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European Show Jumping Championships

European Show Jumping Championships

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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. The Federal Republic of 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

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Team results

1975 Munich (FRG) – 6 Teams

  • 1. FRG West Germany – (Alwin Schockemöhle, Hartwig Steenken, Sönke Sönksen, Hendrik Snoek) – 35.5 penalties
  • 2. SUI Switzerland – (Weier, Gabathuler, Candrian, Friedli) – 94.0
  • 3. FRA France – (Rozier, Balanda, Roche, Parot) – 97.0

1977 Vienna (AUT) – 9 Teams

1979 Rotterdam (NED) – 10 Teams

  • 1. GBR United Kingdom – (Pyrah, Ricketts, Bradley, Broome) – 24.70 penalties
  • 2. FRG West Germany – (Johannsmann, Luther, P. Schockemöhle, Wiltfang) – 30.95
  • 3. IRL Republic of Ireland – (Roche, Gerry Mullins, Con Power, Macken) – 34.10

1981 Munich (FRG) – 9 Teams

  • 1. FRG West Germany – (Koof, Luther, Wiltfang, P. Schockemöhle) – 11.86 penalties
  • 2. SUI Switzerland – (Melliger, Gabathuler, T. Fuchs, Candrian) – 21.86
  • 3. NED Netherlands – (Hendrix, Ehrens, Nooren, Heins) – 26.35

1983 Hickstead (GBR) – 11 Teams

1985 Dinard (FRA) – 8 Teams

1987 St. Gallen (SUI) – 8 Teams

  • 1. GBR United Kingdom – (Skelton, M. Whitaker, Pyrah, J. Whitaker,) – 10.32 penalties
  • 2. FRA France – (Ph. Rozier, Durand, Cottier, Robert) – 35.43
  • 3. SUI Switzerland – (Guerdat, M. Fuchs, Gabathuler, Melliger) – 45.01

1989 Rotterdam (NED) – 8 Teams

1991 La Baule (FRA) – 11 Teams

1993 Gijon (ESP) – 9 Teams

  • 1. SUI Switzerland – (Melliger, McNaught-Mändli, Lauber, T. Fuchs) – 19.23 penalties
  • 2. GBR United Kingdom – (Skelton, M. Whitaker, Armstrong, J. Whitaker,) – 21.15
  • 3. FRA France – (Bourdy, Robert, Godignon, Navet) – 29.88

1995 St. Gallen (SUI) – 11 Teams

1997 Mannheim (GER) – 12 Teams

1999 Hickstead (GBR) – 14 Teams

2001 Arnhem (NED) – 14 Teams

2003 Donaueschingen (GER) – 18 Teams

  • 1. GER Germany – (Marcus Ehning, Christian Ahlmann, Ludger Beerbaum, Otto Becker) – 15.15 penalties
  • 2. FRA France – (Michel Robert, Eric Levallois, Michel Hécart, Reynald Angot) – 25.30
  • 3. SUI Switzerland – (Beat Mändli, Steve Guerdat, Markus Fuchs, Willi Melliger) – 28.86

2005 San Patrignano (ITA) – 14 Teams

  • 1. GER Germany – (Marcus Ehning, Christian Ahlmann, Marco Kutscher, Meredith M. Beerbaum) – 18 penalties
  • 2. SUI Switzerland – (Fabio Crotta, Steve Guerdat, Christina Liebherr, Markus Fuchs) – 34.42
  • 3. NED Netherlands – (Gerco Schröder, Leon Thijssen, Jeroen Dubbeldam, Yves Houtackers) – 35.76

2007 Mannheim (GER) – 18 Teams

2009 Windsor (GBR) – 17 Teams

2011 Madrid (ESP) – 9 Teams

2013 Herning (DEN) – 19 Teams

2015 Aachen (GER) – 22 Teams

2017 Gothenburg (SWE) - 17 Teams

2019 Rotterdam (NED) - 15 Teams

2021 Riesenbeck (GER) - 15 Teams

2023 Milan (ITA) - 15 Teams

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