Ulla Salzgeber won numerous medals at the World Equestrian Games, Dressage World Cup and European Dressage Championships.
18 Facts About Ulla Salzgeber
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Ulla Salzgeber announced a change in her training base in July 2016, moving to new stables in Ettringen, Bavaria.
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In 2013, after returning Herzruf's Erbe to competition, Ulla Salzgeber was again named to the German equestrian squad's A-team.
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Ulla Salzgeber attended college, graduating from law school before building a training stable in Bad Worishofen, Germany, that focuses on dressage.
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Ulla Salzgeber is married to Sebastian Ulla Salzgeber, and has one daughter, Kim.
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Ulla Salzgeber rode the same horse to all of her Olympic, World Equestrian Games and European Championship medals.
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The German team, with Ulla Salzgeber, rode to another team gold at the 1999 European Championships, and Ulla Salzgeber and Rusty took individual silver.
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Ulla Salzgeber rode as part of the gold-medal winning German team, but as the lowest-scoring member, her score was not used to determine the team's standing.
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In 2003 Ulla Salzgeber became mired in doping charges after Rusty tested positive for testosterone propionate at the 2003 World Cup finals, losing what would have been a third successive gold.
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Ulla Salzgeber was not allowed to compete in qualifying events for the 2004 World Cup, and she did not ride in the event.
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In 2008, Ulla Salzgeber again began competing at the Grand Prix level on Herzruf's Erbe, who would develop into one of her top international horses.
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In June 2011, Ulla Salzgeber announced that she would be selling one of her top-level horses, Wakana, to a student, leaving Herzruf's Erbe as her only horse prepared to compete at the international level.
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Later that month, Ulla Salzgeber removed herself from consideration for competition at the 2011 CHIO Aachen and European Dressage Championships.
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Ulla Salzgeber announced that she had decided to take a break from competition and focus more on training and her personal life.
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In October 2013, Ulla Salzgeber brought Herzruf's Erbe back into competition, winning a national show in Germany.
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In 2005, Ulla Salzgeber was named as the new dressage training adviser to the Australian national equestrian team.
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In early 2010, Ulla Salzgeber announced that she would be moving her base of training from the stables in Bad Worishofen where she had been located since she graduated from college.
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Ulla Salzgeber said the new, larger, base would allow her to give more training clinics and accept more students.