# Marcus Ehning

Marcus Ehning (born 19 April 1974 in Südlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German show jumping champion, Olympic champion from 2000. He is married to Nadia Ehning (née Zülow). He won the Longines Global Champions Tour of Vienna Grand Prix on Plot Blue in September 2014.

## Horses

Marcus Ehning joined the equestrian world when he was 7 years old. His firsts horses, which let him learn and take confidence in low and medium level shows, were Lord, Metal, Starlight, Queen and Bright Ruby. Then he started obtaining great results in higher level competitions mostly thanks to Orchidee, Opium and Talan. He reached the top level with For Pleasure and from that point he constantly grew with his horses, achieving victories in competitions worldwide. His top horses are Plot Blue, Cornado, Comme Il Faut, Singular LS La Silla, Gaudi and Sabrina. Beyond high level competitions, he also takes care of his young horses, training them day by day.

## Olympic record

Ehning participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he won a gold medal in Team Jumping, together with Lars Nieberg, Otto Becker and Ludger Beerbaum.

## International championship results

Results :
| Year | Event | Horse | Placing | Notes |
| 1993 | European Young Rider Championships | Talan | | Team |
| 1993 | European Young Rider Championships | Talan | 5th | Individual |
| 1994 | European Young Rider Championships | Opium 002 | | Team | kjnlm | 6th | Individual |
| 1994 | European Young Rider Championships | Opium 002 | 1995 | European Young Rider Championships | Opium 002 | 6th | Individual |
| 1999 | European Championships | For Pleasure | | Team |
| 1999 | European Championships | For Pleasure | 5th | Individual |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | For Pleasure | | Team |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | For Pleasure | 4th | Individual |
| 2001 | World Cup Final | For Pleasure | 31st | |
| 2002 | World Cup Final | For Pleasure | 25th | |
| 2002 | World Equestrian Games | For Pleasure | 4th | Team |
| 2002 | World Equestrian Games | For Pleasure | 15th | Individual |
| 2003 | World Cup Final | Anka 191 | | |
| 2003 | European Championships | For Pleasure | | Team |
| 2003 | European Championships | For Pleasure | | Individual |
| 2004 | World Cup Final | Anka 191 | 13th | |
| 2005 | World Cup Final | Gitania 8 | | |
| 2005 | European Championships | Gitania 8 | 20th | Individual |
| 2006 | World Cup Final | Sandro Boy | | |
| 2006 | World Equestrian Games | Noltes Kuchengirl | | Team |
| 2006 | World Equestrian Games | Noltes Kuchengirl | 82nd | Individual |
| 2007 | World Cup Final | Gitania 8 | 5th | |
| 2007 | European Championships | Noltes Kuchengirl | | Team |
| 2007 | European Championships | Noltes Kuchengirl | 51st | Individual |
| 2008 | World Cup Final | Sandro Boy | 39th | |
| 2009 | World Cup Final | LeConte | 10th | |
| 2009 | European Championships | Plot Blue | | Team |
| 2009 | European Championships | Plot Blue | 23rd | Individual |
| 2010 | World Cup Final | Noltes Kuchengirl / Plot Blue | | |
| 2010 | World Equestrian Games | Plot Blue | | Team |
| 2010 | World Equestrian Games | Plot Blue | 16th | Individual |
| 2011 | World Cup Final | Sabrina 327 | 20th | |
| 2012 | World Cup Final | HH Copin van de Broy / Sabrina 327 | 7th | |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | Plot Blue | 10th | Team |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | Plot Blue | 12th | Individual |
| 2013 | World Cup Final | HH Copin van de Broy / Plot Blue | 23rd | |
| 2014 | World Cup Final | Cornado NRW | 4th | |
| 2014 | World Equestrian Games | Cornado NRW | 4th | Team |
| 2014 | World Equestrian Games | Cornado NRW | 10th | Individual |
| 2015 | World Cup Final | Singular ls la Silla | RET | |
| 2016 | World Cup Final | Cornado NRW | 4th | |
| 2017 | World Cup Final | Pret a Tout | 12th | |
| 2017 | European Championships | Pret a Tout | 5th | Team |
| 2017 | European Championships | Pret a Tout | 6th | Individual |
| 2018 | World Cup Final | Cornado NRW | 12th | |
| 2018 | World Equestrian Games | Pret a Tout | | Team |
| 2018 | World Equestrian Games | Pret a Tout | 15th | Individual |
| 2019 | European Championships | Comme il Faut 5 | | Team |
| 2019 | European Championships | Comme il Faut 5 | 5th | Individual |
| 2021 | European Championships | Stargold | | Team |
| EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew |||||||||||