Markus Fuchs (equestrian)
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Markus Fuchs (born 23 June 1955 in Abtwil, Switzerland) is a Swiss show jumper who competed at five Olympics between 1988 and 2004. He was part of the Swiss team that won silver at the 2000 Olympics. He is, jointly with shooter
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, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg, equestrian Christine Stückelberger, and Alpine skier Paul Accola. At the European Show Jumping Championships, he came second in the individual event in 1999 on Tinka's Boy. He was also part of the Swiss teams that won gold in 1995, silver in 1999 and 2005, and bronze in 1987, 1989, 1991, and 2003. Despite being favorites for the 2004 Olympics, Fuchs and Tinka's Boy came in 46th individually. Fuchs was recovering from a thigh injury at the time. He later said, “At Athens I got five years older”. In 2008, despite ranking third in the global FEI world rankings, Fuchs declined joining the Swiss show jumping team squad for what would have been his sixth Olympic games appearance. The next year, Fuchs announced his retirement from competition on June 6, 2009. He became the coach of the Italian national team, which won a silver medal that same year in the European Show Jumping Championships ( 2009 Windsor). In 2024, he was named as the coach of the Swiss show jumping team for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games after the passing of their current coach, Lesley McNaught.


See also

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List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games Only a small fraction of the world's population ever competes at the Olympic Games; an even smaller fraction competes in multiple Games. 950 athletes (648 men and 302 women) have participated in at least five Olympics from 1896 Summer Olympics ...
* Tinka's Boy, Markus' mount for his appearances at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. * Thomas Fuchs, Markus' brother who is also a Swiss Olympic show jumper. *
Martin Fuchs Martin Fuchs (born 13 July 1992) is a Swiss Olympic show jumping rider. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he finished sixth in the team and ninth in the individual competition. In 2019 he won the individua ...
, Markus' nephew who is also a Swiss show jumper.


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1955 births Living people Swiss male equestrians Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Olympic equestrians for Switzerland Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Equestrians at the 1988 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swiss sportsmen 21st-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-equestrian-bio-stub