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.
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. In the Grand Prix Great Britain won the golden team medal, while Germany won the silver medal and The Netherlands bronze.
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.
Judges The European Dressage Championships was assessed by seven judges. Ghislain Fouarge (Ground Jury President) Mary Seefried (Ground Jury Member) Evi Eisenhardt (Ground Jury Member) Maribel Alonso de Quinzanos (Ground Jury Member) Wojtek Markowski (Ground Jury Member) Stephen Clarke (Ground Jury Member) Jean-Michel Roudier (Ground Jury Member) Gary Rockwell (Reserve judge)
Schedule
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+1) Date Time RoundWednesday, 17 August 2011 09:30Grand Prix (Day 1)Thursday, 18 August 2011 09:30Grand Prix (Day 2)Saturday, 20 August 2011 12:30Grand Prix SpecialSunday, 21 August 2011 13:00Grand Prix Freestyle
Results RiderNationHorseGP scoreRankGPS scoreRankGPF scoreRankCarl HesterUthopia 82.568 1 Q 81.682 Q 84.179 Adelinde CornelissenParzival 81.155 2 Q 82.113 Q 88.839 Matthias Alexander RathTotilas 79.453 3 Q 77.039 4 Q 81.696 5Charlotte DujardinValegro 78.830 4 Q 76.548 6 Q 79.357 9Laura BechtolsheimerMistral Hojris 77.280 5 Q 79.256 Q 83.018 4Patrik KittelWatermill Scandic 76.474 6 Q 76.771 5 Q 83.429 Isabell WerthEl Santo NRW 75.213 7 Q 76.533 7 Q 80.536 7Juan Manuel Munoz DiazFuego de Cardenas 73.404 8 Q 73.155 11 Q 80.982 6Victoria Max-TheurerAugustin OLD 72.812 9 Q 68.899 20 Valentina TruppaEremo Del Castegno 72.143 10 Q 70.193 16 Q 73.054 13Christoph KoschelDonnperignon 71.444 10 Q 73.750 10 Nathalie Zu-Sayn WittgensteinDigby 71.383 12 Q 75.060 9 Q 78.804 10Siril HelljesenDorina 71.261 13 Q 68.036 23 Helen LangehanenbergDamon Hill NRW 71.079 14 Q 75.283 8 Q 80.446 8Hans-Peter MinderhoudExquis Nadine 70.912 15 Q 70.997 14 Q 76.589 11Sander MarijnissenMoedwill 70.578 16 Q 69.792 17 Edward GalSisther de Jeu 70.517 17 Q 69.211 18 Emile FaurieElmegardens Marquis 70.426 18 Q 68.557 21 Jordi Domingo CollPrestige 70.334 19 Q 69.167 19 Emma KanervaSini Spirit 70.198 20 Q EL 30 Lisbeth SeierskildeJonstrupgaardens Raneur 69.970 21 Q 70.551 15 Q 72.268 14Tinne Vilhelmson-SilfvenFavourit 69.939 22 Q 71.771 12 Q 70.500 15Beata StremlerMartini 69.650 23 Q 71.637 13 Q 74.446 12Jeroen DevroeApollo van het Vijverhof 69.559 24 Q 67.143 26 Gonçalo CarvalhoRubi 69.362 25 Q 66.979 27 Katarzyna MilczarekEkwador 68.967 26 Q 68.482 22 Anne van OlstClearwater 68.632 27 Q 65.997 29 Mikaela LindhSkovlunds Más Guapo 68.450 27 Q 67.247 24 Terhi StegarsAxis TSF 68.131 29 Q 67.217 25 Rose MathisenBocelli 1044 68.024 30 Q 66.786 28 Michal RapcewiczRandon 67.888 31 Beatriz Ferrer-SalatFaberge 67.842 32 Philippe JorissenLe Beau 67.751 33 Sune HansenRomanov 67.660 34 Peter GmoserCointreau 67.492 35 Maria CaetanoXiripiti 67.173 36 Claudio Castilla RuizJade de MV 66.900 37 Cecilia DorseliusLennox 66.763 38 Marcela Krinke-SusmeljSmeyers Molberg 66.550 39 Renate VoglsangFabriano 58 66.474 40 Lillann JebsenPro-Set 66.292 41 Susanna BordoneDark Surprise 66.246 42 Anna MerveldtCoryolano 66.231 43 Hans StaubWarbeau 66.216 44 Elisabeth Eversfield-KochRokono N 66.155 45 Anne-Sophie SerreLe Guerrier 65.152 46 Robert AcsWeinzauber 2 65.061 47 Tatyana MakarovaFatinitza 65.030 48 Arnaud SerreHelio II 65.030 48 Claudia FassaertDonnerfee 64.818 50 Markus GrafRonaldo II 64.696 51 Luis PrincipeWorld Performance Washington 64.620 52 Sergey PuzkoKomlipment 64.590 53 Cathrine RasmussenOrlando III 63.906 54 Tatiana DorofeevaKhorovod 63.450 55 Sebastien DuperduPasse Partout 63.374 56 Judy ReynoldsRemember 143 62.614 57 Johan ZagersQuestion de Liberte 62.584 58 Ester SoldiHarmonia 61.292 59 Gaston CheliusFlamenco R 61.261 60 Grete AyacheO.Hot Chocolate 60.380 61 Camilla KalsethCarte d´Or 60.243 62 Alexandra MalmströmMD Waterford 59.681 63 Yulia VinnitskajaVodevil 55.699 64 Catherine HenriquetParadieszauber WD 65
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