Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
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Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
at the Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre
was competed in the dressage
discipline only. There were four grades of rider disability:
Men and women competed together, and the horse
s were also declared medal winners.
2004 Summer Paralympics
The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28. The twelfth Paralympic Games, an estimated 4,000 athletes took part in the Athens programme, with ages ranging from 11 to 66. Paralympic events had already taken place during the 2004 Summer Olympics as...
at the Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre
Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre
The Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre hosted the equestrian events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The venue is located at Markópoulo on the outskirts of the Athens suburbs. It was completed in December 2003 and officially opened on August 12, 2004, shortly before the beginning of...
was competed in the dressage
Dressage
Dressage is a competitive equestrian sport, defined by the International Equestrian Federation as "the highest expression of horse training." Competitions are held at all levels from amateur to the World Equestrian Games...
discipline only. There were four grades of rider disability:
- Grade I - Mainly wheelchair users with poor trunk balance and or impairment of function in all four limbs, or no trunk balance and good upper limb function, or moderate trunk balance with severe impairment of all four limbs.
- Grade II - Mainly wheelchair users, or those with severe locomotor impairment involving the trunk and with good to mild upper limb function, or severe unilateral impairment.
- Grade III - Usually able to walk without support. Moderate unilateral impairment, or moderate impairment in four limbs, severe arm impairment. May need a wheelchair for longer distances or due to lack of stamina. Total loss of sight in both eyes, or intellectually impaired. Profile 36 riders were required to wear blacked out glasses or a blindfold.
- Grade IV - Impairment in one or two limbs, or some visual impairment.
Men and women competed together, and the horse
Horse
The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
s were also declared medal winners.
Medal summary
| Individual championship dressage GI | |||
| Individual championship dressage GII | (tie) | ||
| (tie) | |||
| Individual championship dressage GIII | |||
| Individual championship dressage GIV | |||
| Individual freestyle dressage GI | |||
| Individual freestyle dressage GII | |||
| Individual freestyle dressage GIII | |||
| Individual freestyle dressage GIV | |||
| Team dressage | Deborah Criddle/Figaro IX Anne Dunham Anne Dunham (equestrian) Anne Patricia Dunham MBE is a British equestrian who has competed in the Paralympic Games.-Early life and disability:... /Olret Lee Pearson Lee Pearson David Lee Pearson, CBE is a nine-times paralympic games gold medallist having represented British para-equestrianism in Sydney, Athens and Beijing. He also has six world-championship and three European titles... /Blue Circle Boy Nic Tustain/Prinz Heinrich |
Bettina Eistel/Aaron Britta Naepel/Loverboy 9 Bianca Vogel/Roquefort 16 |
Gert Bolmer Gert Bolmer Gert Bolmer is a professional horse rider competing in dressage. He is grade II disabled.-Career:Apart from numerous participations in national as well as international contests, he is best known for... /Lodewijk Joop Stokkel Joop Stokkel Joop Stokkel is a Dutch Paralympian and one of the leading equestrians with a physical challenge, in the world. Stokkel suffered an accident at the age of seven causing him to lose his entire right arm and left leg. Despite the injury, he went on to start riding at the age of 15... /Pegasus Sjerstin Vermeulen/Jeffrey STV |
Medal table
| 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |