otto Becker and Ludger Beerbaum."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Equestrian"
''databaseOlympics.com'', retrieved 5 September 2008

References

1963 births Living people People from Wittingen Olympic gold medalists for Germany Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Germany German male equestrians Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Equestrians from Lower Saxony 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub