2011 European Dressage Championships

2011 European Dressage Championship Dressage pictogram.svg 100px Rotterdam, Netherlands NED 21–25 August 3Team, GP Special, GP Freestyle 1 Senior, Under 25 2009 2013 The 2011 European Dressage Championship was held from August 17 and August 21, 2011 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was the 25 edition of the European Dressage Championships, in the 24th time team medals were awarded. Organization Before the event At the 2008 FEI-General Assembly in Buenos Aires, the Netherlands was selected as the host country for the 2011 European Dressage Championship. Rotterdam, location of the annual Nations Cup horse show in Show Jumping and Dressage, was chosen as the location for the event.http://www.dressageireland.ie/news/newsarchive.php?id=154 News from the 2008 FEI General Assembly in Buenos Aires 2011-08-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20120330225516/http://www.dressageireland.ie/news/newsarchive.php?id=154 2012-03-30 dead It was the second time in European Dressage Championship history - after 1999 in Arnhem - that the Netherlands was chosen to hold this sports event. Event and location The European Dressage Championship was opened in late afternoon on Wednesday, August 17. The sport at the Championship had started on Wednesday morning. Parallel to the European Championships, a Youth Horse Show for riders up to 25 years of age and national dressage competitions was held. At the end of the event there was a short final ceremony on Sunday (August 21, 2011 at 4:45 pm). Three days after the end of the European Dressage Championship the 2011 CHIO Rotterdam was held - this year without dressage.http://www.chio.nl/en/chio-2011/program/program-2011 Programme 2011 CHIO Rotterdam 2011-08-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20110723212600/http://www.chio.nl/en/chio-2011/program/program-2011 2011-07-23 dead The event was held in Kralingen, a district of Rotterdam, on the CHIO area between the Kralingseweg and the park Kralingse Bos. Competitions General As in years 1991, 1993, 2007 and 2009, in 2011 nine medals are awarded at the European Dressage Championship (three for the team competition, three in Grand Prix Spécial (individual) and also three in the Grand Prix Freestyle (individual). At this European Championship a record number of participants started the Championship competitions. In the Grand Prix de Dressage 64 riders and 16 teams start. Each nation can start with a team of three or four riders, each rider with one horse. Timetable The first competition was the Team Grand Prix de Dressage. It was held on two days, on Wednesday and on Friday (August 17 and 19). All riders who participate at this Championship had to start in this competition. The results of three riders per team counts for the team result. After the Grand Prix de Dressage the team medals were awarded. The Friday was a rest day for the horses which compete at the European Championship. The best 30 competitors of the Grand Prix de Dressage start in the Grand Prix Spécial, which was held on the Saturday. The best 15 riders of the Grand Prix Spécial were allowed to participate in the Grand Prix Freestyle on Sunday. If more than three riders of a team are placed in the top 15 of the Grand Prix Spécial, only the three best-placed riders of this team are allowed to start in the Freestyle competition. In the event this happens the best-placed rider from a team with less than three riders in the top 15 will be moved up to the Grand Prix Freestyle. Judges The European Dressage Championships was assessed by seven judges.https://www.eurodressage.com/2011/05/16/judging-panel-2011-european-dressage-championships-announced Judging Panel for 2011 European Dressage Championships Announced NED Ghislain Fouarge (Ground Jury President) AUS Mary Seefried (Ground Jury Member) GER Evi Eisenhardt (Ground Jury Member) MEX Maribel Alonso de Quinzanos (Ground Jury Member) POL Wojtek Markowski (Ground Jury Member) GBR Stephen Clarke (Ground Jury Member) FRA Jean-Michel Roudier (Ground Jury Member) USA Gary Rockwell (Reserve judge) Results Team result The Team Gold Medal was awarded for the first time at European Dressage Championships by the British team. Great Britain, who was not credited with the 1963 Championships because of an FEI rule (see: European Dressage Championship), was in the lead after the end of the first day. 26-year-old British rider Charlotte Dujardin laid the foundation for the victory of the British team. Dujardin rode together with her horse Valegro in 2011, her first season on Grand Prix level.CDI4* Fritzens/Tirol (AUT): Britischer Doppelsieg im Grand Prix (German) With a result of 78.830% the student of Carl Hester was in the lead in the individual ranking after day one. On the second day Laura Bechtolsheimer and particularly Carl Hester, who led with his horse Uthopia in individual ranking after the Grand Prix de Dressage, can extend their lead in the team result. On the second rank, with around 12 percent distance, the German team win the silver medal in the team ranking. The bronze medal was won by the Dutch team. Final resultresult team rankingSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes placing team riders and horses percent 1 Emile FaurieElmegardens MarquisCharlotte DujardinValegroCarl HesterUthopiaLaura BechtolsheimerMistral Hojris 238.678 % (70.426 %) 78.830 %82.568 %77.280 % 2 Helen LangehanenbergDamon Hill NRWChristoph KoschelDonnperignonIsabell WerthEl Santo NRWMatthias Alexander RathTotilas 226.110 % (71.079 %)71.444 %75.213 %79.453 % 3 Sander MarijnissenMoedwillHans Peter MinderhoudNadineEdward Gal Sisther de JeuAdelinde CornelissenParzival 222.645 % 70.578 %70.912 %(70.517 %)81.155 % 4 Rose MathisenBocelliCecilia DorseliusLennoxTinne Vilhelmson-SilfvénFavouritPatrik KittelScandic 214.437 % 68.024 &(66.763 %)69.939 %76.474 % 5 Beatriz Ferrer-SalatFabergeClaudio Castilla RuizJade de MVJuan Manuel Muñoz DíazFuego de CardenasJordi Domingo CollPrestige 211.580 % 67.842 %(66.900 %)73.404 %70.334 % Individual result (Grand Prix Spécial) Individual dressage at the 2011 European Dressage Championships Final resultresult individual ranking, Grand Prix SpécialSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes placing rider horse percent 1  NED Adelinde Cornelissen Parzival 82.113 % 2  GBR Carl Hester Uthopia 81.682% 3  GBR Laura Bechtolsheimer Mistral Hojris 79.256% 4  DEU Matthias Alexander Rath Totilas 77.039% 5  SWE Patrik Kittel Scandic 76.771% 6  GBR Charlotte Dujardin Valegro 76.548% 7  DEU Isabell Werth El Santo NRW 76.533% 8  DEU Helen Langehanenberg Damon Hill NRW 75.283% Individual result (Grand Prix Freestyle) Individual dressage at the 2011 European Dressage Championships Final resultresult individual ranking, Grand Prix SpécialSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes placing rider horse percent 1  NED Adelinde Cornelissen Parzival 88.839% 2  GBR Carl Hester Uthopia 84.179% 3  SWE Patrik Kittel Scandic 83.429% 4  GBR Laura Bechtolsheimer Mistral Hojris 83.018% 5  DEU Matthias Alexander Rath Totilas 81.696% 6  ESP Juan Manuel Muñoz Díaz Fuego 80.982% 7  DEU Isabell Werth El Santo NRW 80.536% 8  DEU Helen Langehanenberg Damon Hill NRW 80.446% Side competitions During the European Championships, there was also an international show class for Grand Prix riders under the age of 25. They were both won by Kristina Bröring-Sprehe.https://results.scgvisual.com/2011/ec-dressage/r4.html Results Rotterdam - International Dressage Competition CDI-U25 - Team Competitionhttps://results.scgvisual.com/2011/ec-dressage/r5.html Results Rotterdam - de Zwaluwhoeve Prijs Under 25Intermediate II Kristina Bröring-Sprehe GERriding Desperados FRH 75.421 Morgan Barbancon ESPriding Painted Black 74.868 Diederik van Silfhout NEDriding Luxform's Popeye 71.553Grand Prix 16-25 Kristina Bröring-Sprehe GERriding Desperados FRH 75.628 Morgan Barbancon ESPriding Painted Black 73.349 Stella-Charlott Roth GERriding Diva Royal 72.558 More informations The collection and data communication of the result is performed, as already at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games, by Dutch company Sport Computer Graphics (SCG). Before the Grand Prix de Dressage and the Grand Prix Spécial a test rider ("guinea pig") rides to test the systems. This task is performed by Canadian dressage rider Ashley Holzer with her horse Popart.EC dressage: Ashley Holzer ‘Guinea Pig’ https://web.archive.org/web/20120319192254/http://www.horseweb.de/cms_uk/2011/08/14/ec-dressage-ashley-holzer-guinea-pig/ 2012-03-19 , August 14, 2011 External links web page of the 2011 European Dressage Championship References Category:European Dressage Championships Dressage Category:Equestrian sports competitions in the Netherlands Category:Sports competitions in Rotterdam Category:International sports competitions hosted by the Netherlands Category:2011 in Dutch sport