Pepo Puch

{{short description|Austrian Paralympic equestrian}}

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| birth_place = Graz, Austria

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{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Tokyo|Individual}}

{{MedalSilver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Freestyle}}

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{{MedalGold|2012 London|Freestyle}}

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Josef "Pepo" Puch (born 10 January 1966 in Graz) is an Austrian-Croatian equestrian. He started in equestrian at fifteen.

Puch competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for Croatia in the individual eventing with horse Banville D'Ivoy. He finished 63rd.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418113047/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pu/pepo-puch-1.html Pepo Puch at Sports Reference]

In 2008, Puch was in an accident and has incomplete paraplegia as a result.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002508/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=525&personid=885116 IPC bio] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he won a gold medal and a bronze medal, this time competing for his birth country of Austria.[http://orf.at/stories/2139005/ ORF][http://www.arabella.at/wien/magazin/olympia-2012/oesterreich-hat-3-medaillen-bei-den-paralympics-sicher/ Radio Arabella]

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics he also won a gold medal in the individual championship test[https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/schedule-results/info-live-results/rio-2016/eng/eq/engeq_equestrian-results-individual-championship-test-grade-ib-1-01.htm Official Results Rio 2016] and a silver medal in the individual freestyle test grade 1b.[https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/schedule-results/info-live-results/rio-2016/eng/eq/engeq_equestrian-results-individual-freestyle-test-grade-ib-1-01.htm Official Results Rio 2016]