Christoph Wahler | |
Nationality: | German |
Birth Date: | 21 January 1994 |
Birth Place: | Uelzen, Germany |
Education: | German Military School of Sport at Warendorf, Agricultural Studies at University of Osnabrueck |
Occupation: | Manager of the family business, Klosterhof Medingen stud |
Sport: | Equestrian |
Coach: | Anne-Kathrin Pohlmeier (GER) - dressage |
Olympics: | 2024 Summer Olympics |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Christoph Wahler (born 21 January 1994 in Uelzen, Germany) is a German eventing rider.
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.
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]