Swiss Olympian Hans Staub Moves to Germany

Dressage

Switzerland

Former Swiss Grand Prix team rider Hans Staub has relocated to Germany.

Reiterjournal reported that the 65-year old Staub has been hired at Gestut Albführen.

To Baden-Wurttemberg

Staub was previously based at equestrian center Auw near Zürich and already rode for Albführen on a freelance basis. He will now be making the permanent move to Baden-Wurttemberg to join the riders' team there.

"Staub is moving into a stable wing in the stud farm with a small group of training horses, together with his partner Lisa Astfalck," Reiterjournal reported.

Hans will assists riders Helmut Hartmann, Laura Schulze and Kai Ruggaber.

From Dukaat to Warbeau

Staub's international dressage career got launched on horse Dukaat (by Ulft x Farn x Solaris xx) which took him to the 1994 World Equestrian Games in The Hague (7th in the Special), the 1995 European Championships in Mondorf Les Bains (5th with the team) and 1996 Olympics in Atlanta (27th in the GP).

His busiest years on the international scene were in the 2000s till mid 2010s, when he competed horses such as Perseus, Rittersport, Xaxon Middlesom, Windsor, Waldzauber, Rubinstar, Laertes, De Banderas, Cesano, and Athene at that time. He was based with his ex-wife Simonne in Bäretswil (SUI) at the time.

Staub's last international horse was Warbeau (by Wolkenstein II x Matcho), which he campaigned between 2011 and 2014 and rode at the European Championships in 2011 and 2013 and lastly at the 2014 World Equestrian Games. At the Swiss Grand Prix Championships they won bronze in 2011 and were fourth in 2013