German eventing rider
Christoph Wahler (born 21 January 1994 in Uelzen, Germany) is a German eventing rider.
Career
He competed at the 2022 World Championships in Proton del Vivaro, where he won a Gold team medal with the German team.[1] Wahler competed at the 2021 and 2023 European Championships,[2] and earned silver medals at the European Championships in 2014 and 2015.[3]
Wahler is a third generation horseman. He the son of event rider, Burkhard Wahler, who was the German national champion in 1984.[4] His grandfather Eugen Wahler founded a horse breeding facility at Klosterhof Medingen in the 1960s, which Wahler runs today.[3]
2024 Olympics
In 2024, he was selected to compete for Germany at the Summer Olympic Games in Paris.[5] After posting 29.4 penalties in dressage,[6] Wahler was eliminated in cross-country when he fell from his mount Carjatan S. Before Wahler's fall, Germany was the second placed team in the competition.[7] Whaler and Carjantan S. were allowed to compete in the showjumping phase, where they posted a clear round.[8]
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