European Show Jumping Championships

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. Germany have won the team title seven times, with Great Britain and Switzerland next on five team wins.

Past winners 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 results Individual medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1957 Rotterdam Hans Günter Winkler on Sonnenglanz Bernard de Fombelle on Bucéphale Salvatore Oppes on Pagoro 1958 Aachen Fritz Thiedemann on Meteor Piero D'Inzeo on The Rock Hans Günter Winkler on Halla 1959 Paris Piero D'Inzeo on Uruguay Pierre Jonquères d’Oriola on Virtuoso Fritz Thiedemann on Godewind 1961 Aachen David Broome on Sunsalve Piero D'Inzeo on Pioneer Hans Günter Winkler on Feuerdorn 1962 London David Barker on Mr Softee Hans Günter Winkler on Romanus Piero D'Inzeo on The Rock 1963 Rome Graziano Mancinelli on Rockette Alwin Schockemöhle on Freiherr Harvey Smith on Warpaint 1965 Aachen Hermann Schridde on Dozent Nelson Pessoa on Gran Geste Alwin Schockemöhle on Exakt 1966 Lucerne Nelson Pessoa on Gran Geste Frank Chapot on Good Twist Hugo Miguel Arrambide on Chimbote 1967 Rotterdam David Broome on Mr Softee Harvey Smith on Harvester Alwin Schockemöhle on Pesgö 1969 Hickstead David Broome on Mr Softee Alwin Schockemöhle on Donald Hans Günter Winkler on Enigk 1971 Aachen Hartwig Steenken on Simona Harvey Smith on Evan Jones Paul Weier on Wulf 1973 Hickstead Paddy McMahon on Penwood Forge Mill Alwin Schockemöhle on The Robber Hubert Parot on Tic 1975 Munich Alwin Schockemöhle on Warwick Hartwig Steenken on Erle Sönke Sönksen on Kwept 1977 Vienna Johan Heins on Saven Valleys Eddie Macken on Kerrygold Toon Ebben on Jumbo Design 1979 Rotterdam Gerd Wiltfang on Roman Paul Schockemöhle on Deister Hugo Simon on Gladstone 1981 Munich Paul Schockemöhle on Deister Malcolm Pyrah on Anglezarke Bruno Candrian on Van Gogh 1983 Hickstead Paul Schockemöhle on Deister John Whitaker on Ryans Son Frédéric Cottier on Flambeau C 1985 Dinard Paul Schockemöhle on Deister Heidi Robbiani on Jessica V John Whitaker on Hopscotch 1987 St. Gallen Pierre Durand Jr. on Jappeloup John Whitaker on Milton Nick Skelton on Apollo 1989 Rotterdam John Whitaker on Milton Michael Whitaker on Mon Santa Jos Lansink on Felix 1991 La Baule Eric Navet on Quito de Baussy Franke Sloothaak on Walzerkönig Jos Lansink on Egano 1993 Gijón Willi Melliger on Quinta Michel Robert on Miss San Patrignano Michael Whitaker on Midnight Madness 1995 St. Gallen Peter Charles on La Ina Michael Whitaker on Two Step Willi Melliger on Calvaro V 1997 Mannheim Ludger Beerbaum on Ratina Z Hugo Simon on E.T. Willi Melliger on Calvaro V 1999 Hickstead Alexandra Ledermann on Rochet M Markus Fuchs on Tinkas Boy Lesley McNaught on Dulf 2001 Arnhem Ludger Beerbaum on Gladdys S Ludo Philippaerts on Verelst Otterongo Rolf-Göran Bengtsson on Isovlas Pialotta 2003 Donaueschingen Christian Ahlmann on Cöster Ludger Beerbaum on Goldfever Marcus Ehning on For Pleasure 2005 San Patrignano Marco Kutscher on Montender Christina Liebherr on No Mercy Jeroen Dubbeldam on Nassau 2007 Mannheim Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum on Shutterfly Jos Lansink on Al-Kaheel Cavalor Cumano Ludger Beerbaum on Goldfever 2009 Windsor Kevin Staut on Kraque Boom Carsten-Otto Nagel on Corradina Albert Zoer on Okidoki 2011 Madrid Rolf-Göran Bengtsson on Ninja Carsten-Otto Nagel on Corradina Nick Skelton on Carlo 2013 Herning Roger-Yves Bost on Myrtille Paulois Ben Maher on Cella Scott Brash on Sanctos 2015 Aachen Jeroen Dubbeldam on Zenith Gregory Wathelet on Conrad Simon Delestre on Ryan 2017 Gothenburg Peder Fredricson on All In Harrie Smolders on Don Cian O'Connor on Good Luck 2019 Rotterdam Martin Fuchs on Clooney Ben Maher on Explosion W Jos Verlooy on Igor 2021 Riesenbeck André Thieme on Chakaria Martin Fuchs on Leone Jei Peder Fredricson on Catch Me Not 2023 Milan Steve Guerdat on Dynamix de Belheme Philipp Weishaupt on Zineday Julien Epaillard on Dubai du Cedre 2025 A Coruña Richard Vogel on United Touch S Scott Brash on Hello Folie Gilles Thomas on Ermitage Kalone 2027 Waregem

Team results

1975 Munich (FRG) – 6 Teams FRG – (Alwin Schockemöhle, Hartwig Steenken, Sönke Sönksen, Hendrik Snoek) – 35.5 penalties SUI – (Weier, Gabathuler, Candrian, Friedli) – 94.0 FRA – (Rozier, Balanda, Roche, Parot) – 97.0

1977 Vienna (AUT) – 9 Teams NED – (Wouters, Ebben, Nooren, Heins) – 20.0 penalties GBR – (Ricketts, Johnsey, H. Smith, Broome) – 20.25 FRG – (Koof, Merkel, P. Schockemöhle, Wiltfang) – 36.0

1979 Rotterdam (NED) – 10 Teams GBR – (Pyrah, Ricketts, Bradley, Broome) – 24.70 penalties FRG – (Johannsmann, Luther, P. Schockemöhle, Wiltfang) – 30.95 IRL – (Roche, Gerry Mullins, Con Power, Macken) – 34.10

1981 Munich (FRG) – 9 Teams FRG – (Koof, Luther, Wiltfang, P. Schockemöhle) – 11.86 penalties SUI – (Melliger, Gabathuler, T. Fuchs, Candrian) – 21.86 NED – (Hendrix, Ehrens, Nooren, Heins) – 26.35

1983 Hickstead (GBR) – 11 Teams SUI – (Gabathuler, Robbiani, Melliger, T. Fuchs) – 12.19 penalties GBR – (H. Smith, Broome, J. Whitaker, Pyrah) – 21.89 FRG – (Buchwaldt, Rüping, Wiltfang, P. Schockemöhle) – 24.32

1985 Dinard (FRA) – 8 Teams GBR – (Skelton, M. Whitaker, Pyrah, J. Whitaker – 21.56 penalties SUI – (Guerdat, Robbiani, Gabathuler, Melliger) – 42.08 FRG – (Sloothaak, Rüping, Luther, P. Schockemöhle) – 44.75

1987 St. Gallen (SUI) – 8 Teams GBR – (Skelton, M. Whitaker, Pyrah, J. Whitaker,) – 10.32 penalties FRA – (Ph. Rozier, Durand, Cottier, Robert) – 35.43 SUI – (Guerdat, M. Fuchs, Gabathuler, Melliger) – 45.01

1989 Rotterdam (NED) – 8 Teams GBR – (Skelton, M. Whitaker, J.Turi, J. Whitaker,) – 20.35 penalties FRA – (Godignon, Ph. Rozier, Robert, Durand) – 33.41 SUI – (Gabathuler, M. Fuchs, Melliger, T. Fuchs) – 35.85

1991 La Baule (FRA) – 11 Teams NED – (Raymakers, Tops, Hendrix, Lansink) – 29.87 penalties GBR – (Skelton, M. Whitaker, Broome, J. Whitaker,) – 34.16 SUI – (Melliger, M. Fuchs, Letter, T. Fuchs) – 37.39

1993 Gijón (ESP) – 9 Teams SUI – (Melliger, McNaught-Mändli, Lauber, T. Fuchs) – 19.23 penalties GBR – (Skelton, M. Whitaker, Armstrong, J. Whitaker,) – 21.15 FRA – (Bourdy, Robert, Godignon, Navet) – 29.88

1995 St. Gallen (SUI) – 11 Teams SUI – (Melliger, McNaught, Lauber, M. Fuchs) – 8 penalties GBR – (Skelton, M. Whitaker, Bradley, J. Whitaker,) – 12 FRA – (H. Godignon, J-M. Bonneau, A. Ledermann, R-Y. Bost) – 16

1997 Mannheim (GER) – 12 Teams GER – (L. Nieberg, M. Beerbaum, L. Beerbaum, Merschformann) – 15.75 penalties NED – (E. Hendrix, B. Romp, J. Tops, J. Lansink) – 21.61 GBR – (M. Whitaker, G. Billington, R. Smith, J. Whitaker,) – 34.86

1999 Hickstead (GBR) – 14 Teams GER – (C-O. Nagel, M. Michaels-Beerbaum, M. Ehning, L. Beerbaum) – 24.13 penalties SUI – (L. McNaught, M. Fuchs, B. Mändli, W. Melliger) – 25.91 NED – (E. Hendrix, J. Dubbeldam, J. Tops, J. Lansink) – 29.13

2001 Arnhem (NED) – 14 Teams IRL – (Kevin Babington, Jessica Kürten, Peter Charles, Dermott Lennon) – 34.04 penalties SWE – (M. Baryard, H. Lundbeck, R-G. Bengtsson, P. Eriksson) – 35.19 GER – (S.Von Rönne, O. Becker, L. Nieberg, L. Beerbaum) – 41.75

2003 Donaueschingen (GER) – 18 Teams GER – (Marcus Ehning, Christian Ahlmann, Ludger Beerbaum, Otto Becker) – 15.15 penalties FRA – (Michel Robert, Eric Levallois, Michel Hécart, Reynald Angot) – 25.30 SUI – (Beat Mändli, Steve Guerdat, Markus Fuchs, Willi Melliger) – 28.86

2005 San Patrignano (ITA) – 14 Teams GER – (Marcus Ehning, Christian Ahlmann, Marco Kutscher, Meredith M. Beerbaum) – 18 penalties SUI – (Fabio Crotta, Steve Guerdat, Christina Liebherr, Markus Fuchs) – 34.42 NED – (Gerco Schröder, Leon Thijssen, Jeroen Dubbeldam, Yves Houtackers) – 35.76

2007 Mannheim (GER) – 18 Teams NED – (Vincent Voorn, Jeroen Dubbeldam, Albert Zoer, Gerco Schröder) – 7.37 penalties GER – (Marcus Ehning, Christian Ahlmann, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Ludger Beerbaum) – 9.18 GBR – (Michael Whitaker, David McPherson, Ellen Whitaker, John Whitaker) – 15.43

2009 Windsor (GBR) – 17 Teams SUI – (Pius Schwizer, Daniel Etter, Steve Guerdat, Clarissa Crotta) – 27.66 penalties ITA – (Juan-Carlos Garcia, Giuseppe d'Onofrio, Natale Chiaudani, Piergiorgio Bucci) – 31.00 GER – (Marcus Ehning, Carsten-Otto Nagel, Thomas Mühlbauer, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum) – 31.75

2011 Madrid (ESP) – 9 Teams GER – (Marco Kutscher, Carsten-Otto Nagel, Janne Friederike Meyer, Ludger Beerbaum) – 10.41 penalties FRA – (Michel Robert, Pénélope Leprevost, Kevin Staut, Olivier Guillon) – 15.95 GBR – (Nick Skelton, Guy Williams, Ben Maher, John Whitaker) – 22.46

2013 Herning (DEN) – 19 Teams GBR – (Ben Maher, Michael Whitaker, William Funnell, Scott Brash) – 12.18 penalties GER – (Daniel Deusser, Carsten-Otto Nagel, Christian Ahlmann, Ludger Beerbaum) – 12.77 SWE – (Jens Fredricson, Angelica Augustsson, Henrik von Eckermann, Rolf-Göran Bengtsson) – 13.44

2015 Aachen (GER) – 22 Teams NED – (Jeroen Dubbeldam, Maikel van der Vleuten, Jur Vrieling, Gerco Schröder) – 8.82 penaltiesFEI European Championships (August 11th to 23rd) European Championship Jumping Team Aachen 2015 GER – (Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Christian Ahlmann, Ludger Beerbaum), Daniel Deusser – 12.40 SUI – (Romain Duguet, Martin Fuchs, Janika Sprunger, Paul Estermann) – 18.23

2017 Gothenburg (SWE) - 17 Teams IRE - (Shane Sweetnam, Bertram Allen, Denis Lynch, Cian O'Connor) - 12.11 penaltiesLongines Timing SWE - (Henrik von Eckermann, Malin Baryard-Johnsson, Douglas Lindlöw, Peder Fredricson) - 18.21 SUI - (Nadja Peter Steiner, Romain Duguet, Martin Fuchs, Steve Guerdat) - 20.15

2019 Rotterdam (NED) - 15 Teams BEL – (Pieter Devos, Jos Verlooy, Jérôme Guery, Gregory Wathelet) – 12.07 penaltiesLongines Timing GER - (Simone Blum, Christian Ahlmann, Marcus Ehning, Daniel Deusser) - 16.22 GBR - (Ben Maher, Holly Smith, Amanda Derbyshire, Scott Brash) - 21.41

2021 Riesenbeck (GER) - 15 Teams SUI – (Elian Baumann, Bryan Balsiger, Martin Fuchs, Steve Guerdat) – 9.47 penalties GER – (André Thieme, Marcus Ehning, Christian Kukuk, David Will) – 12.77 BEL – (Pieter Devos, Jos Verlooy, Olivier Philippaerts, Nicola Philippaerts) – 17.34

2023 Milan (ITA) - 15 Teams SWE – (Henrik von Eckermann, Wilma Hellström, Jens Fredicson, Rolf-Göran Bengtsson) – 9.51 penaltiesLongines Timing