German Dressage News

Rath and Langehanenberg Added to the German A-Team

June 10, 2008

Helen Langehanenberg on ResponsibleFollowing the 2008 German Dressage Championships in Balve, Germany, German chef d'equipe Holger Schmezer has made some changes to his A-team, out of which he will pick an Olympic team after the CDIO Aachen.

New comers to the A-team are German Male Champion, 24-year old Matthias Alexander Rath with Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff's Oldenburg gelding Sterntaler Unicef (by Sion) and 26-year old Helen Langehanenberg with the 9-year old Oldenburg mare Responsible (by Rohdiamant).

Two veterans had to make room in the A-team for the new comers. Carola Koppelmann and Le Bo (by Lauries Crusador xx) and Hubertus Schmidt with Wansuela Suerte (by Warkant) were degraded to the B-team.

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2008 German A-team

  • Capellmann, Nadine - Elvis
  • Husenbeth, Klaus - Piccolino
  • Kemmer, Heike - Bonaparte
  • Langehanenberg, Helen - Responsible
  • Rath, Matthias-Alexander - Sterntaler Unicef
  • Schulten-Baumer, Ellen - Donatha S
  • Theodorescu, Monica - Whisper
  • Werth, Isabell - Warum Nicht and Satchmo

2008 German B-team

  • Hilberath, Jonny
  • Koppelmann, Carola
  • Lebek, Susanne
  • Plönzke, Anja
  • Schmidt, Hubertus
  • Simons-de Ridder, Alexandra
  • Vetters, Jochen
  • Wittig, Brigitte
  • Wittig, Wolfram
  • Zierer, Ludwig

Related Links
Photo Report - 2008 German Dressage Championship
Photo Report - 2008 CDI Hagen
Sterntaler to Make Show Come Back with Matthias Alexander Rath
Jurgen Koschel Hired as Nadine Capellmann's New Trainer




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