Hans Günter Winkler

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Winkler in 2012

Hans Günter Winkler (24 July 1926 – 9 July 2018) was a German show jumping rider. He was born in Barmen, today part of Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. He won four Olympic gold medals: two in 1956, one in 1960, and one in 1964.

Winkler died on 9 July 2018 in Warendorf, North Rhine-Westphalia from cardiac arrest at the age of 91.[1]

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  1. "Olympics / German showjumping great Hans Guenther Winkler dies at 91". The Washington Post (in German). 2016. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

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