Hans Peter Minderhoud Explained

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Hans Peter Minderhoud (born 7 October 1973 in Westkapelle, Zeeland) is a Dutch dressage rider.^[1]

Minderhoud won the VSN Cup in 2004 with his horse Gameboy and also succeeded in the Pavo Cup with Sandreo and Florencio.^[2] At the 2004 World Championships for 5-year-old horses, he won the World title in Verden with Florencio.^[2] In the 2004/05 Stallion Competition, he won the L-Class with Sandreo and the Z-Class with Rhodium. He won his second World title at the 2005 World Championships for 6-year-old horses with Florencio. Later that year, he and Uptown won the Pavo Cup as well.^[2]

In the 2005/06 Stallion Competition, he retained his titles in the L and Z-Class, and also added the M-Class to his list. With Rubels he won the 2006 VHO Trophy. Besides that, he succeeded in the Future Stallion Tournament with Florencio and the Pavo Cup with Ucelli T.^[2] In the 2007 Future Stallion Tournament he retained his title with Ucelli T, but also won the silver medal with EXQUIS Rubiloh in the same event.^[2] He succeeded again at the Pavo Cup, this time with Vivaldi. At the 2007 European Championships in Turin, he and his teammates became European Champion in the team competition.^[2]

With Johnson, he won the KWPN Stallion Championship 2007/08 and he also qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[2] He qualified for the individual competition as well as the team event with his teammates Anky van Grunsven and Imke Bartels.^[2] In personal life, Minderhoud has a relationship with teammate Edward Gal.^[3]

He also competed at the 2015 European Dressage Championships in Aachen where he won a gold medal in team dressage. The Dutch national dressage coach Wim Ernes died on 1 November 2016 due to a brain tumor. Minderhoud, together with the other gold medal winners Patrick van der Meer, Edward Gal, and Diederik van Silfhout, carried his coffin during the funeral on 5 November 2016.^[4]

Notable Horses

• Exquis Nadine - 1995 Chestnut Dutch Warmblood Mare (TCN Partout x Roemer)
  • 2007 European Championships - Team Gold Medal, Individual 14th Place
  • 2008 Beijing Olympics - Team Silver Medal, Individual Fifth Place
  • 2009 FEI World Cup Final - Fourth Place
  • 2010 World Equestrian Games - Team Gold Medal, Individual 22nd Place
  • 2011 FEI World Cup Final - Eighth Place
  • 2011 European Championships - Team Bronze Medal, Individual 14th Place, Individual 11th Place Freestyle
• Glock's Tango - 2000 Chestnut Dutch Warmblood Stallion (Jazz x Contango)
  • 2012 FEI World Cup Final - Sixth Place
• Glock's Romanov - 2000 Bay Oldenburg Stallion (Rohdiamant x Grundstein II)
  • 2013 European Championships - Team Silver Medal, Individual 13th Place
• Glock's Johnson TN - 2002 Bay Dutch Warmblood Stallion (Jazz x Flemmingh)
  • 2014 FEI World Cup Final - Eighth Place
  • 2014 World Equestrian Games - Team Bronze Medal, Individual 11th Place, Individual 14th Place Freestyle
  • 2015 European Championships - Team Gold Medal, Individual Bronze Medal, Individual Fifth Place Freestyle
  • 2016 Rio Olympics - Team Fourth Place, Individual Ninth Place
• Glock's Flirt - 2001 Chestnut Swiss Warmblood Stallion (Florestan I x Gauguin de Lully)
  • 2015 FEI World Cup Final - Fifth Place
  • 2016 FEI World Cup Final - Gold Medal
• Glock's Dream Boy - 2008 Black Dutch Warmblood Stallion (Vivaldi x Olympic Ferro)
  • 2018 World Equestrian Games - Team Fourth lace, Individual 20th Place
  • 2019 FEI World Cup Final - Tenth Place
  • 2019 European Championships - Team Silver Medal, Individual Thirteenth Place, Individual Ninth Place Freestyle
  • 2021 Tokyo Olympics - Team Fifth Place, Individual Twelfth Place
  • 2021 European Championships - Team Fifth Place, Individual Sixteenth Place

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athlete biography: Hans Peter Minderhoud . Beijing2008.cn . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080908221341/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/218051.shtml . 8 September 2008 . 12 August 2008.
2. Web site: Hans Peter Minderhoud results . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724152924/http://www.hanspeterminderhoud.nl/index.asp?uid=16&lid=2 . 24 July 2011 . hanspeterminderhoud.nl . 12 August 2008.
3. News: Edward Gal and Hans Peter Minderhoud, One Track Minds . Eurodressage.com . 10 January 2010 . 8 January 2012.
4. Web site: Gouden EK-team gaat de kist van overleden Ernes dragen . Golden European Championship team will carry the coffin of deceased Ernes . Sportnieuws.nl . nl . 2 November 2016.