Steffen Peters

About Steffen Peters

Steffen Peters (born September 18, 1964) is a German-born equestrian who competes for the United States in dressage. He has participated in three Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Peters has been successful in numerous other international competitions, including winning team bronze at the 2006 World Equestrian Games, two individual bronze medals at the 2010 World Equestrian Games and individual and team gold at the 2011 Pan Am Games. The horse upon which he won many of his titles, Ravel, was retired in 2012, and Peters is currently working with a new international competition horse, Legolas.

Olympics:

He received his first horse, Udon, at age 16 as a gift from his father; this horse would carry him to a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Peters' show record before the 1992 Summer Olympics made him a hopeful to compete for the US team. 

Peters won his first Olympic medal when he rode with the US dressage team to a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, together with Robert Dover, Michelle Gibson and Guenter Seidel.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics he came 17th in the individual dressage and was part of the US team which came 6th,riding Ravel.

Steffen Peters Achievements

Medal records:

Olympic Games:

Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Bronze medal

Pan American Games:

2011 Pan American Games Individual dressage - Gold medal

2011 Pan American Games Team dressage - Gold medal

2015 Pan American Games Individual dressage - Gold medal

2015 Pan American Games Team dressage - Gold medal

World Championships:

2006 Dressage World Championship Team dressage - Bronze medal

2010 Dressage World Championship Special dressage - Bronze medal

2010 Dressage World Championship Freestyle dressage - Bronze medal