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1964 Tokyo Olympics: Marianne Fankhauser, the First Swiss Woman at the Olympics and Straight into the Medals


Part IV:  Joy, Fair Spark of the Gods in Far Away Japan
Interview with Marianne Fankhauser
Marianne Fankhauser (née Gossweiler) was the first woman on a Swiss Olympic team. She competed at the 1964 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.  With her Holsteiner crossbred Stephan she successfully represented Switzerland at the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games as well as the first World championships in dressage in 1966 in Berne. In her career she won two Olympic team medals.
In November 2020 she looked back on her first trip to the Olympics in an interview with Eurodressage s Silke Rottermann. 
SR: Whereas nowadays competition horses are almost jet setters and fly several times per year, it was the first flight for the majority of horses who travelled to the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Was there any possibility to prepare the horses for this kind of transport? ....

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