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Jürgen E. Göhler (pronounced:
yer-gun e. goel-ler) is a very successful international competitor. He is a two time reserve team member of the bronze medal
winning German Three Day Event team for the Mexico City and Munich
Olympics and has numerous World Championship, European and German
National Championship competitions to his credit. He also won or placed in numerous FEI level dressage competitions and Grand
Prix/Puissance show jumping competitions in Europe and in the United
States. He is the only rider to date to have brought six advanced
level event horses to the German Three Day Event team. While in the United States, he trained Amiego, a
Trakehner stallion, for the Pan Am games where he won a bronze medal. He
holds German Gold and Silver riding medals.
Jürgen started riding as a six
year old and had the good fortune and opportunity to train continuously
for decades with the best of Germany’s classical instructors in
dressage and jumping, such as Herbert Aust (dressage) and Horst and
Gustav Lange (jumping). After training and competing in Europe, Jürgen was recruited
to move to the United States to become a full time professional horse
trainer and riding teacher. His
style is distinctly classical and modeled after his own great coaches. A
tall man with a good sense of humor, he is elegant, disciplined and
precise in the saddle. A thinking and tactful rider, his approach to the
horse is patient and thorough, always with an eye towards preserving the
horse’s natural trust and generosity.
Jürgen currently resides near
Lake Erie College in northeast Ohio where he enjoys a 8th
year of teaching part time in the College’s Equestrian Program.
From there he is able to travel the country to teach clinics and
accompany his wide array of students to competitions at various levels
and disciplines.
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Jürgen E. Göhler
Three
Day Eventing
The
French call this the Concours Complet d'Equitation, or "Complete
Equestrian Competition". Three Day Eventing has been designed to
show the rider's spirit, boldness, and perfect knowledge of their
horse's speed and ability.
This event originated with the Military, the horse that a soldier
rode needed to be obedient, responsive, athletic, bold, and to have
enormous physical stamina. The Three Day Event has evolved over the
years into a unique sport with three disciplines, Dressage, Endurance,
and Jumping. Each discipline is held on a different day for a total of
three days, thus its name. It is also referred to as Combined Training
and is the most challenging of the Olympic equestrian events
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