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| Birth name | William Clark Steinkraus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 12, 1925 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | November 29, 2017 (aged 92) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Clark "Bill" Steinkraus (October 12, 1925 – November 29, 2017) was an American show jumping champion.[1][2]
Steinkraus participated in five Olympic Games.[1] At the 1968 Summer Olympics, held in Mexico City, he won a gold medal in individual jumping with the horse, Snowbound.[3] He obtained two silver medals in Team Jumping, first in 1960 on his mount, Ksar d'Espirt, and 1972 on Main Spring. Steinkraus also won a bronze medal in Team Jumping at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Finland on Hollandia. He was also slated to ride on the 1964 Olympic Team until his horse, Sinjon, was injured.[4]
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bill Steinkraus". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ^ "Legendary Equestrian Bill Steinkraus Passes Away". TAPinto. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
- ^ Profile: "William Steinkraus" Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on January 8, 2008)
- ^ Bryant, Jennifer O. Olympic Equestrian, A Century of International Horse Sport. Lexington, KY: Blood-Horse Publications, 2008.