Christian Zimmermann (né Brühe) (born 12 December 1961 in Cologne, Germany) is a German-born Palestinian Olympic dressage rider.

[1] He represented Palestine at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy where he finished 68th in the individual dressage competition with Cinco de Mayo.

[3] Zimmermann competed in dressage until the age of 26, when he left the sport to go into business, becoming CEO of the communications agency Uniplan[4] After an 18-year hiatus from the sport, he began competing again at the age of 44, initially for Germany.

[3][4] The switch also improved his chances of qualifying for the Olympic games compared to if he had competed for Germany.

[3] Zimmermann competed at the 2016 Olympics with his Dutch Warmblood gelding Aramis, he finished 57th in the Grand Prix qualifier and did not advance to the further rounds.