André Thieme
André Thieme (born April 25, 1975) is a German rider who competes in show jumping.
André Thieme was born as the son of Michael Thieme, a dressage rider and “Obersattelmeister” of the state stud in Redefin. At the age of 19, he received the “Goldene Reitabzeichen”, a mention for ten victories in dressage competitions on high level of difficulty. Thenceforth he focused riding show jumping competitions.[1][2]
Thieme is a professional show jumping rider and master horse farm manager (“Pferdewirtschaftsmeister“). In 2007 he was second at the championship of the German professional show jumping riders. In 2009 and 2010 Thieme was the most successful rider of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.[3][4] He was several times part of German Nation Cup teams in Eastern Europe and North America.
He lives in Plau am See in the north-east of Germany together with his wife and his son; his horses lives in a stable in Leizen near Röbel since April 2012.[5] Since 2010 Thieme has much success at horse shows in big horse shows in North America, where he lives some months in the year.[6]
The first main success in the career of André Theime was his victory in the 78th German show jumping derby in Hamburg. He was the second rider from the former German Democratic Republic (after Holger Wulschner in the year 2000) who win this competition. The Derby is a world-famous show jumping competition over special natural fences. In 2008 he won the derby a second time,[7] in 2011 a third time.
His probably biggest success in his career so far was the win of the 2011 $ 1,000,000 Grand Prix in Saugerties, New York. For this event he had qualified in spring at national tournaments in Florida.[4][8] In March 2014 he win the Great American $1 Million Grand Prix at Ocala, Florida riding Contanga.[9]
Horses
Current
- Contanga (* 2004), bay mare, Oldenburg Show Jumping horse, sire: Catoki[10]
- Voigtsdorfs Quonschbob (born 2004, former name: Querly P), dark bay gelding,Oldenburg Show Jumping horse, sire: Querlybet Hero[11]
Former sport horses
- Cellestial (born 1994), grey stallion, Oldenburg horse sire: Cantus; first ridden in sport by Heiko Schmidt, up to beginning 2005 ridden by Rolf-Göran Bengtsson, then ridden by Jan Peters, from Autumn 2005 to beginning 2006 ridden by Rene Tebbel, 2006 ridden by André Thieme, in 2008 ridden by Katrin Schmidt, today breeding sire[12][13][14]
- Nacorde (born 1995), brown gelding, Dutch Warmblood, sire: Concorde, retired from sport in 2012[15]
- Magnus (born 1996), chestnut gelding, sire: Matador, since January 2010 ridden by Andrew Coolen [16]
- Antares F (born 2000), grey gelding, Württemberger, sire: Araconit, since July 2010 ridden by McLain Ward[17]
- Aragon Rouet (born 2000, former “Aragon ter Spelonck”), dark brown gelding, Belgian Warmblood, sire: Baloubet du Rouet, since autumn 2011 ridden by Meg O'Mara[18]
- Katie Riddle (born 2000), grey mare, Brandenburger, sire: Kolibri, since 2010 ridden by John McConnell[19]
- Coco (born 2001), dark brown gelding, Mecklenburger, sire: Cellestial, at the World Breeding Jumping Championships for young horses and in 2011 ridden by André Thieme, up to 2010 ridden by Heiko Schmidt, since then owned and ridden by Seth Vallhonrat, since May 2011 ridden by McLain Ward[6][20]
- Uvalier (born 2001), brown gelding, Belgian Warmblood, sire: Cavalier, in Spring 2011 sold to Canada[21]
- Caesar (born 2002), chestnut gelding, stud book of Zangersheide, sire: Canabis Z, since 2012 ridden by Christi Israel[22]
Results (since 2005)
- 2014:
- $ 1,000,000 Grand Prix in Ocala (Florida) / HITS X: 1st place with Contanga
- 2013:
- $ 50,000 Grand Prix in Ocala (Florida) / HITS IV: 2nd place with Catharina
- $ 50,000 Grand Prix in Ocala (Florida) / HITS VI: 2nd place with Quonschbob
- Nations Cup of Wellington FL (CSIO 4*): 3rd place with Contanga
- $ 100,000 Grand Prix in Ocala (Florida) / HITS IX: 1st place with Contanga
- Grand Prix of Gijon (CSIO 5*): 1st place with Contanga
- 2012:
- $ 25,000 Grand Prix in Ocala (Florida) / HITS II : 1st place with Caesar
- Championat of Redefin (Germany, CSI 2*): 1st place with Nacorde
- 2011:
- $ 1,000,000 Grand Prix in Saugerties (New York): 1st place with Aragon Rouet
- Show jumping championship of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sukow: 2nd place
- 82nd German show jumping derby in Hamburg: 1st place with Nacorde
- Grand Prix of Redefin (Germany, CSI 2*): 1st place with Aragon Rouet
- $ 100,000 Grand Prix in Ocala (Florida) / HITS VI: 3rd place with Coco
- $ 50,000 Grand Prix in Ocala (Florida) / HITS V: 1st place with Coco
- $ 50,000 Grand Prix in Ocala (Florida) / HITS II : 1st place with Caesar, 3rd place with Uvalier
- 2010:
- Show jumping championship of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sukow: 1st place
- $ 1,000,000 Grand Prix in Saugerties (New York): 9th place with Aragon Rouet
- British Jumping Derby (CSI 4*): 3rd place with Nacorde
- Nations Cup of Poland, Sopot (CSIO 3*): 1st place as part of the German team with Aragon Rouet
- $ 100,000 Grand Prix of Devon (Pennsylvania): 3rd place with Antares F
- $ 300,000 Grand Prix in Thermal (California): 5th place with Aragon Rouet
- $ 75,000 Grand Prix in Ocala (Florida): 1st place with Caesar, 3rd place with Aragon Rouet
- Nations Cup of United States, Wellington FL (CSIO 4*): 5th place as part of the German team with Antares F
- 2009:
- Grand Prix of Redefin (Germany, CSI 2*): 1st place with Katie Riddle
- 80th German show jumping derby in Hamburg: 3rd place with Nacorde
- Nations Cup of Poland, Sopot (CSIO 3*): 3rd place as part of the German team with Katie Riddle
- 2008:
- 79th German show jumping derby in Hamburg: 1st place with Nacorde
- Nations Cup of Poland, Poznań (CSIO 4*): 4th place as part of the German team with Nacorde
- 2007:
- 78th German show jumping derby in Hamburg: 1st place with Nacorde
- German championship of the professional show jumping riders, Bad Oeynhausen: 2nd place
- Swedish show jumping derby, Falsterbo (CSIO 5*): 2nd place with Nacorde
- Indoor show jumping championship of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Redefin: 1st place with Magnus
- 2006:
- Nations Cup of Hungary, Kiskunhalas (CSIO 4*-W): 1st place as part of the German team with Cellestial
- 77th German show jumping derby in Hamburg: 2nd place with Nacorde
- World Breeding Jumping Championships for young horses, Zangersheide (Belgium) – Five-year-old horses championship: 3rd place with Coco
- 2005:
- Nations Cup of Estonia, Tallinn (CSIO 4*-W): 1st place as part of the German team
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References
- 1 2 portrait (german, archived version)
- ↑ Andre Thieme: Ein neuer Star aus Mecklenburg, Hamburger Abendblatt, May 21, 2007
- ↑ Jahresanalyse 2010 der erfolgreichen Pferdesportler in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2010: 866 Reiter und Fahrer 2010 mit LPO-Erfolgen, hippothek.de, November 29, 2010 (German)
- 1 2 USA-Tournee beendet: André Thieme wieder in der Heimat, March 31, 2011 (German)
- ↑ Auf Schleifenjagd unter Floridas Sonne, Nordkurier, February 2, 2012
- 1 2 Jumping: Ocala: HITS: Germany’s Andre Thieme Captures His Second Grand Prix Win of the Season in the $50,000 Purina Mills Grand Prix, Presented by Pfizer Animal Health, at HITS Ocala, March 15, 2011
- ↑ Andre Thieme does it again! Favourite wins the Derby Archived March 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ result 2011 Pfizer $ 1 Million Grand Prix (Saugerties, Hits on the Hudson)
- ↑ Great American $1 Million Grand Prix, HITS X * Ocala Championship * Mar 18-24, 2014
- ↑ FEI horse database: Contanga 3
- ↑ FEI horse database: Voigtsdorfs Quonschbob
- ↑ FEI horse database: Cellestial
- ↑ old FEI result database: Cellestial
- ↑ information about Cellestial, Hengststation Schmidt (german)
- ↑ FEI horse database: Nacorde Archived August 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ FEI horse database: Magnus Archived August 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ FEI horse database: Antares F Archived August 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ FEI horse database: Aragon Rouet Archived August 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ FEI horse database: Katie Riddle Archived August 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ FEI horse database: Coco Archived August 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ FEI horse database: Uvalier Archived August 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ FEI horse database: Caesar 322 Archived August 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ old FEI result database: Andre Thieme
- ↑ portrait and results, riderstour.de