Sandra Auffarth

{{Short description|German equestrian (born 1986)}}

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| weight = 58 kg (2012)

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{{MedalGold|2012 London|Team eventing}}

{{MedalSilver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team eventing}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 London|Individual eventing}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Normandy|Individual eventing}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Normandy|Team eventing}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Pratoni|Team eventing}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Luhmühlen|Team eventing}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Blair Castle|Team eventing}}

{{MedalSilver|2011 Luhmühlen|Individual eventing}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Blair Castle|Individual eventing}}

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Sandra Auffarth (born 27 December 1986) is a German equestrian.{{refn|name=OlympicBotGeneratedRef|{{cite web|title=Sandra Auffarth|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/auffarth-sandra-1117783/|work=London 2012|publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited|accessdate=17 September 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911184748/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/auffarth-sandra-1117783/|archivedate=11 September 2012}}}}

At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in the Individual eventing with Opgun Louvo. Auffarth and Louvo had won team gold and individual bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics. One year before, she had won team gold and individual silver with Opgun Louvo at her first senior rider championship - the 2011 European Eventing Championship.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

Auffarth was selected to represent Germany in the 2023 Summer Olympics in Paris. At the final health check before the games, her mount Viamant Du Matz was "found to be not 100 percent fit", and the pair resigned their place to the reserve rider Julia Krajewski.{{Cite web |title=Sandra Auffarth Out, Julia Krajewski In For German Eventing Team - The Chronicle of the Horse |url=https://www.chronofhorse.com/article/sandra-auffarth-out-julia-krajewski-in-for-german-eventing-team/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |language=en-US}}

She lives in Ganderkesee, where she and her parents have a horse farm.[http://www.pferd-aktuell.de/olympiateam/team-vielseitigkeit/uebersicht-team-vielseitigkeit Das Team Vielseitigkeit] (German, The German 2012 Eventing Olympic team)