DR. PETER F. CRONAU

Veterinary

Born  in  1942,  son  of  Dr.  agr.  Fritz  Cronau,  vice  chairman  of  the National  Stud  Farm Dillenburg, grown  up  in  Southern  Germany, where he nished High School.

 

Dr. Cronau graduated in 1969 at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich, where he got later his doctor degree. Dr. Cronau has founded the Equine Sports medical Centre in Bochum in 1973 and worked as managing director for more than 3 decades. This centre is one of the biggest private centers in Germany and has a worldwide reputation. 82 veterinaries from the entire world have been educated and studied in Bochum. In 1993 the rst computersupported  radiographic  technology  in Germany  has  been introduced.

 

From  1990  to  1998  Dr.  Cronau  acted  as  President  of  the  FEI  -Veterinary  Committee  -  the world  governing  body  of  Equestrian Sport.  He  was  reelected  from  116  nations  in  1994 without any dissenting vote. He acted for 13 years as President of the Veterinary Commission of the CHIO in Aachen – one of the most prestigious Horse Show of the world.

He acted overall in 8 Olympic Games as team veterinarian and other obligations for numerous nations, such as Germany, UK, South Korea, Sweden, Denmark, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Ukraine, Philippines,  Libya,  Egypt,  U.S.A.,  Brasil,  Austria,  and  Japan  and recently as veterinary consultant of the German 3-day event team, which won the Team Gold at the Olympic Games in London. Further references are as well the Royale House of Great Britain and Spain.