Peter Lichtner-Hoyer Explained

Peter Lichtner-Hoyer
Birth Date:	28 December 1925
Birth Place:	Graz, Austria
Death Date:	^[1]
Sport:	Modern pentathlon
Show-Medals:	yes

Peter Lichtner-Hoyer (28 December 1925  - 23 November 2020) was an Austrian sportsman and colonel.

Career

During World War II, he was badly wounded, so the physicians thought he would never walk again. Nevertheless, he regained strength and took part in more than 1500 competitions as an equestrian and as a pentathlete and reached 1200 good placements. Lichtner-Hoyer took part in 24 world and European Championships.

Olympic Games

• 1956 Summer Olympics in show jumping^[2]
• 1960 Summer Olympics in pentathlon

Prizes

• 2010 Panathlon Würdigungspreis^{[3] [4]}

Works

• 1985 Cavalletti-Training, Rüschlikon-Zürich : Müller
• 1989 Der letzte Husar, Wien : J und V
• 1998 Cavalletti-Arbeit, Lüneburg : Cadmos

External links

• Biography of Peter Lichtner-Hoyer

Notes and References

1. https://www.pferderevue.at/aktuelles/sonstiges/2020/11/abschied-von-einer-sportlerlegende--reit-star-peter-lichtner-hoy.html Peter Lichtner-Hoyer's obituary
2. Web site: Peter Lichtner-Hoyer Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418082554/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/peter-lichtner-hoyer-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . 2012-07-23 . sports-reference.com.
3. Web site: Panathlon - XVI. Distrikt - News . 2011-12-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120406070930/http://www.panathlon.at/de/menu_main/club-graz/news/newsshow-news-aus-graz-----peter-lichtner-hoyer-geehrt?return=3 . 2012-04-06 .
4. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-12-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120406070946/http://www.panathlon.at/files/doc/Zeitungsartikel/ngen-22-18396957.pdf . 2012-04-06 . dead .