Isabell Werth

Isabell Werth (born 21 July 1969 in Issum) is a German equestrian and world champion in dressage who competed in the Olympics five times (1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2016) winning ten medals, six of them gold. She holds the record for the most Olympic medals won by any equestrian athlete. In 2009, she was suspended from all tournaments by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) for six months for horse doping.

Isabell Werth

Medal record
Equestrian
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 6 4 0
World Championships 9 0 2
European Championships 20 3 1
World Cup 5 5 2
Total 40 12 5
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona Team dressage
1996 Atlanta Team dressage
1996 Atlanta Individual dressage
2000 Sydney Team dressage
2008 Beijing Team dressage
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam dressage
1992 Barcelona Individual dressage
2000 Sydney Individual dressage
2008 Beijing Individual dressage
2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual dressage
World Championships
1994 The HagueTeam dressage
1994 The HagueSpecial dressage
1998 RomeTeam dressage
1998 RomeIndividual dressage
2006 AachenTeam dressage
2006 AachenSpecial dressage
2014 NormandyTeam dressage
2018 TryonTeam dressage
2018 TryonSpecial dressage
2006 AachenFreestyle dressage
2010 KentuckyTeam dressage
European Championships
1989 MondorfTeam dressage
1991 DonaueschingenTeam dressage
1991 DonaueschingenSpecial dressage
1993 LipicaTeam dressage
1993 LipicaSpecial dressage
1995 MondorfTeam dressage
1995 MondorfIndividual dressage
1997 VerdenTeam dressage
1997 VerdenIndividual dressage
1999 ArnhemTeam dressage
2001 VerdenTeam dressage
2003 HicksteadTeam dressage
2007 La MandriaSpecial dressage
2013 HerningTeam dressage
2017 GothenburgTeam dressage
2017 GothenburgSpecial dressage
2017 GothenburgFreestyle dressage
2019 RotterdamTeam dressage
2019 RotterdamSpecial dressage
2019 RotterdamFreestyle dressage
2007 La MandriaFreestyle dressage
2007 La MandriaTeam dressage
2011 RotterdamTeam dressage
2015 AachenTeam dressage
World Cup
1992 GothenburgIndividual dressage
2007 Las VegasIndividual dressage
2017 OmahaIndividual dressage
2018 ParisIndividual dressage
2019 GothenburgIndividual dressage
1999 DortmundIndividual dressage
2001 AarhusIndividual dressage
2006 AmsterdamIndividual dressage
2008 Den BoschIndividual dressage
2009 Las VegasIndividual dressage
1993 Den BoschIndividual dressage
1998 GothenburgIndividual dressage

Career

Werth rode Gigolo, owned by Uwe Schulten-Baumer, her coach from 1986 until 2001.[1] On Gigolo, she won all her championships between 1992 and 2000, save for the 1999 European Championships in Arnheim, where she rode Anthony FRH. In 2006, she started riding Warum Nicht FRH at the international level and with him won the 2007 World Cup in Las Vegas. Warum Nicht retired in 2012.[2] Werth competed at the Olympic Games with Satchmo, who subsequently retired in November 2011. In 2010, Werth started riding El Santo at the international level until the horse was transferred in 2016 to Spanish rider José Antonio Garcia Mena.[3] In 2016, Werth secured the ride on Weihegold Old, with whom she won the team gold medal and a silver medal in the Individual Dressage at the Rio Olympics.

Isabell Werth worked alongside Bates Australia to develop the Isebell Dressage Saddle available in Bates and Wintec.

International championship results
Results
Year Event Horse Score Placing Notes
1989European ChampionshipsWeingart 13th Individual
1991European ChampionshipsGigolo FRH Team
Individual
1992Olympic Games Gigolo FRH Team
Individual
1993 European Championships Gigolo FRH Team
Individual
1996 Olympic Games Gigolo FRH Team
Individual
1998 World Equestrian Games Gigolo FRH Team
Individual
1999 European Championships Antony FRH Team
16th Individual
2000 World Cup Final Antony FRH 4th
2000 Olympic Games Gigolo FRH Team
Individual
2001 World Cup Final Antony FRH
2001 European Championships Antony FRH Team
16th Individual
2002 World Cup Final Antony FRH 5th
2003 World Cup Final Antony FRH 4th
2003 European Championships Satchmo 78 17th Individual
2004 World Cup Final Apache OLD 9th
2006 World Cup Final Warum Nicht FRH
2006 World Equestrian Games Satchmo 78 Team
Individual Special
Individual Freestyle
2007 World Cup Final Warum Nicht FRH 84.250%
2007 European Championships Satchmo 78 76.750% Team
78.360% Individual Special
83.200% Individual Freestyle
2008 World Cup Final Warum Nicht FRH 82.600%
2008 Olympic Games Satchmo 78 76.417% Team
78.100% Individual
2009 World Cup Final Satchmo 78 84.500%
2010 World Cup Final Warum Nicht FRH 79.750% 4th
2010 World Equestrian Games Warum Nicht FRH 75.404% Team
72.000% 10th Individual Special
80.000% 6th Individual Freestyle
2011 World Cup Final Satchmo 78 77.143% 5th
2011 European Championships El Santo NRW 75.213% Team
76.533% 7th Individual Special
80.536% 7th Individual Freestyle
2012 World Cup Final El Santo NRW 79.964% 4th
2013 World Cup Final Don Johnson FRH 80.429% 5th
2013 European Championships Don Johnson FRH 75.213% Team
71.890% 20th Individual Special
2014 World Cup Final El Santo NRW 79.089% 5th
2014 World Equestrian Games Bella Rose 2 81.529% Team
31st Individual Special
2015 World Cup Final El Santo NRW 77.875% 6th
2015 European Championships Don Johnson FRH 74.900% Team
75.924% 7th Individual Special
82.483% 4th Individual Freestyle
2016 Olympic Games Weihegold OLD 80.463% Team
89.071% Individual
2017 World Cup Final Weihegold OLD 90.704%
2017 European Championships Weihegold OLD 83.743% Team
83.613% Individual Special
90.982% Individual Freestyle
2018 World Cup Final Weihegold OLD 90.658%
2018 World Equestrian Games Bella Rose 2 84.824% Team
86.246% Individual Special
2019 World Cup Final Weihegold OLD 88.872%
2019 European Championships Bella Rose 2 85.652% Team
86.520% Individual Special
90.875% Individual Freestyle

Notable horses
  • Weingart – 1984 Chestnut Hanoverian Mare (Weinstock x Winkel)
    • 1989 European Championships – Team Gold Medal, Individual 13th Place
  • Gigolo FRH – 1983 Chestnut Hanoverian Gelding (Graditz x Busoni XX)
    • 1991 European Championships – Team Gold Medal, Individual Gold Medal
    • 1992 Barcelona Olympics – Team Gold Medal, Individual Silver Medal
    • 1993 European Championships – Team Gold Medal, Individual Gold Medal
    • 1994 World Equestrian Games – Team Gold Medal, Individual Silver
    • 1996 Atlanta Olympics – Team Gold Medal, Individual Gold Medal
    • 1998 World Equestrian Games – Team Gold Medal, Individual Gold Medal
    • 2000 Sydney Olympics – Team Gold Medal, Individual Silver Medal
  • Antony FRH – 1986 Dark Bay Hanoverian Gelding (Argument x Wenzel I)
    • 1999 European Championships – Team Gold Medal, Individual 16th Place
    • 2000 FEI World Cup Final – Fourth Place
    • 2001 FEI World Cup Final – Silver Medal
    • 2001 European Championships – Team Gold Medal, Individual 16th Place
    • 2002 FEI World Cup Final – Fifth Place
    • 2003 FEI World Cup Final – Fourth Place
  • Satchmo 78 – 1994 Dark Bay Hanoverian Gelding (Sao Paulo x Legat)
    • 2003 European Championships – Team Gold Medal, Individual 17th Place
    • 2006 World Equestrian Games – Team Gold Medal, Individual Gold Medal, Individual Bronze Medal Freestyle
    • 2007 European Championships – Team Silver Medal, Individual Gold Medal, Individual Silver Medal Freestyle
    • 2008 Beijing Olympics – Team Gold Medal, Individual Silver Medal
    • 2009 FEI World Cup Final – Silver Medal
    • 2011 FEI World Cup Final – Fifth Place
  • Apache OLD – 1993 Bay Oldenburg Gelding (Alabaster x Grundstein I)
    • 2004 FEI World Cup Final – Ninth Place
  • Warum Nicht FRH – 1996 Chestnut Hanoverian Gelding (Weltmeyer x Wenzel I)
    • 2006 FEI World Cup Final – Silver Medal
    • 2007 FEI World Cup Final – Gold Medal
    • 2008 FEI World Cup Final – Silver Medal
    • 2010 FEI World Cup Final – Fourth Place
    • 2010 World Equestrian Games – Team Bronze Medal, Individual Tenth Place, Individual Sixth Place Freestyle
  • El Santo NRW – 2001 Bay Rheinlander Gelding (Ehrentusch x Rythmus)
    • 2011 European Championships – Team Silver Medal, Individual Seventh Place, Individual Seventh Place Freestyle
    • 2012 FEI World Cup Final – Fourth Place
    • 2014 FEI World Cup Final – Fifth Place
    • 2015 FEI World Cup Final – Sixth Place
  • Don Johnson FRH – 2001 Bay Hanoverian Gelding (Don Frederico x Warkant)
    • 2013 FEI World Cup Final – Fifth Place
    • 2013 European Championships – Team Gold Medal, Individual 20th Place
    • 2015 European Championships – Team Bronze Medal, Individual Seventh Place, Individual Fourth Place Freestyle
  • Bella Rose 2 – 2004 Chestnut Westfalen Mare (Belissimo x Cacir AA)
    • 2014 World Equestrian Games – Team Gold Medal
    • 2018 World Equestrian Games – Team Gold Medal, Special Gold Medal
    • 2019 European Championships – Team Gold Medal, Special Gold Medal, Freestyle Gold Medal
  • Weihegold OLD – 2005 Black Oldenburg Mare (Don Schufro x Sandro Hit)
    • 2016 Rio Olympics – Team Gold Medal, Individual Silver Medal
    • 2017 FEI World Cup Final – Gold Medal
    • 2017 European Championships – Team Gold Medal, Individual Gold Medal, Individual Gold Medal Freestyle
    • 2018 FEI World Cup Final – Gold Medal
    • 2019 FEI World Cup Final – Gold Medal

Doping

On 24 June 2009, the forbidden substance fluphenazine was found in the A-sample from Werth's horse Whisper at a Whitsun tournament at Wiesbaden. She was suspended from all tournaments by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI). On 2 September 2009, the suspension was set by the FEI to six months from 23 June.[4][5]

Werth subsequently stated that the drug was given to the horse to treat equine shivers—mainly for the safety of the horse's handlers—and that she does not believe the drug influences a horse's ability to compete.[6]

Computer game

In 2007, a PC Game was released called "Isabell Werth – Reitsport".[7] Made by French company Dancing Dots / German publisher Frogster Interactive,[8] it is an Equestrian Simulation with 3-day Eventing, Show Jumping and Cross-Country Riding. Isabell Werth takes a part as an on-screen trainer, giving advice and pointers on how to ride and handle horses during training and eventing. Now out of print, the original websites can be seen at the Internet Archive Wabac machine, and the game itself is now available at Big Fish Games retitled – "Ride! Equestrian Simulation",[9] with a french-man replacing Isabell as the trainer. Isabell's game character file is still in the data structure of the game, and using a patch still available,[10] the game exe can be overwritten, converting it to the original German version, except for the German instructional audio which is missing.

gollark: It is kind of a shame that all the cutting-edge AI stuff requires ridiculously powerful hardware now.
gollark: Did you see GLIDE?
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See also

References
  1. "Gigolo Passed Away". Eurodressage. September 23, 2009. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
  2. "Warum Nicht Passed Away | eurodressage". www.eurodressage.com. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  3. "Jose Antonio Garcia Mena Gets Ride on El Santo for 2016 Olympic Year | eurodressage". www.eurodressage.com. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. Schock für Olympiasiegerin Werth Süddeutsche.de from 24 June katie 2009
  5. Werth kann in London für Deutschland reiten FAZ from 2 September 2009
  6. "Isabell Werth 'deeply regrets' horse doping incident". horsetalk.co.nz. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2016. 'This illness is not painful and does not influence a horse's ability to compete, but it entails an increased risk for the persons working with the horse (farrier, groom, rider),' Werth said.
  7. "Isabell Werth – Reitsport". 2007-06-29. Archived from the original on 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  8. "Frogster Interactive". 2007-05-25. Archived from the original on 2007-05-25. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  9. "Ride! at Big Fish Games". Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  10. "The Patches Scrolls – Ride! Equestrian Simulation patch 1.2". patches-scrolls.de. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
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