Brunhilde Victory

My story with the name Brunhilde is dedicated to my vaulting coach Brunhilde Vorberg. She was a vaulting and riding instructor at the JRG Cologne, which is now called Voltigierverein Dünnwald team Norka.

I joined the Cologne Team in 1997 and the members of the team we're Kai Vorberg , Fabian Köngeter, Nicki Braun, Alexandra Elsner, Sandra Hövel, Eva Böhner, Angela Fröhlig,Kira Paas, Alexandra and Stefanie Knauf. Our horse was called Kolumbus and a very special one of a kind. At a Championat in Denmark, the famous Mrs Cook from Sundance vaulters located in California wanted to pay 50,000 Dollar for him. The team was sponsored by a casino in Cologne with the name "Spiel mit". The owner was Reinhold Strang, and he wanted to sell our horse Kolumbus to Mrs Cook. Brunhilde could impede this, and we could keep Columbus as our team horse. There is a special ritual before the vaulting performance. The Team runs into the arena and the crowd audience cheers them on. Our running music was the main theme soundtrack of the movie Beetlejuice. I never forget the victory feeling I had when we were running on the music in 1997 at the German Championship, we're we became vice German Champions. What is your story with a victory moment and the name Brunhilde?