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| At the Champion's Ball of the German Olympic Equestrian Committee (DOKR), the German Rider's Cross in gold, the highest medal to be won for an equestrian person in Germany, has been bestowed upon Ullrich Kasselmann. The 57-year old Kasselmann was especially praised for his monumental effort of organizing the 2005 European Dressage Championships in one month's time. In the 1960s, Kasselmann was an auction rider for the Hanoverian Verband in Verden. In the 1980s he established an auction of his own with Paul Schockemohle (P.S.I. Auction) though lately he has also been focusing on event management and the organisation of dressage shows. Previes recipients were, for instance, Ernst-Albert Holzapfel, Hendrik Snoek, Hans Hoffrogge, Peter Wallner, Ruth Klimke, and Werner Ernst. |