*Proud sister Semmieke Rothenberger together with silver brother Sönke Rothenberger*

Quotes from Sönke Rothenberger from FEI press release:

Holding his silver medal this evening he said with a smile,

"If you look closely, it’s silver with a golden edge!"

Talking about his attitude to competition and his horse, Cosmo:

"I don’t go into a test thinking of what others can do and then try to be better. I go into the test trying to show in the ring everything we practice outside and today was really a day where we made a plan and we trained outside in the warm-up, and today was a day when he gave me back exactly what I was asking for and that’s just what I do it for. He is a character of a horse and I just love him the way he is, he has this shiny edge and with his ears to the front he does the most difficult movement and I get goosebumps every time!”

Replying to a question about the Dutch connection in his family:

“Maybe there’s a slight touch of orange to this medal!”