The FEI European Show Jumping Championships is the European Championship for the equestrian discipline of show jumping. First held in 1957 in Rotterdam, and on an annual basis, it is held every two years, in the years between Olympic Games and World Equestrian Games.
Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals are awarded in both the individual and, since 1975, team competition. There are also championships held for young riders, juniors, ponies, children and veterans. The most recent edition in 2013 was held as part of a combined FEI European Championship, with dressage and para-dressage.
Both David Broome and Paul Schockemöhle have won the individual title three times. The Federal Republic of Germany have won the team title seven times, with Great Britain and Switzerland next on five team wins.
A European championship for individual show jumping was inaugurated in 1957, featuring only eight riders. Hans Winkler won the first title for West Germany, and West Germany and its successor state Germany have dominated the competition ever since with 14 championship victories.
David Broome of Great Britain was the first rider to win the title twice, and then three times which remains a record. That record was equalled by Paul Schockemöhle who uniquely won three consecutive titles. These two apart, only German Ludger Beerbaum has won the title more than once, with two wins. The competition has been won by 26 different riders. Jos Lansink from the Netherlands, and Michael Whitaker and Harvey Smith have medalled on three occasions without ever winning the competition.
The title has been won, once, by a non-European; in 1966 Nelson Pessoa became the first, and only, South American winner.
Heidi Robbiani was the first female rider to medal in the event, in 1985. Alexandra Ledermann was the first woman to win the title in 1999, a feat equalled by Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum in 2007.
| Individual medalists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 1957 | Hans Günter Winkler on Sonnenglanz |  Bernard de Fombelle on Bucéphale |  Salvatore Oppes on Pagoro | ||
| 1958 | Fritz Thiedemann on Meteor | Piero D'Inzeo on The Rock | Hans Günter Winkler on Halla | ||
| 1959 | Piero D'Inzeo on Uruguay | Pierre Jonquères d’Oriola on Virtuoso | Fritz Thiedemann on Godewind | ||
| 1961 |  David Broome on Sunsalve | Piero D'Inzeo on Pioneer | Hans Günter Winkler on Feuerdorn | ||
| 1962 | David Barker on Mr Softee | Hans Günter Winkler on Romanus | Piero D'Inzeo on The Rock | ||
| 1963 | Graziano Mancinelli on Rockette | Alwin Schockemöhle on Freiherr | Harvey Smith on Warpaint | ||
| 1965 | Hermann Schridde on Dozent |  Nelson Pessoa on Gran Geste | Alwin Schockemöhle on Exakt | ||
| 1966 | Nelson Pessoa on Gran Geste |  Frank Chapot on Good Twist |  Hugo Miguel Arrambide on Chimbote | ||
| 1967 | David Broome on Mr Softee | Harvey Smith on Harvester | Alwin Schockemöhle on Pesgö | ||
| 1969 | David Broome on Mr Softee | Alwin Schockemöhle on Donald | Hans Günter Winkler on Enigk | ||
| 1971 | Hartwig Steenken on Simona | Harvey Smith on Evan Jones | Paul Weier on Wulf | ||
| 1973 | Paddy McMahon on Penwood Forge Mill | Alwin Schockemöhle on The Robber | Hubert Parot on Tic | ||
| 1975 | Alwin Schockemöhle on Warwick | Hartwig Steenken on Erle | Sönke Sönksen on Kwept | ||
| 1977 | Johan Heins on Saven Valleys |  Eddie Macken on Kerrygold | Toon Ebben on Jumbo Design | ||
| 1979 | Gerd Wiltfang on Roman |  Hugo Simon on Gladstone | |||
| 1981 | Malcolm Pyrah on Anglezarke | Bruno Candrian on Van Gogh | |||
| 1983 | John Whitaker on Ryans Son | Frédéric Cottier on Flambeau C | |||
| 1985 | Heidi Robbiani on Jessica V | John Whitaker on Hopscotch | |||
| 1987 | Pierre Durand Jr. on Jappeloup | Nick Skelton on Apollo | |||
| 1989 | Michael Whitaker on Mon Santa | Jos Lansink on Felix | |||
| 1991 | Eric Navet on Quito de Baussy | Franke Sloothaak on Walzerkönig | Jos Lansink on Egano | ||
| 1993 | Willi Melliger on Quinta | Michel Robert on Miss San Patrignano | Michael Whitaker on Midnight Madness | ||
| 1995 | Peter Charles on La Ina | Michael Whitaker on Two Step | Willi Melliger on Calvaro V | ||
| 1997 | Ludger Beerbaum on Ratina Z | Hugo Simon on E.T. | Willi Melliger on Calvaro V | ||
| 1999 | Alexandra Ledermann on Rochet M | Markus Fuchs on Tinkas Boy | Lesley McNaught on Dulf | ||
| 2001 | Ludger Beerbaum on Gladdys S |  Ludo Philippaerts on Verelst Otterongo |  Rolf-Göran Bengtsson on Isovlas Pialotta | ||
| 2003 | Christian Ahlmann on Cöster | Ludger Beerbaum on Goldfever | Marcus Ehning on For Pleasure | ||
| 2005 | Marco Kutscher on Montender | Christina Liebherr on No Mercy | Jeroen Dubbeldam on Nassau | ||
| 2007 | Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum on Shutterfly | Jos Lansink on Al-Kaheel Cavalor Cumano | Ludger Beerbaum on Goldfever | ||
| Kevin Staut on Kraque Boom | Carsten-Otto Nagel on Corradina | Albert Zoer on Okidoki | |||
| Rolf-Göran Bengtsson on Ninja | Carsten-Otto Nagel on Corradina | Nick Skelton on Carlo | |||
| 2013 | Roger-Yves Bost on Myrtille Paulois | Ben Maher on Cella | Scott Brash on Sanctos | ||
| 2015 | Jeroen Dubbeldam on Zenith | Gregory Wathelet on Conrad | Simon Delestre on Ryan | ||
| Peder Fredricson on All In | Harrie Smolders on Don | Cian O'Connor on Good Luck | |||
| Martin Fuchs on Clooney | Ben Maher on Explosion W | Jos Verlooy on Igor | |||
| André Thieme on Chakaria | Martin Fuchs on Leone Jei | Peder Fredricson on Catch Me Not | |||
| Steve Guerdat on Dynamix de Belheme | Philipp Weishaupt on Zineday | Julien Epaillard on Dubai du Cedre |
1975 Munich (FRG) – 6 Teams
– (Rozier, Balanda, Roche, Parot) – 97.01977 Vienna (AUT) – 9 Teams
– (Ricketts, Johnsey, H. Smith, Broome) – 20.251979 Rotterdam (NED) – 10 Teams
– (Pyrah, Ricketts, Bradley, Broome) – 24.70 penalties – (Roche, Gerry Mullins, Con Power, Macken) – 34.101981 Munich (FRG) – 9 Teams
1983 Hickstead (GBR) – 11 Teams
– (H. Smith, Broome, J. Whitaker, Pyrah) – 21.891985 Dinard (FRA) – 8 Teams
– (Skelton, M. Whitaker, Pyrah, J. Whitaker – 21.56 penalties1987 St. Gallen (SUI) – 8 Teams
– (Skelton, M. Whitaker, Pyrah, J. Whitaker,) – 10.32 penalties – (Ph. Rozier, Durand, Cottier, Robert) – 35.431989 Rotterdam (NED) – 8 Teams
– (Skelton, M. Whitaker, J.Turi, J. Whitaker,) – 20.35 penalties – (Godignon, Ph. Rozier, Robert, Durand) – 33.411991 La Baule (FRA) – 11 Teams
– (Skelton, M. Whitaker, Broome, J. Whitaker,) – 34.161993 Gijon (ESP) – 9 Teams
– (Skelton, M. Whitaker, Armstrong, J. Whitaker,) – 21.15 – (Bourdy, Robert, Godignon, Navet) – 29.881995 St. Gallen (SUI) – 11 Teams
– (Skelton, M. Whitaker, Bradley, J. Whitaker,) – 12 – (H. Godignon, J-M. Bonneau, A. Ledermann, R-Y. Bost) – 161997 Mannheim (GER) – 12 Teams
– (M. Whitaker, G. Billington, R. Smith, J. Whitaker,) – 34.861999 Hickstead (GBR) – 14 Teams
2001 Arnhem (NED) – 14 Teams
– (Kevin Babington, Jessica Kürten, Peter Charles, Dermott Lennon) – 34.04 penalties – (M. Baryard, H. Lundbeck, R-G. Bengtsson, P. Eriksson) – 35.192003 Donaueschingen (GER) – 18 Teams
– (Michel Robert, Eric Levallois, Michel Hécart, Reynald Angot) – 25.302005 San Patrignano (ITA) – 14 Teams
2007 Mannheim (GER) – 18 Teams
– (Michael Whitaker, David McPherson, Ellen Whitaker, John Whitaker) – 15.432009 Windsor (GBR) – 17 Teams
– (Juan-Carlos Garcia, Giuseppe d'Onofrio, Natale Chiaudani, Piergiorgio Bucci) – 31.00 – (Michel Robert, Pénélope Leprevost, Kevin Staut, Olivier Guillon) – 15.95 – (Nick Skelton, Guy Williams, Ben Maher, John Whitaker) – 22.462013 Herning (DEN) – 19 Teams
– (Ben Maher, Michael Whitaker, William Funnell, Scott Brash) – 12.18 penalties – (Jens Fredricson, Angelica Augustsson, Henrik von Eckermann, Rolf-Göran Bengtsson) – 13.442015 Aachen (GER) – 22 Teams
2017 Gothenburg (SWE) - 17 Teams
- (Henrik von Eckermann, Malin Baryard-Johnsson, Douglas Lindlöw, Peder Fredricson) - 18.212019 Rotterdam (NED) - 15 Teams
– (Pieter Devos, Jos Verlooy, Jérôme Guery, Gregory Wathelet) – 12.07 penalties[3] - (Ben Maher, Holly Smith, Amanda Derbyshire, Scott Brash) - 21.412021 Riesenbeck (GER) - 15 Teams
– (Pieter Devos, Jos Verlooy, Olivier Philippaerts, Nicola Philippaerts) – 17.342023 Milan (ITA) - 15 Teams
– (Henrik von Eckermann, Wilma Hellström, Jens Fredicson, Rolf-Göran Bengtsson) – 9.51 penalties[5] - (Michael Duffy, Trevor Breen, Shane Sweetnam, Eoin McMahon) - 18.00 - (Gerfried Puck, Katharina Rhomberg, Max Kühner, Alessandra Reich) - 22.77