Gigolo and Werth competed in their first Olympic Games in 1992 at the
Barcelona Games. There, the pair took an individual silver, while helping the German team to a gold medal. At the
1996 Summer Olympics in
Atlanta, they repeated the team performance, while improving to take the individual gold medal. In 2000, at the
Sydney Games, the helped the German team to a third gold medal, while again taking the individual silver. After the Sydney Games, Werth replaced Gigolo with
Satchmo as her Olympic horse, although the pair didn't compete until the
2008 Games. Gigolo and Werth also competed in two
World Equestrian Games. The first, the
1994 The Hague Games, resulted in both individual and team gold for the pair, as did the second, the
1998 Rome Games. He was also a four-time national dressage champion in Germany. During his frequent
musical kur performances, Gigolo was known for his elasticity – the pair's signature move was a transition from an
extended canter directly to a
pirouette. Gigolo was officially retired at the Stuttgart German Masters competition on October 24, 2000. ==Legacy==