Ulla Salzgeber (born 5 August 1958 in Oberhausen) is a German equestrian and Olympic champion who competes in the sport of dressage.

In 2005, she took time from competition to act as the dressage training adviser to the Australian national equestrian team, but resigned from that position in late 2006.

Born 5 August 1958 in Oberhausen as Ulla Helbing,[1] Salzgeber began riding at age 10, competing in the sport of vaulting.

She attended college, graduating from law school before building a training stable in Bad Wörishofen, Germany, that focuses on dressage.

After Gigolo, a horse ridden by Isabell Werth, was retired in 2000, Salzgeber and Rusty became the top dressage pair in Germany.

The music to which the pair performed, Carmina Burana, was used by Salzgeber and Rusty in all their competitions and became "tightly linked to the horse with its signature pirouettes and to date still best one-tempi changes ever.

In 2003, however, Salzgeber became mired in doping charges after Rusty tested positive for testosterone propionate at the 2003 World Cup finals, losing what would have been a third successive gold.

Rusty's veterinarian claimed the drug was given to him to treat a hormonal imbalance, but the pair was banned from competition for two months by the German Equestrian Federation.

[6] In 2008, Salzgeber again began competing at the Grand Prix level on Herzruf's Erbe, who would develop into one of her top international horses.

[7] In 2009, the pair were expected to compete at the European Dressage Championships, but were not chosen for the German team after Herzruf's Erbe sustained an injury at a competition in July.

[11] In 2012, she announced that she would not be seeking a spot on the German team for the 2012 Summer Olympics, saying that her training duties had not given her time to properly prepare Herzruf's Erbe.