Overview
- Wandres proposed during a trip to South Tyrol and posted an Instagram video of the moment with him kneeling and offering a ring set to Taylor Swift’s Love Story.
- The 38-year-old competes for Germany’s elite dressage team, with Ligus, 29, caring for his horses during team gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics and the recent European Championship win in Crozet.
- Ligus also rides at a high level, taking a team victory for Germany at the Nations Cup in Wellington, Florida, in February.
- Both live and work at the Kasselmann family’s sport and trading stable near Hagen, where they have even faced each other in competition.
- Wandres is usually coached by national coach Monica Theodorescu, and Ligus told followers they will begin planning the wedding once back home.