Isabell Werth (7-21-1969, Sevelen) is the Classic at home. For more than three decades, the German horsewoman has been a constant presence in the international elite. His record and longevity are unique. With 56 yearsWerth has returned to compete in search of a place on the German team that will compete in August Aachen World Championships 2026.
From a very young age, Werth was linked to horses and at the age of 17 she joined the trainer’s stable. Uwe Schulten-Baumer. His Olympic career started in Barcelona and has lasted until Paris. has added 14 medals, eight gold and six silverboth in individual and team events. She is the most successful equestrian athlete in Olympic history and one of the leading figures in German sport.
Werth has accumulated titles at World Championships and European Championships for over thirty years. An essential part of their success has been their ability to build competitive pairings with horses that are very different from each other, adapting to different profiles without losing regularity or level.
“Gigolo FRH” It marked his first great stage in the elite, with which he achieved Olympic, world and European medals in the nineties. As the years went by, other key horses arrived such as “Satchmo”, “Weihegold OLD” y “Bella Rose 2”. In the most recent cycle, “Wendy de Fontaine” has been her main partner, with whom she won team gold and individual silver at the Paris Games.
Werth has taken a multitude of horses to the highest competitive level. This ability to develop horses in the long term has been one of the hallmarks of his career, along with a conception of the sport based on perseverance, daily work and respect for training times.
In 2004 he founded his own training center in Rheinbergafter completing law studies and a brief professional stage outside of sport. Since then it has maintained an independent structure that has allowed it to continue competing at the highest level. In 2024 she was elected president of the International Dressage Riders Club, a recognition of her weight within the discipline.
Last year was a turning point on a personal level. At the end of the year, her husband and life partner died. Wolfgang Urbanwith whom he shared a decades-long relationship and with whom he had a son. Urban, always away from the media spotlight, was a key figure in his personal environment. After his death, Werth decided to take a temporary break from competition. He ended up in Andalusia where he received the affection of his great friend Jose Garcia Mena. Mena has been working with her for years and they have a great personal relationship.
Weeks later she returned to the competition in Frankfurt, one of the highlights of the German calendar, where she once again competed with “Wendy de Fontaine”.
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