2011 European Show Jumping Championship
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The 2011 European Show Jumping Championship was held between September 13 and September 18, 2011 in Madrid
in Spain
.
It was the 31st edition of the European Show Jumping Championships
, only in the 19th time team medals were awarded.
chose the Spanish capital Madrid to host the 2011 European Show Jumping Championship. Madrid was in the last years alternately with Gijón
location of the annual Spanish Nations Cup horse show in Show Jumping.
It was the second time in European Show Jumping Championship history – after 1993 in Gijón – that Spain held this sports event.
3*-Show jumping horse show is held. The Event will end on Sunday after the prize giving ceremony.
The event is held at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid
.
The second competition was a show jumping competition with two rounds. It is held on Thursday and Friday. On Friday only the best ten nations and the best 50 riders are allowed to start in the second round (all team riders of the ten teams are allowed to start). The results of three riders per team counts for the team result. After the Friday competition the team medals will be awarded. The best 25 riders start on Sunday in one more show jumping competition with two rounds. After this competition the individual medals are awarded.
In the individual ranking with Olivier Guillon also a French rider was in the lead. 27 riders follow with a distance of less than four points.
Individual ranking:
Team ranking:
In individual ranking the second placed rider from the first day, Stefan Eder, had 16 penalty points – now he is 37th. Also the former leader, Olivier Guillon, had a jumping fault (now 9th).In the lead is now German team rider Carsten-Otto Nagel.
Individual ranking:
Team ranking:
The German team had won the team gold medal already after the third rider (with in total four point on Thursday). The last rider of the team, Ludger Beerbaum, could improve the result with a round without faults. France had won the silver medal, Great Britain team won bronze. The teams of the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland are on the places four to six, the are qualified with this result for the 2012 Summer Olympics
.
In the not final individual ranking the German Carsten-Otto Nagel with Corradina are again in the lead. Billy Twomey (Thursday second placed) and Gregory Wathelet (Thursday fourth placed) had both 16 penalty points.
Individual ranking:
In round one of this competition first placed Carsten-Otto Nagel and second placed Nick Skelton had both one jumping fault. So the dutch rider Gerco Schröder, who had no faults in this round, was in the lead. Three riders of the 22 did not start in round two because they had no chance more to get a real good position in the final ranking.
Also the second round brought further changes in the individual ranking. After the rides of Nagel and Skelton (bouth had again four penalty points) the swedish rider Rolf-Göran Bengtsson was in the lead. The last rider, Gerco Schröder, had a lead of more than five point before round two - but he had one fault in the mid of the course and again one fault on the last fence. So he lost his gold medal (like two days before in the team competition) and finished fourth. so the new European Champion was Rolf-Göran Bengtsson with the 16 year old gelding Ninja.
The only riders who were clear in both rounds was Jeroen Dubbeldam
with Simon und Henrik von Eckermann with Coupe de Coeur.
, by Dutch company Sport Computer Graphics (SCG).
The main competition of the CSI 3*-horse show is the traditional Kings Cup (Gran Premio – Copa S.M. El Rey). It was held on Saturday (September 17, 2011) at 4:45 pm. It was a show jumping competition with one round and one jump-off.
Madrid
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in Spain
Spain
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It was the 31st edition of the European Show Jumping Championships
European Show Jumping Championships
The FEI European Show Jumping Championships is the European Championship for the equestrian discipline of show jumping. Like most other European Championships, it is held every two years. Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals are awarded in both the individual and team competition...
, only in the 19th time team medals were awarded.
Before the event
In April 2009 the FEIInternational Federation for Equestrian Sports
The Fédération Équestre Internationale or in English, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, is the international governing body of equestrian sports. It recognizes ten international disciplines...
chose the Spanish capital Madrid to host the 2011 European Show Jumping Championship. Madrid was in the last years alternately with Gijón
Gijón
Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history...
location of the annual Spanish Nations Cup horse show in Show Jumping.
It was the second time in European Show Jumping Championship history – after 1993 in Gijón – that Spain held this sports event.
Event and location
The European Show Jumping Championship was opened in afternoon on Tuesday, September 13. The sport at the Championship had started on Wednesday. Parallel to the European Championships, a CSIConcours de Saut International
Concours de Saut International is a ranking system for the equestrian competition show jumping. All CSI events are approved by the international governing body of equestrian sport, the FEI....
3*-Show jumping horse show is held. The Event will end on Sunday after the prize giving ceremony.
The event is held at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid
Club de Campo Villa de Madrid
Club de Campo Villa de Madrid is a country club located in Madrid, Spain. The club was formed in 1929, and is regarded as one of the most prestigious in the country...
.
General
The team competition and the individual competition is held from Wednesday to Friday at the same competitions. The individual competition will end after a final competition on Sunday.Timetable
The first competition was a speed and handiness competition. Here the jumping faults are converted to seconds and added to the time in seconds. After this competition the calculated seconds are converted into point for the European Championship individual ranking.The second competition was a show jumping competition with two rounds. It is held on Thursday and Friday. On Friday only the best ten nations and the best 50 riders are allowed to start in the second round (all team riders of the ten teams are allowed to start). The results of three riders per team counts for the team result. After the Friday competition the team medals will be awarded. The best 25 riders start on Sunday in one more show jumping competition with two rounds. After this competition the individual medals are awarded.
Provisional result after first day
After the first day of the competitions the French team was in the lead. The teams of German, Sweden, the Netherlands, Great Britain and Belgium follow with a distance of less than eight points.In the individual ranking with Olivier Guillon also a French rider was in the lead. 27 riders follow with a distance of less than four points.
Individual ranking:
| rank | rider | horse | seconds (ranking points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Olivier Guillon |
Lord de Theize | 78,85 (0,00) |
| 2 |  Stefan Eder |
Chilli van Dijk | 79,93 (0,54) |
| 3 |  Beat Mändli |
Louis | 80,11 (0,63) |
| 4 |  Carsten-Otto Nagel |
Corradina | 80,24 (0,69) |
| 5 | Kevin Staut |
Silvana | 80,43 (0,79) |
Team ranking:
| rank | team | rider and horse | ranking points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michel Robert Michel Robert (equestrian) Michel Robert is a show jumping rider from France. He was the final winner of the Global Champions Tour for 2009. He is a two-time Olympic equestrian.- External links :* - References :... Kellemoi de Pepita Pénélope Leprevost Mylord Carthago Kevin Staut Silvana Olivier Guillon Lord de Theize |
2.95 2.16 (2.55) 0.79 0.00 |
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| 2 | Marco Kutscher Marco Kutscher Marco Kutscher is a German equestrian athlete who originally finished fourth in the show jumping competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, but was moved to third place and received a bronze medal after Irish gold medal winner Cian O'Connor was stripped of his medal after a doping... Cornet Obolensky Carsten-Otto Nagel Corradina Janne Friederike Meyer Janne Friederike Meyer Janne Friederike Meyer is a German rider competing in Show Jumping. She was part of the German team winning the Gold medal at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games.... Lambrasco Ludger Beerbaum Ludger Beerbaum Ludger Beerbaum is an internationally successful German rider who competes in show jumping, and has been ranked the No. 1 Show Jumper in the world by the FEI on multiple occasions.... Gotha FRH |
4.41 1.73 0.69 1.99 (3.23) |
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| 3 | Malin Baryard-Johnsson Tornesch Angelica Augustsson Mic Mac du Tillard Henrik von Eckermann Coupe de Coeur Rolf-Göran Bengtsson Rolf-Göran Bengtsson Rolf-Göran Bengtsson is a Swedish show jumper. He won a silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the individual jumping, and also a silver medal in the team jumping event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.... Ninja |
6.74 (2.93) 2.73 2.24 1.77 |
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Provisional result after second day
The show jumping course was very difficult, much riders had more than one fault. Winning team of the day was the Netherlands. With three round with no faults the team is now in the lead. The French team lost his lead because of faults, distributed to all team riders.In individual ranking the second placed rider from the first day, Stefan Eder, had 16 penalty points – now he is 37th. Also the former leader, Olivier Guillon, had a jumping fault (now 9th).In the lead is now German team rider Carsten-Otto Nagel.
Individual ranking:
| rank | rider | horse | penalty points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| day 1 | day 2 | total | |||
| 1 | Carsten-Otto Nagel |
Corradina | 0.69 | 0.00 | 0.69 |
| 2 |  Billy TwomeyBilly Twomey Billy Twomey is an Irish equestrian and is Ireland's highest ranked show jumper.-Rolex World Ranking:Twomey had been steadily climbing up the World Rankings for years until finally, in June 2011 he reached his highest ever Ranking of 3rd place... |
Tinka´s Serenade | 0.95 | 0.00 | 0.95 |
| 3 |  Nick SkeltonNick Skelton Nicholas "Nick" Skelton is a British Showjumper with over 30 years experience.-Biography:... |
Carlo | 1.04 | 0.00 | 1.04 |
| 4 |  Gregory Wathelet |
Copin van de Broy | 1.53 | 0.00 | 1.53 |
| 5 |  Gerco SchröderGerco Schröder Gerco Bernardus Schröder is a Dutch show jumping equestrian.Gerco Schröder represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he took part in the individual jumping competition and the show jumping team event alongside Wim Schröder, Leopold van Asten and Gert-Jan Bruggink... |
New Orleans | 1.54 | 0.00 | 1.54 |
Team ranking:
| rank | team | rider and horse | ranking points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| day 1 | day 2 | total | |||
| 1 | Eric van der Vleuten Utascha SFN Maikel van der Vleuten Verdi Gerco Schröder Gerco Schröder Gerco Bernardus Schröder is a Dutch show jumping equestrian.Gerco Schröder represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he took part in the individual jumping competition and the show jumping team event alongside Wim Schröder, Leopold van Asten and Gert-Jan Bruggink... New Orleans Jeroen Dubbeldam Jeroen Dubbeldam Jeroen Dubbeldam is a Dutch show jumping champion.-Olympic Record:Dubbeldam competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, where he won a gold medal in Individual Jumping with the horse De Sjiem.-References:... Simon |
7.42 (5.59) 3.37 1.54 2.51 |
0.00 0.00 (9.00) 0.00 0.00 |
7.42 | |
| 2 | Marco Kutscher Cornet Obolensky Carsten-Otto Nagel Corradina Janne Friederike Meyer Janne Friederike Meyer Janne Friederike Meyer is a German rider competing in Show Jumping. She was part of the German team winning the Gold medal at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games.... Lambrasco Ludger Beerbaum Ludger Beerbaum Ludger Beerbaum is an internationally successful German rider who competes in show jumping, and has been ranked the No. 1 Show Jumper in the world by the FEI on multiple occasions.... Gotha FRH |
4.41 1.73 0.69 1.99 (3.23) |
6.00 (8.00) 0.00 1.00 5.00 |
10.41 | |
| 3 | Michel Robert Michel Robert (equestrian) Michel Robert is a show jumping rider from France. He was the final winner of the Global Champions Tour for 2009. He is a two-time Olympic equestrian.- External links :* - References :... Kellemoi de Pepita Pénélope Leprevost Mylord Carthago Kevin Staut Silvana Olivier Guillon Lord de Theize |
2.95 2.16 (2.55) 0.79 0.00 |
13.00 5.00 4.00 (8.00) 4.00 |
15.95 | |
Provisional result after third day
At the third day, the riders had to ride the same show jumping course as Thursday. The winning team of Thursday, the Netherlands, had some faults. Germany and France benefit this, both teams had three rounds with zero faults at this day.The German team had won the team gold medal already after the third rider (with in total four point on Thursday). The last rider of the team, Ludger Beerbaum, could improve the result with a round without faults. France had won the silver medal, Great Britain team won bronze. The teams of the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland are on the places four to six, the are qualified with this result for the 2012 Summer Olympics
Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification
- Dressage :An NOC may enter 3 athletes if they qualified for the team competition. The quota places for top ranked riders in the geographic groups must go to riders from nations without a qualified team. The additional individual qualifying spots are based on the FEI Ranking and can go to any NOC,...
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In the not final individual ranking the German Carsten-Otto Nagel with Corradina are again in the lead. Billy Twomey (Thursday second placed) and Gregory Wathelet (Thursday fourth placed) had both 16 penalty points.
Individual ranking:
| rank | rider | horse | penalty points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| day 1 | day 2 | day 3 | total | |||
| 1 | Carsten-Otto Nagel |
Corradina | 0.69 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.69 |
| 2 | Nick Skelton Nick Skelton Nicholas "Nick" Skelton is a British Showjumper with over 30 years experience.-Biography:... |
Carlo | 1.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.04 |
| 3 | Gerco Schröder Gerco Schröder Gerco Bernardus Schröder is a Dutch show jumping equestrian.Gerco Schröder represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he took part in the individual jumping competition and the show jumping team event alongside Wim Schröder, Leopold van Asten and Gert-Jan Bruggink... |
New Orleans | 1.54 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.54 |
| 4 |  Luciana Diniz |
Winningmood | 0.98 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.98 |
| 5 |  Rolf-Göran BengtssonRolf-Göran Bengtsson Rolf-Göran Bengtsson is a Swedish show jumper. He won a silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the individual jumping, and also a silver medal in the team jumping event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.... |
Ninja | 1.77 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 5.77 |
Team result
| rank | team | rider and horse | converted points | penalty points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| day 1 | day 2 | day 3 | total | |||
| 1 | Marco Kutscher Marco Kutscher Marco Kutscher is a German equestrian athlete who originally finished fourth in the show jumping competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, but was moved to third place and received a bronze medal after Irish gold medal winner Cian O'Connor was stripped of his medal after a doping... Cornet Obolensky Carsten-Otto Nagel Corradina Janne Friederike Meyer Janne Friederike Meyer Janne Friederike Meyer is a German rider competing in Show Jumping. She was part of the German team winning the Gold medal at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games.... Lambrasco Ludger Beerbaum Ludger Beerbaum Ludger Beerbaum is an internationally successful German rider who competes in show jumping, and has been ranked the No. 1 Show Jumper in the world by the FEI on multiple occasions.... Gotha FRH |
4.41 1.73 0.69 1.99 (3,23) |
6 (8) 0 1 5 |
0 0 0 (4) 0 |
10.41 |
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| 2 | Michel Robert Michel Robert (equestrian) Michel Robert is a show jumping rider from France. He was the final winner of the Global Champions Tour for 2009. He is a two-time Olympic equestrian.- External links :* - References :... Kellemoi de Pepita Pénélope Leprevost Mylord Carthago Kevin Staut Silvana Olivier Guillon Lord de Theize |
2.95 2.16 (2.55) 0.79 0.00 |
13 5 4 (8) 4 |
0 0 0 0 (4) |
15.95 | |
| 3 | Nick Skelton Nick Skelton Nicholas "Nick" Skelton is a British Showjumper with over 30 years experience.-Biography:... Carlo Guy Williams Guy Williams (equestrian) Guy Williams is a British showjumper, ranked number four in Great Britain as of July 2011, part of the GBR equestrian team, and winner of a number of prestigious titles including the British Jumping Derby in 2010.-External links:**... Titus Ben Maher Ben Maher Ben Maher is an English equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping.Ben is married. His wife is Kathleen Maher, a model and a show jumper as well. Together they live in Great Britain.-2010:... Tripple X III John Whitaker Peppermill |
9.46 1.04 (7.01) 5.66 (9,63) |
8 0 (12) 4 4 |
5 0 1 4 (8) |
22.46 | |
| 4 | Eric van der Vleuten Utascha SFN Maikel van der Vleuten Verdi Gerco Schröder Gerco Schröder Gerco Bernardus Schröder is a Dutch show jumping equestrian.Gerco Schröder represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he took part in the individual jumping competition and the show jumping team event alongside Wim Schröder, Leopold van Asten and Gert-Jan Bruggink... New Orleans Jeroen Dubbeldam Jeroen Dubbeldam Jeroen Dubbeldam is a Dutch show jumping champion.-Olympic Record:Dubbeldam competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, where he won a gold medal in Individual Jumping with the horse De Sjiem.-References:... Simon |
7.42 (5.59) 3.37 1.54 2.51 |
0 0 (9) 0 0 |
16 8 (12) 0 8 |
26.49 | |
| 5 | Malin Baryard-Johnsson Tornesch Angelica Augustsson Mic Mac du Tillard Henrik von Eckermann Coupe de Coeur Rolf-Göran Bengtsson Rolf-Göran Bengtsson Rolf-Göran Bengtsson is a Swedish show jumper. He won a silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the individual jumping, and also a silver medal in the team jumping event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.... Ninja |
6.74 (2.93) 2.73 2.24 1,77 |
12 (8) 8 4 0 |
16 8 (8) 4 4 |
34.74 | |
| 6 | Steve Guerdat Steve Guerdat Steve Guerdat is an Swiss equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in team jumping following the disqualification of Norwegian rider Tony André Hansen.-External links:*... Jalisca Solier Beat Mändli Louis Clarissa Crotta West Side Pius Schwizer Carlina |
14.66 7.16 0.63 (15.12) 6.87 |
17 4 9 (13) 4 |
9 (8) 0 5 4 |
40.66 | |
Individual result
At the last day of the event the riders had to ride a show jumping competition with two different rounds. Only 22 of 25 qualified rider start in this competition.In round one of this competition first placed Carsten-Otto Nagel and second placed Nick Skelton had both one jumping fault. So the dutch rider Gerco Schröder, who had no faults in this round, was in the lead. Three riders of the 22 did not start in round two because they had no chance more to get a real good position in the final ranking.
Also the second round brought further changes in the individual ranking. After the rides of Nagel and Skelton (bouth had again four penalty points) the swedish rider Rolf-Göran Bengtsson was in the lead. The last rider, Gerco Schröder, had a lead of more than five point before round two - but he had one fault in the mid of the course and again one fault on the last fence. So he lost his gold medal (like two days before in the team competition) and finished fourth. so the new European Champion was Rolf-Göran Bengtsson with the 16 year old gelding Ninja.
The only riders who were clear in both rounds was Jeroen Dubbeldam
Jeroen Dubbeldam
Jeroen Dubbeldam is a Dutch show jumping champion.-Olympic Record:Dubbeldam competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, where he won a gold medal in Individual Jumping with the horse De Sjiem.-References:...
with Simon und Henrik von Eckermann with Coupe de Coeur.
| rank | rider | horse | converted points | penalty points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| result | ||||||||
| 1 | Rolf-Göran Bengtsson Rolf-Göran Bengtsson Rolf-Göran Bengtsson is a Swedish show jumper. He won a silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the individual jumping, and also a silver medal in the team jumping event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.... |
Ninja | 1.77 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5.77 |
| 2 | Carsten-Otto Nagel |
Corradina | 0.69 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8.69 |
| 3 | Nick Skelton Nick Skelton Nicholas "Nick" Skelton is a British Showjumper with over 30 years experience.-Biography:... |
Carlo | 1.04 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9.04 |
| 4 | Gerco Schröder Gerco Schröder Gerco Bernardus Schröder is a Dutch show jumping equestrian.Gerco Schröder represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he took part in the individual jumping competition and the show jumping team event alongside Wim Schröder, Leopold van Asten and Gert-Jan Bruggink... |
New Orleans | 1.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9.54 |
| 5 | Henrik von Eckermann |
Coupe de Coeur | 2.24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10.24 |
| 6 | Jeroen Dubbeldam Jeroen Dubbeldam Jeroen Dubbeldam is a Dutch show jumping champion.-Olympic Record:Dubbeldam competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, where he won a gold medal in Individual Jumping with the horse De Sjiem.-References:... |
Simon | 2.51 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10.51 |
| 7 | Pénélope Leprevost |
Mylord Carthago | 2.55 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10.55 |
| 8 | Ludger Beerbaum Ludger Beerbaum Ludger Beerbaum is an internationally successful German rider who competes in show jumping, and has been ranked the No. 1 Show Jumper in the world by the FEI on multiple occasions.... |
Gotha FRH | 3.23 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12.23 |
| 9 | Luciana Diniz |
Winningmood | 0.98 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12.98 |
| 10 | Beat Mändli |
Louis | 0.63 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13.63 |
More informations
The collection and data communication of the result was performed, as already at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games2010 FEI World Equestrian Games
The 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games were held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky from September 25 to October 10, 2010. This was the sixth edition of the games, which are held every four years and run by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports...
, by Dutch company Sport Computer Graphics (SCG).
The main competition of the CSI 3*-horse show is the traditional Kings Cup (Gran Premio – Copa S.M. El Rey). It was held on Saturday (September 17, 2011) at 4:45 pm. It was a show jumping competition with one round and one jump-off.