Bettina Hoy

British based German Olympian Bettina Hoy has competed in Olympics, European Championships, World championships and all of the most prestigious eventing competitions around the world.

Married to Australian international eventer Andrew Hoy, the two are a rare specimen – the first married couple to compete in the same event at the same Olympics but for different teams. They met during the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 and it was not until the Atlanta games in 1996 that they met again.

Bettina, aged 46, who is from Rheine in Germany, competed in the 1984 and 2004 Olympics. She missed out on the Beijing Olympics after an injury to her horse Ringwood Cockatoo.

Bettina was the first woman to represent Germany at a World Championships in 1982, the first German to win the European Championships in 1997 and the first German woman to win a three-day eventing medal at the Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984 when she won bronze. 

Bettina was the centre of a controversial decision at the Olympics in Athens when the German team were stripped of their Gold medals after she was found to have crossed the start line twice.

Bettina’s record
3rd European Championships 2007
1st World Championships in Aachen
Ranked 4th in the world in 2006
1st World Cup Qualifier CIC*** Schenefeld, Germany
1st CCI**** Lumuhlen (Ger) 2005
1st World Cup Qualifier CCI*** Chatsworth 2005
1st - World Cup Qualifier CCI*** Fontainebleau 2005
1st German National Championships 2004 German Team 4th - Athens Olympic Games 2004
1st European Championships, Burghley 1997
1st German National Championships 2002
3rd Team Bronze Medal World Championships 1994
7th Individual World Championships 1994
3rd Team Bronze Medal at the Los Angeles Olympic Games 1984
6th European Championships 1983
First woman to represent Germany in the World Championships 1982