Malin Hansen-Hotopp (born 30 December 1977) is a German equestrian.
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| Born | 30 December 1977 Maasbüll, West Germany | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Equestrian | ||||||||||||||
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Early life
editShe was brought up in Maasbüll in Schleswig-Holstein. She competed in the German Pony Championship for the first time in 1992. She studied agriculture in Rostock and Kiel.[1]
Career
editShe became European team champion in 1996 in the under-21 age group.[2]
She won the 2022 Blenheim Horse Trials, competing in Britain for the first time, on Bodil Ipsen’s Carlito’s Quidditch K. They led the competition after the dressage, and jumped clear with only time faults.[3] She was part of the German team which won the FEI Nations Cup event in Haras du Pin in August 2022.[4]
She was a silver medalist in the team eventing at the 2023 European Eventing Championships in Haras du Pin on Carlitos Quidditch K in her senior championship debut.[5]
Personal life
editHer father Klaus Hansen was an event trainer and trained future Olympic gold medalist Peter Thomsen.[6] She is married to Thomas Hotopp and has three sons named Jasper, Frode and Jarne. They live in Gransebieth in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Malin Hansen-Hotopp". Pferd-aktuell.de. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Basic, Julia (August 10, 2023). "Pioneering role for Nordic combination". Faz.net. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "PIGGY MARCH AND MALIN HANSEN-HOTOPP TAKE TOP HONOURS AT 2022 BLENHEIM PALACE INTERNATIONAL HORSE TRIALS". British Eventing. September 18, 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Equestrian - Le Haras du Pin - 2022 - Detailed results". The-Sports.org. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Roome, Pippa (1 August 2023). "Blenheim winner kicks off German effort in eventing Europeans dressage: 'He was nervous – we can do better'". Horse and Hound. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Blenheim Horse Trials result: poignant win for Malin Hansen-Hotopp". Horse and Hound. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2024.