Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum

Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum
Personal information
Full name	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum
Nationality	Germany
Discipline	Show jumping
Born	(1969-12-26) 26 December 1969 (age 47) Los Angeles, California
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight	110 lb (50 kg; 7 st 12 lb)
Medal record Representing  Germany Equestrian Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team jumping World Championships 2010 Kentucky Team jumping 2006 Aachen Individual jumping 2006 Aachen Team jumping European Championships 1999 Hickstead Team jumping 2005 San Patrignano Team jumping 2007 Mannheim Individual jumping 2007 Mannheim Team jumping 2015 Aachen Team jumping 2009 Windsor Team jumping

Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (born 26 December 1969) is an American-born German equestrian who competes at the international level in show jumping.

She grew up riding ponies and had a successful career as a Young Rider, both in equitation and in show jumping. As a young-adult, Michaels-Beerbaum studied political science at Princeton University, continuing to compete during her college years. She then went to train in Germany with Paul Schockemöhle in 1991, planning to remain only for a summer, which eventually turned into a permanent stay. She decided to buy the training center in Balve.

She was born in Los Angeles, California, and is the daughter of film director Richard Michaels and actor Kristina Hansen.

Following her marriage to the well-known German show jumper Markus Beerbaum in 1998, she changed her citizenship. Together the Beerbaums have one daughter, Brianne Victoria Beerbaum, born in 2010. Through her marriage, Michaels-Beerbaum is also sister-in-law to Ludger Beerbaum, who has won multiple Olympic and championship medals in show jumping.

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