Name Hermann Schridde | Role Olympic athlete | |
Died May 18, 1985, Meisendorf, Winsen an der Aller, Germany Olympic medals Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping | ||
CSIO Aachen 1964 - Schridde, Schockemöhle, d'Inzeo
Hermann Schridde (3 July 1937, in Celle – 18 May 1985 in Meißendorf, near Winsen) was a German equestrian.
Schridde won the German show jumping championship in 1960.
Schridde was a show jumper at the 1964 Summer Olympics for the United Team of Germany. He won a gold medal in the team event and a silver medal in the individual event. In 1965, he won the European Show Jumping Championships in Aachen riding Dozent. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the team event, riding for West Germany. He qualified for West Germany for the 1972 Summer Olympics, but withdrew, and founded a private school for parachutists in Meißendorf.
He was appointed German federal show jumping trainer in 1980, and held the post until his death from an aircraft crash in 1985.