Individual dressage at the 2011 European Dressage Championships explained

The individual dressage at the 2011 European Dressage Championships in Rotterdam, The Netherlands was held at Kralingen-Crooswijk from August 17 and August 21, 2011.[1] [2]

The Netherlands's Adelinde Cornelissen won the gold medal in the Grand Prix Special and the Grand Prix Freestyle. Carl Hester representing Great Britain won a silver medal the Grand Prix Special and silver in the Grand Prix Freestyle. Laura Bechtolsheimer of Great Britain won a bronze in the Special and Patrik Kittel of Sweden won bronze in the Freestyle.[3] In the Grand Prix Great Britain won the golden team medal, while Germany won the silver medal and The Netherlands bronze.[4]

Competition format

The team and individual dressage competitions used the same results. Dressage had three phases. The first phase was the Grand Prix. Top 30 individuals advanced to the second phase, the Grand Prix Special where the first individual medals were awarded. The last set of medals at the 2011 European Dressage Championships was awarded after the third phase, the Grand Prix Freestyle where top 15 combinations competed, with a maximum of the three best riders per country.[5]

Judges

The European Dressage Championships was assessed by seven judges.[6]

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 17 August 2011 09:30Grand Prix (Day 1)
Thursday, 18 August 2011 09:30Grand Prix (Day 2)
style=background:lemonchiffonSaturday, 20 August 2011 style=background:lemonchiffon12:30style=background:lemonchiffonGrand Prix Special
style=background:lemonchiffonSunday, 21 August 2011 style=background:lemonchiffon13:00style=background:lemonchiffonGrand Prix Freestyle

Results

RiderNationHorseGP scoreRankGPS scoreRankGPF scoreRank
Carl HesterUthopia82.568 1 Q 81.682 Q 84.179
Adelinde Cornelissen NetherlandsParzival81.155 2 Q 82.113 Q 88.839
Matthias Alexander Rath GermanyTotilas79.453 3 Q 77.039 4 Q 81.696 5
Charlotte DujardinValegro78.830 4 Q 76.548 6 Q 79.357 9
Laura BechtolsheimerMistral Hojris77.280 5 Q 79.256 Q 83.018 4
Patrik Kittel SwedenWatermill Scandic76.474 6 Q 76.771 5 Q 83.429
Isabell Werth GermanyEl Santo NRW75.213 7 Q 76.533 7 Q 80.536 7
Juan Manuel Munoz Diaz SpainFuego de Cardenas73.404 8 Q 73.155 11 Q 80.982 6
Victoria Max-Theurer AustriaAugustin OLD72.812 9 Q 68.899 20
Valentina Truppa ItalyEremo Del Castegno72.143 10 Q 70.193 16 Q 73.054 13
Christoph Koschel GermanyDonnperignon71.444 10 Q 73.750 10
Nathalie Zu-Sayn Wittgenstein DenmarkDigby71.383 12 Q 75.060 9 Q 78.804 10
Siril Helljesen NorwayDorina71.261 13 Q 68.036 23
Helen Langehanenberg GermanyDamon Hill NRW71.079 14 Q 75.283 8 Q 80.446 8
Hans-Peter Minderhoud NetherlandsExquis Nadine70.912 15 Q 70.997 14 Q 76.589 11
Sander Marijnissen NetherlandsMoedwill70.578 16 Q 69.792 17
Edward Gal NetherlandsSisther de Jeu70.517 17 Q 69.211 18
Emile FaurieElmegardens Marquis70.426 18 Q 68.557 21
Jordi Domingo Coll SpainPrestige70.334 19 Q 69.167 19
Emma Kanerva FinlandSini Spirit70.198 20 Q EL 30
Lisbeth Seierskilde DenmarkJonstrupgaardens Raneur69.970 21 Q 70.551 15 Q 72.268 14
Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven SwedenFavourit69.939 22 Q 71.771 12 Q 70.500 15
Beata Stremler PolandMartini69.650 23 Q 71.637 13 Q 74.446 12
Jeroen Devroe BelgiumApollo van het Vijverhof69.559 24 Q 67.143 26
Gonçalo Carvalho PortugalRubi69.362 25 Q 66.979 27
Katarzyna Milczarek PolandEkwador68.967 26 Q 68.482 22
Anne van Olst DenmarkClearwater68.632 27 Q 65.997 29
Mikaela Lindh FinlandSkovlunds Más Guapo68.450 27 Q 67.247 24
Terhi Stegars FinlandAxis TSF68.131 29 Q 67.217 25
Rose Mathisen SwedenBocelli 104468.024 30 Q 66.786 28
Michal Rapcewicz PolandRandon67.888 31
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat SpainFaberge67.842 32
Philippe Jorissen BelgiumLe Beau67.751 33
Sune Hansen DenmarkRomanov67.660 34
Peter Gmoser AustriaCointreau67.492 35
Maria Caetano PortugalXiripiti67.173 36
Claudio Castilla Ruiz SpainJade de MV66.900 37
Cecilia Dorselius SwedenLennox66.763 38
Marcela Krinke-Susmelj SwitzerlandSmeyers Molberg66.550 39
Renate Voglsang AustriaFabriano 5866.474 40
Lillann Jebsen NorwayPro-Set66.292 41
Susanna Bordone ItalyDark Surprise66.246 42
Anna Merveldt IrelandCoryolano66.231 43
Hans Staub SwitzerlandWarbeau66.216 44
Elisabeth Eversfield-Koch SwitzerlandRokono N66.155 45
Anne-Sophie Serre FranceLe Guerrier65.152 46
Robert Acs HungaryWeinzauber 265.061 47
Tatyana MakarovaFatinitza65.030 48
Arnaud Serre FranceHelio II65.030 48
Claudia Fassaert BelgiumDonnerfee64.818 50
Markus Graf SwitzerlandRonaldo II64.696 51
Luis Principe PortugalWorld Performance Washington64.620 52
Sergey Puzko UkraineKomlipment64.590 53
Cathrine Rasmussen NorwayOrlando III63.906 54
Tatiana DorofeevaKhorovod63.450 55
Sebastien Duperdu FrancePasse Partout63.374 56
Judy Reynolds IrelandRemember 14362.614 57
Johan Zagers BelgiumQuestion de Liberte62.584 58
Ester Soldi ItalyHarmonia61.292 59
Gaston Chelius LuxembourgFlamenco R61.261 60
Grete Ayache EstoniaO.Hot Chocolate60.380 61
Camilla Kalseth NorwayCarte d´Or60.243 62
Alexandra Malmström FinlandMD Waterford59.681 63
Yulia VinnitskajaVodevil55.699 64
Catherine Henriquet FranceParadieszauberWD 65

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Record Entries for the 25th FEI European Dressage Championships | Horses Daily.
  2. Web site: Results FEI European Dressage Championships 2011.
  3. Web site: Fei European Dressage Championships 2011 - Grand Prix Freestyle. 20 August 2011.
  4. Web site: Carl Hester salutes Britain's dressage European Championship gold. 19 August 2011.
  5. Web site: Dressage: FEI: European Championships: BRITISH TAKE THE LEAD IN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP AS DUJARDIN SHINES by Louise Parkes.
  6. Web site: Judging Panel for 2011 European Dressage Championships Announced.