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Christoph KOSCHEL

Christoph KOSCHEL is a German athlete and competes in Dressage.
Name Christoph KOSCHEL
FEI ID 10012140
Gender Male
Date of Birth 09/04/1976
Competing for Germany - GER
Registration Dressage 2025
Last update 13/03/2023
FEI Database



Dressage 70x70
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? He began riding at age eight. He got his first pony at age 10 and took up the sport more seriously.
Why this sport? He grew up around horses and followed his father into the sport. However, he decided to specialise in dressage rather than jumping like his father. "I was jumping a little bit when I was younger with my ponies. At first I only jumped, just for two years, but I found out very quickly that my talent was more in dressage than jumping. My father was a good jumper, but he also had to decide one day because it was no longer possible to do both at one show. You have to get more specialised. Nowadays it's impossible to do more than one at a good level, at international level. But my heart was always more with dressage. I liked the training and the way you build up a horse and maybe I did not have the best eye for distance."
Club / Team RSC Osnabrucker Land: Germany
General Interest
Hobbies Golf. (Instagram profile, 09 Feb 2021)
Injuries In February 2019 he was hospitalised due to a spinal nerve issue. (dressage-news.com, 23 Feb 2019)
Sporting philosophy / motto "Recognise the feel and diversity of each and every horse. See the positives and be able to adjust." (dressursport-deutschland.de, 2011)
Famous relatives His father Jurgen competed in dressage and jumping. He has also served as a trainer for the Swiss, Dutch, Spanish, and Finnish dressage teams, as well as the German U25 team. His wife Patricia has worked as an equestrian journalist and competed in dressage at amateur international level. His niece Felicitas Hendricks has competed in dressage at junior level. (psi-events.de, 27 Sep 2020; eurodressage.com, 12 Apr 2020, 11 Jun 2017; fei.org, 19 Mar 2016; koschel-dressage.com, 19 Feb 2016)
Other information STABLES In October 2006 he and his father set up the Hof Beckerode yard in Hagen, Germany. In 2017 he moved his Koschel Dressage operation to Hof Kasselmann, also in Hagen. He also has a residence in Wellington, FL, United States of America. (eurodressage.com, 19 Mar 2020; dressage-news.com, 28 Jan 2018; koschel-dressage.com, 28 Jan 2017; thehorseridersjournal.com, 12 May 2016) HORSES OVER LAW He studied law at university, but eventually decided to focus on his equestrian career. "I was always working with horses because of my father, but after I finished school I studied law. I wanted to have something else, but I was always riding - in the morning I rode and in the afternoon, I studied. Then my father asked me, 'What do you want to do in the future? Do you want to continue as a rider and trainer or do you want to be a lawyer?' I decided on horses. Maybe I can be a lawyer later when I am older." (blog.wellingtonthemagazine.com, 01 Mar 2021; horsemagazine.com, 02 Jan 2015; dressursport-deutschland.de, 2011) COACHING He has worked as a coach of the Germany U25 dressage team. He has also coached the Japan national dressage team. "I started early on, running a coaching career parallel to my own sport - also I followed in the footsteps of my father. From an early age I was used to the fact that we always had international clientele on the farm. I went to a lot of events and thus learned English relatively quickly, including the technical terms that are needed in equestrian sports. So at the age of 17, I had my first international clients. But the really great thing is the combination of active riding and training, which makes for a lot of fun and my life very varied." (blog.wellingtonthemagazine.com, 01 Mar 2021; eurodressage.com, 19 Mar 2020; Instagram profile, 12 Aug 2019; en.asiangames2018.id, 20 Aug 2018; mercedes-benz.de, 12 Oct 2017; mittelbayerische.de, 09 Nov 2016)
Further Personal Information
Family Wife Patricia, sons Niclas and Philipp
Residence Hagen, GER
Occupation Athlete, Business Owner, Coach, Horse Trainer
Languages English, French, German