Gabriela Grillo was a German businesswoman, equestrian and Olympic champion.
19 Facts About Gabriela Grillo
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Gabriela Grillo won a gold medal in team dressage and placed fourth in individual dressage at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
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Gabriela Grillo achieved gold medals with the team at three European championships.
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Gabriela Grillo worked as a journalist and book author for riding topics.
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Gabriela Grillo served voluntarily several foundations supporting a hospital in Duisburg, citizens of Duisburg and Mulheim, and the University of Duisburg.
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Gabriela Grillo's father traded metals, running the Grillo-Handelshaus and the Grillo-Werke AG.
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Gabriela Grillo completed school with the Abitur at the Frau-Rath-Goethe-Gymnasium in Duisburg in 1971, and then studied musicology, German studies and theatre studies at the University of Cologne.
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Gabriela Grillo trained riding from 1960 to 1966 with Otto Fuhrmann, then until 1973 with Walter Gunther, and from 1974 with Albert Stecken.
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Gabriela Grillo rode Ultimo, a Trakehner black horse born in 1965, alongside Harry Boldt and Reiner Klimke.
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Gabriela Grillo was German champion three times, with different horses: Ultimo, Galapagos and Grandison.
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Gabriela Grillo belonged to the German dressage team until 1982.
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Gabriela Grillo was elected to the board of the department of dressage in the Deutscher Reiter- und Fahrerverband association in 1981.
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Gabriela Grillo became CEO of the Wilhelm Grillo Handelsgesellschaft in 1993 and, in 1995, the speaker of the board of the Grillo-Werke AG.
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Gabriela Grillo held voluntary positions, including as member of the board of trustees of the Stiftung zur Forderung evangelischer Krankenhauser from 2010.
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Gabriela Grillo was member of the supervisory board of the Burgerstiftung Duisburg, a citizen's foundation, president of the supervisory board of the Burgerstiftung Mulheim, and member of the board of the Forderverein Duisburger Universitats-Gesellschaft, supporting the University of Duisburg.
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Gabriela Grillo died in Mulheim, where she lived, on 25 February 2024, at the age of 71.
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Gabriela Grillo received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt in 1976 after winning the Olympic gold medal.
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Gabriela Grillo was the 2010 recipient of the Luther-Rose of the Internationale Martin Luther Stiftung.
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Gabriela Grillo was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2021, in recognition of her extraordinary engagement in social, cultural, trades and sports matters.