Pepo Puch
 Pepo Puch 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Croatia / Austria |
| Born | 10 January 1966 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Croatia / Austria |
| Sport | Equestrian, Para-equestrian |
Josef "Pepo" Puch (born 10 January 1966 in Graz) is an Austrian-Croatian equestrian. He started in equestrian at fifteen.
Puch competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for Croatia in the individual eventing with horse Banville D'Ivoy. He finished 63rd.[1]
In 2008, Puch was in an accident and has incomplete paraplegia as a result.[2] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he won a gold medal and a bronze medal, this time competing for his birth country of Austria.[3][4] At the 2016 Summer Paralympics he also won a gold medal in the individual championship test[5] and a silver medal in the individual freestyle test grade 1b.[6]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Pepo Puch at FEI (alternate link)
- Pepo Puch at Olympics.com
- Pepo Puch at Olympedia
- Pepo Puch at the International Paralympic Committee
- Pepo Puch at the Österreichisches Paralympisches Committee (in Austrian German)
- Video Interview with Pepo Puch
- Official website
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- 1966 births
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- Croatian male equestrians
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- Olympic equestrians for Croatia
- Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Paralympic equestrians for Austria
- Paralympic gold medalists for Austria
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- Equestrians at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
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- Sportspeople from Graz
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