Stephan Kiesewetter - Dressage

Stephan Kiesewetter is the Director of Training for Pferdesport Wintermuehle, GmbH, in Neu-Anspach, Germany. Stephan completed his Bereiter studies in Warendorf in 1995. In 1997 he passed his Masters FN test with the third highest score ever. He still holds that 3^rd position. For this achievement he was decorated with the Stensbeck medal. Stephan has also served as the Chief Training Conductor and Deputy Director of the German Riding School.

Kiesewetter is an accomplished trainer and instructor through FEI levels, competing successfully on self-bred and self-trained horses. In 1999, he used one of these horses for a disabled rider to compete at the World Championships for Disabled Riders in Denmark, where the rider won the silver medal in the freestyle to music competition. From 1999-2003 he served as the trainer of the German National Disabled Equestrian Team and was also the trainer of the German Paralympic Team during the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. In September, 2002, the German team received four gold medals at the European Championships for Disabled Riders in Portugal. Stephan has been a regular clinician in the United States and Great Britain for the past nine years. http://www.germanhorses.com/

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