Hometown: Cardiff, Calif. Birthday: 9/23/1960 Sport/Disciplines: Dressage

German native Guenter Seidel moved to the U.S. in 1985 and immediately made an impact on U.S. dressage. Seidel aided the U.S. in winning the team bronze medal at three consecutive Olympic Games with different horses: at the 1996 Atlanta Games with Graf George, the 2000 Sydney Games with Foltaire, and the 2004 Athens Games with Aragon. He was also a member of the U.S. teams for the FEI World Equestrian Games in 2002 and 2006 where the teams won silver and bronze, respectively.

Seidel also has represented the U.S. at numerous FEI Nations Cup competitions, including in 2011 in the CDIO5* at Aachen with U II and in 2013 at the CDIO3* at Hickstead with Coral Reef Wylea.

Seidel has had a strong 2021 season with Louise Leatherdale’s Dutch Warmblood mare Equirelle, winning the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle CDI4* at Adequan Global Dressage Festival 3 in January and the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special CDI3* at Golden State Dressage Festival in April.