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German Dressage
News
Martin Richenhagen, New German Chef d'Equipe
November 19, 2007
 Martin Richenhagen has been appointed chef d'equipe
of the German Dressage Team that will compete at the
2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong, China. The German
Olympic Equestrian Committee (DOKR) decided upon this
appointment during a meeting at the CDI Stuttgart last
weekend.
The 55-year old Richenhagen is a highly accomplished
director of several multinational companies.
He is currently president and ceo of the American
company Agco, a manufactury of agricultural equipment.
He was also director of Forbo
International SA, a flooring material business based
in Switzerland, and of Claas KgaA mbH, a global farm
equipment manufacturer and distributor. From 1995 to
1998, Mr. Richenhagen was Senior executive vice president
for Schindler Deutschland Holdings GmbH, a worldwide
manufacturer and distributor of elevators and escalators.
Richenhagen is a judge at Grand Prix level and has
judged, for instance, at the German Bundeschampionate
and many CDI's, especially in the United States. He
lives in Ostbevern, Germany and Duluth, GA,
USA.
He will take
up his
function
as
chef
d'equipe
as of the 2008 CHIO Aachen. Richenhagen is succeeding
Ferdi-Jörgen Wassermeyer who resigned due to health
reasons.
Photo courtesy: Agroplano
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