Simone Blum (born 22 March 1989 in

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) is a

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show jumper. In 2018, she won the individual gold medal at the

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on her horse DSP Alice.

Showjumping

Simone Blum started as an

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rider, but quickly decided to specialise in show jumping. At 15, she finished fourth at the European Pony Championships. In 2015, she won silver, 2016 gold at the German Women's Championships. In 2017 she entered the open classification and immediately became German champion with the mare ''DSP Alice''. Then she was called to the A-squad. In July 2018 Blum and ''Alice were'' part of the victorious German team in the Nations Cup of Aachen. After which, she was called up for the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon,

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, where she won individual gold and team bronze. She was a surprise winner despite being the only rider to have a clear round in all 5 stages of the competition. She was the first German rider to ever win an individual gold medal at the World Equestrian Games within the showjumping competition.

International Championship Results

Personal life

Blum lives in Zolling near

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. She is the daughter of the Olympic eventing rider

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. She has a

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in chemistry and

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from the

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In October 2018, Simone Blum married her partner, the show jumper Hans-Günter Blum (born Goskowitz).

Horses

* DSP Alice (2007 Chestnut German Sport Horse Mare)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blum, Simone Show jumping 1989 births German event riders Living people German female equestrians People from Freising Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria 20th-century German women 21st-century German women