| European Dressage Championships | |
| Status: | active |
| Genre: | sports event |
| Frequency: | Biannually |
| Location: | various |
| Last: | 2021, Hagen |
| Organised: | FEI |
The European Dressage Championships are the European championships for the equestrian discipline of dressage. They are held every two years in odd-numbered years. Gold, silver, and bronze medals are awarded in both individual and team competitions. There are also championships held for juniors, young riders, and ponies. Since 2015, the competition has shared a site and branding with vaulting, reining, jumping, and driving events. For sponsorship reasons, eventing is not included, as it is part of the FEI European Championships, echoing the combined World Equestrian Games concept. The first official combined event took place in Aachen in 2015.[1]
The official European Dressage Championship was first held in 1963. Before then, beginning in the 1950s, the FEI has held the FEI Grand Prix annually. The winners of these events were referred to as European champions.
At the official first European Dressage Championship in 1963 it was possible to start with more than one horse, so each rider could win more than one individual medal. Today, each rider can start with only one horse.
The history of team medals starts at the European Dressage Championships in 1965. Two years before, only Great Britain and Romania had three riders at the European Championships (three riders are necessary for a team). However, the rules state that a minimum number of three teams must compete in the team competition, so no team medals were awarded in 1963. From 1963 to 2005, each European Dressage Championship team competition was won by the Federal Republic of Germany, which became Germany in 1990. In 2007, the Dutch team won the competition.
Up to 1991, only one individual prize giving was held. In 1993 and 1995 two individual competitions were held—the Grand Prix Spécial and the Grand Prix Freestyle (also called Grand Prix Kür). The riders had to choose which of the two individual competitions they wanted to start in.
In 1997, the rules were changed again. The riders had to start in the Grand Prix de Dressage (the team competition), the Grand Prix Spécial, and the Grand Prix Freestyle. At the end of these competitions, only one individual prize giving was held. Since 2005, the riders can win an individual competition in both the Grand Prix Spécial and the Grand Prix Freestyle. A rider who wants to start in the Grand Prix Freestyle must start also in the Grand Prix Spécial.[2]
In 2003 the European Dressage Championship was held as the Open European Dressage Championship, but a closed European Championship was calculated based on the result.
| Individual medalists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Location | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1963 | Individual | Henri Chammartin on Wolfdietrich | Harry Boldt on Remus | Henri Chammartin on Woerman | |
| 1965 | Individual | Henri Chammartin on Wolfdietrich | Harry Boldt on Remus | Reiner Klimke on Arcadius | |
| 1967 | Individual | Reiner Klimke on Dux | Ivan Kizimov on Ichor | Harry Boldt on Remus | |
| 1969 | Individual | Liselott Linsenhoff on Piaff | Ivan Kizimov on Ichor | Josef Neckermann on Mariano | |
| 1971 | Individual | Liselott Linsenhoff on Piaff | Josef Neckermann on Van Eick | Ivan Kizimov on Ichor | |
| 1973 | Individual | Reiner Klimke on Mehmed | Elena Petushkova on Pepel | Ivan Kalita on Tarif | |
| 1975 | Individual | Christine Stückelberger on Granat | Harry Boldt on Woyceck | Karin Schlüter on Liostro | |
| 1977 | Individual | Christine Stückelberger on Granat | Harry Boldt on Woyceck | Uwe Schulten-Baumer on Silbowitz | |
| 1979 | Individual |  Elisabeth Theurer on Mon Chéri | Christine Stückelberger on Granat | Harry Boldt on Woyceck | |
| 1981 | Individual | Uwe Schulten-Baumer on Madras | Christine Stückelberger on Granat | Gabriela Grillo on Galapagos | |
| 1983 | Individual | Anne Grethe Jensen on Marzog | Reiner Klimke on Ahlerich | Uwe Sauer on Montevideo | |
| 1985 | Individual | Reiner Klimke on Ahlerich | Otto Hofer on Limandus | Anne Grethe Jensen on Marzog | |
| 1987 | Individual |  Margit Otto-Crépin on Corlandus | Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff on Courage | Johann Hinnemann on Ideaal | |
| 1989 | Individual | Nicole Uphoff on Rembrandt | Margit Otto-Crépin on Corlandus | Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff on Courage | |
| 1991 | Spécial | Nicole Uphoff on Rembrandt | Margit Otto-Crépin on Corlandus | ||
| Freestyle | Sven Rothenberger on Andiamo | Klaus Balkenhol on Goldstern | Nina Menkova on Dixon | ||
| 1993 | Spécial | Monica Theodorescu on Grunox |  Emile Faurie on Virtu | ||
| Freestyle | Nicole Uphoff on Rembrandt | Sven Rothenberger on Andiamo |  Gyula Dallos on Aktion | ||
| 1995 | Individual | Sven Rothenberger on Bo | |||
| 1997 | Individual | Karin Rehbein on Donnerhall | |||
| 1999 | Individual | Ulla Salzgeber on Rusty | Arjen Teeuwissen on Goliath | ||
| Individual | Ulla Salzgeber on Rusty | Arjen Teeuwissen on Goliath | Nadine Capellmann on Farbenfroh | ||
| Individual | Ulla Salzgeber on Rusty |  Jan Brink on Briar |  Beatriz Ferrer-Salat on Beauvalais | ||
| Individual | Hubertus Schmidt on Wansuela Suerte | Jan Brink on Briar | |||
| Spécial | Isabell Werth on Satchmo | Imke Schellekens-Bartels on Sunrise | |||
| Freestyle | Isabell Werth on Satchmo | Imke Schellekens-Bartels on Sunrise | |||
| Spécial | Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival | Laura Bechtolsheimer on Mistral Hojris | |||
| Freestyle | Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival | Anky van Grunsven on Salinero | |||
| Spécial | Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival | Carl Hester on Uthopia | Laura Bechtolsheimer on Mistral Hojris | ||
| Freestyle | Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival | Carl Hester on Uthopia | Patrik Kittel on Scandic | ||
| Spécial | Helen Langehanenberg on Damon Hill | Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival | |||
| Freestyle | Helen Langehanenberg on Damon Hill | Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival | |||
| Spécial | Kristina Bröring-Sprehe on Desperados | Hans Peter Minderhoud on Johnson | |||
| Freestyle | Kristina Bröring-Sprehe on Desperados | Beatriz Ferrer-Salat on Delgado | |||
| Spécial | Isabell Werth on Weihegold | Sönke Rothenberger on Cosmo | Cathrine Dufour on Atterupgaards Cassidy | ||
| Freestyle | Isabell Werth on Weihegold | Sönke Rothenberger on Cosmo | Cathrine Dufour on Atterupgaards Cassidy | ||
| Spécial | Isabell Werth on Bella Rose | Dorothee Schneider on Showtime | Cathrine Dufour on Atterupgaards Cassidy | ||
| Freestyle | Isabell Werth on Bella Rose | Dorothee Schneider on Showtime | Jessica von Bredow-Werndl on Dalera | ||
| Spécial | Jessica von Bredow-Werndl on Dalera | Isabell Werth on Weihegold OLD | Cathrine Dufour on Bohemian | ||
| Freestyle | Jessica von Bredow-Werndl on Dalera | Cathrine Dufour on Bohemian | Charlotte Dujardin on Gio | ||
| Spécial | Jessica von Bredow-Werndl on Dalera | Nanna Skodborg Merrald on Zepter | Charlotte Dujardin on Imhotep | ||
| Freestyle | Jessica von Bredow-Werndl on Dalera | Charlotte Fry on Glamourdale | Charlotte Dujardin on Imhotep | ||
| Spécial | |||||
| Freestyle |
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