European Eventing Championships

The European Eventing Championships, like most other European Championships, is held every two years. Today it is a three star eventing competition. A three star event is one step down from the grand slam which consists of three four star events.

The first Championships were held at Badminton in 1953, where six teams (Britain, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland) were sent, although only Britain and Switzerland were able to get their horses fit in time to actually compete. However, 10 teams were able to compete at the 1959 competition.

The 1995 and 1997 European Championships were held as part of events open to non-European riders (in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy in 1995 and Burghley, England in 1997) with the top three European individuals and teams receiving medals. The first woman to win the competition was Shelia Wilcox in 1957, although women were not allowed to compete in the Olympics in eventing until 1964.

There is also a Championship held for young riders, juniors and ponies.

Format[]

The Championships offers both team and individual gold, silver, and bronze medals.

Each nation may bring a team of four riders and two individuals. The team riders also compete for the individual gold, silver, and bronze medals. The host nation may bring up to eight individual riders, with a total squad of 12.

The best three scores among the teams—the team with the lowest number of penalty points—receive the gold, silver, and bronze medals. However, a team must have at least three riders completing the competition, or else they will be eliminated. If a team has four riders complete, there is a drop-score in their results. If three riders complete, all three scores are added into the final total for the team.

Beginning in 2005, the European Eventing Championships was held in the short-format, without the phases A, B, and C (roads and tracks, and steeplechase) on speed and endurance day. It included just the dressage, cross-country, and show jumping phases.

The competition begins with a horse inspection to make sure all competing horses are sound before beginning the dressage. Then the nations nominate their four team riders and the order they wish them to compete, before the order of nations is determined. The order of go is especially important on cross country day, when the first competitors have the best footing, but do not know how the course will ride, while the later competitors will know the tricky obstacles on course, but may have to run their horses on torn up or sloppy footing.

Past winners[]

Britain's Ginny Elliot and Germany's Michael Jung are currently the only riders to have won the individual European Champion title three times in succession: Elliot became European Champion in 1985, 1987, and 1989; Jung became European Champion in 2011, 2013 and 2015.^[1]

Individual results[]

Individual medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1953	Badminton	Laurence Rook on Starlight	Frank Weldon on Kilbarry	Hans Schwarzenbach on Vae Victis
1954	Basel	Bertie Hill on Crispin	Frank Weldon on Kilbarry	Laurence Rook on Starlight
1955	Windsor	Frank Weldon on Kilbarry	on Radar	Bertie Hill on Countryman
1957	Copenhagen	Sheila Willcox on High and Mighty	August Lütke-Westhüs on Franco	on Eldorado
1959	Harewood	Hans Schwarzenbach on Burn Trout	Frank Weldon on Samuel Johnson	Derek Allhusen on Laurien
1962	Burghley	James Templer on M'Lord Conelly	German Gazyumov on Granj	on Ryebrooks
1965	Moscow	Marian Babirecki on Volt	Lev Baklyshkin on Evlon	Horst Karsten on Condora
1967	Punchestown	on Durlas Eile	on The Poacher	Derek Allhusen on Lochinvar
1969	[fr]	Mary Gordon-Watson on Cornishman	Richard Walker on Pasha	on Windspiel
1971	Burghley	The Princess Anne on Doublet	on Baccarat	on Classic Chips
1973	Kyiv	Aleksandr Yevdokimov on Jeger	Herbert Blöcker on Albrant	Horst Karsten on Sioux
1975	[de]	Lucinda Prior-Palmer on Be Fair	The Princess Anne on Goodwill	Pyotr Gornushko on Gusar
1977	Burghley	Lucinda Prior-Palmer on George	Karl Schultz on Madrigal	Horst Karsten on Sioux
1979	[de]	Nils Haagensen on Monaco	on Gurgle The Geek	on Power Game
1981	Horsens	Hansueli Schmutz on Oran	Helmut Rethemeier on Santiago	on Inis Mean
1983	Frauenfeld	on Mystic Minstrel	Lucinda Prior-Palmer on Regal Realm	Christian Persson on Joël
1985	Burghley	Virginia Holgate on Priceless	on Myross	Ian Stark on Oxford Blue
1987	[de]	Virginia Leng on Night Cap	Ian Stark on Sir Wattie	Claus Erhorn on Justyn Thyme
1989	Burghley	Virginia Leng on Master Craftsman	on King's Jester	on Fearliath Mor
1991	Punchestown	Ian Stark on Glenburnie	Richard Walker on Jacana	Karen Straker on Get Smart
1993	Achselschwang	Jean-Lou Bigot on Twist La Beige	Kristina Gifford on Song and Dance Man	Eddy Stibbe on Bahlua
1995	Pratoni del Vivaro	on Welton Romance	Marie-Christine Duroy on Ut Du Placineau	Mary King on King William
1997	Burghley	Bettina Hoy on Watermill Stream	William Fox-Pitt on Cosmopolitan II	Kristina Gifford on General Jock
1999	[de]	Pippa Funnell on Supreme Rock	Linda Algotsson on Stand By Me	Paula Törnqvist on Monaghan
2001	Pau	Pippa Funnell on Supreme Rock	on Brilliante	Enrique Sarasola Jr. on Dope Doux
2003	Punchestown	Nicolas Touzaint on Galan de Sauvagere	Linda Algotsson on Stand By Me	Pippa Funnell on Walk On Star
2005	Blenheim	Zara Phillips on Toytown	William Fox-Pitt on Tamarillo	Ingrid Klimke on Sleep Late
2007	Pratoni del Vivaro	Nicolas Touzaint on Galan de Sauvagere	Mary King on Call Again Cavalier	Bettina Hoy on Ringwood Cockatoo
2009	Fontainebleau	Kristina Cook on Miners Frolic	Piggy French on Some Day Soon	Michael Jung on Sam
2011	[de]	Michael Jung on Sam	Sandra Auffarth on Opgun Louvo	Frank Ostholt on Little Paint
2013	Malmö	Michael Jung on Halunke	Ingrid Klimke on Escada	William Fox-Pitt on Chilli Morning
2015	Blair Castle	Michael Jung on Takinou	Sandra Auffarth on Opgun Louvo	Thibaut Vallette on Qing du Briot
	Strzegom	Ingrid Klimke on Hale Bob	Michael Jung on Rocana	Nicola Wilson on Bulana
	[de]	Ingrid Klimke on Hale Bob	Michael Jung on Chipmunk	Cathal Daniels on Rioghan Rua
	Avenches

Team results[]

Team medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1953	Badminton	Great Britain Frank Weldon on Kilbarry Reg Hindley on Speculation Bertie Hill on Bambi	not awarded	not awarded
1954	Basel	Great Britain Bertie Hill on Crispin Frank Weldon on Kilbarry Laurence Rook on Starlight Diana Mason on Tramella	West Germany Wilhelm Büsing on Trux August Lütke-Westhüs on Hubertus Klaus Wagner on Dachs on Fockdra von Kamax	not awarded
1955	Windsor	Great Britain Frank Weldon on Kilbarry Bertie Hill on Countryman Laurence Rook on Starlight Diana Mason on Tramella	Switzerland Anton Bühler on Uranus Hans Bühler on Richard Marc Büchler on Tizian on Vae Victis	not awarded
1957	Copenhagen	Great Britain Sheila Willcox on High & Mighty on Wild Venture Derek Allhusen on Laurien on Pampas Cat	West Germany August Lütke-Westhüs on Franko II on Fechtlanze Reiner Klimke on Lausbub	Sweden on Eldorado on Tom Raid Petrus Kastenman on Illuster on Air
1959	Harewood	West Germany August Lütke-Westhüs on Franko II Ottokar Pohlmann on Polarfuchs on Fechtlanze Reiner Klimke on Fortunat	Great Britain Frank Weldon on Samuel Johnson Derek Allhusen on Laurien on Fulmer Folly Sheila Waddington on Airs & Graces	France Jéhan Le Roy on Garden Pierre Durand Sr. on Guillano Guy Lefrant on Nicias Hugues Landon on Espionne
1962	Burghley	Soviet Union German Gazyumov on Granj Pavel Deyev on Satrap Lev Baklyshkin on Khirurg Saybattal Mursalimov	Ireland Anthony Cameron on Sam Weller Harry Freeman-Jackson on St Finbarr on Irish Lace Patrick Connolly-Carew on Ballyhoo	Great Britain Frank Weldon on Young Pretender Michael Bullen on Sea Breeze on The Gladiator on Mister Wilson
1965	Moscow	Soviet Union Valentin Gorelkin Saybattal Mursalimov on Dzhigit Aleksandr Yevdokimov on Padarok Lev Baklyshkin on Evlon	Ireland Penelope Moreton on Loughlin on Sam Weller on Durlas Eile Anthony Cameron on Lough Druid	Great Britain Derek Allhusen on Lochinvar Richard Meade on Barberry on Fenjirao Reuben Jones on Master Bernard
1967	Punchestown	Great Britain on The Poacher Derek Allhusen on Lochinvar Reuben Jones on Foxdor Richard Meade on Barberry	Ireland on Durlas Eile on Dooney Rock on Sam Weller Bill Mullins on March Hawk	France Jean-Jacques Guyon on Pitou on Opera on Ouragan on Artaban II
1969	[fr]	Great Britain Richard Walker on Pasha Derek Allhusen on Lochinvar on Count Jasper Reuben Jones on The Poacher	Soviet Union on Fat Aleksandr Yevdokimov on Fahrad on Fugus on Hobot	West Germany on Windspiel on Adajio Horst Karsten on Vaibel Otto Ammermann om Alpaca
1971	Burghley	Great Britain on Baccarat Richard Meade on The Poacher Mary Gordon-Watson on Cornishman Mark Phillips on Great Ovations	Soviet Union Sergey Mukhin on Resfeder on Obzor Aleksandr Yevdokimov on Farkhad on Rashod	Ireland Bill McLernon on Ballangarry Diana Wilson on Broken Promise on Smokey VI Ronnie McMahon on San Carlos
1973	Kyiv	West Germany Herbert Blöcker on Albrant on Vaibel Horst Karsten on Sioux Harry Klugmann on El Paso	Soviet Union Aleksandr Yevdokimov on Resfeder on Obzor Yuri Salnikov on Bagazh Valentin Gorelkin on Rock	Great Britain Richard Meade on Wayfarer II Lucinda Prior-Palmer on Be Fair on Larkspur on Baccarat
1975		Soviet Union Pyotr Gornushko on Gusar Viktor Kalinin on Araks Vladimir Lanyugin on Reflex on Flot	Great Britain Lucinda Prior-Palmer on Be Fair The Princess Anne on Goodwill on Harley on Larkspur	West Germany on Vaibel Herbert Blöcker on Albrant Harry Klugmann on Veberod Horst Karsten on Sioux
1977	Burghley	Great Britain Lucinda Prior-Palmer on George Jane Holderness-Roddam on Warrior on Smokey VI on Merry Sovereign	West Germany Karl Schultz on Madrigal Horst Karsten on Sioux on Akzent Harry Klugmann on El Paso	Ireland John Watson on Cambridge Blue Eric Horgan on Pontoon on Ballagarry Norman van de Vater on Blue Tom Tit
1979		Ireland John Watson on Cambridge Blue David Foster on Inis Mean on Seven Up on Wing Forward	Great Britain on Warrior Lucinda Prior-Palmer on Killaire on Monacle II on Gamble	France Thierry Touzaint on Griboille C Armand Bigot on Gamin du Bois on Sertorius on Frisson A
1981	Horsens	Great Britain Lizzie Purbrick on Peter the Great on Gemma Jay Richard Meade on Kilcashel Virginia Holgate on Priceless	Switzerland on Beaujour de Mars on Benno II Hansueli Schmutz on Oran on Baron	Poland on Ekran Krzysztof Rafalak on Djak on Elektron Miroslaw Szlapka on Erywan
1983	Frauenfeld	Sweden Christian Persson on Joel Göran Breisner on Ultimus xx on Doledo on Noir	Great Britain Lucinda Prior-Palmer on Regal Realm Virginia Holgate on Night Cap on Danville Diana Clapham on Windjammer	France Pascal Morvillers on Gulliver B on Hymen de la Cour Marie-Christine Duroy on Harley on Flamenco III
1985	Burghley	Great Britain Virginia Holgate on Priceless on Myross Ian Stark on Oxford Blue Lucinda Green on Regal Realm	France Jean Teulere on Godelureau Vincent Berthet on Kopino Marie-Christine Duroy on Harley Pascal Morvillers on Gulliver B	West Germany on Phillip Jürgen Blum on Frosty Bay Ralf Ehrenbrink on Bettina Claus Erhorn on Fair Lady
1987		Great Britain Virginia Leng on Night Cap Ian Stark on Sir Wattie on Aloaf Lucinda Green on Shannagh	West Germany on Half Moon Bay Ralf Ehrenbrink on Uncle Toss Claus Erhorn on Justyn Thyme Jürgen Blum on Frosty Bay	France on Hymen de la Cour Didier Seguret on Jovial E Vincent Berthet on Jet Crub Pascal Morvillers on Jacquet
1989	Burghley	Great Britain on The Irishman II Ian Stark on Glenburnie Virginia Leng on Master Craftsman on Fearliath Mor	Netherlands Eddy Stibbe on Bristols Autumn Fantasy Fiona van Tuyll on Just a Gamble on Bristols Autumn Bronze	Ireland Melanie Duff on Rathlin Joe Olivia Holohan on Rusticus Eric Horgan on Homer on Private Deal
1991	Punchestown	Great Britain Ian Stark on Glenburnie Richard Walker on Jacana Karen Straker on Get Smart Mary Thomson on King William	Ireland on Bright Imp Olivia Holohan on Buket on Holy Smoke Fiona Wentges on Oliver	France Jean-Jacques Boisson on Oscar de la Loge on Maryland II Jean Teulere on Orvet de Bellaing Didier Seguret on Newlot
1993	Achselschwang	Sweden on One Way on Michaelmas Day Erik Duvander on Right On Time Anna Hermann on Mr Punch	France Jean Teulere on Orvet de Bellai Michel Bouquet on Newport Didier Seguret on Newlot Jean-Lou Bigot on Twist la Beige	Ireland Susan Shortt on Menana on Bright Imp on Cageodore Eric Smiley on Enterprise
1995	Pratoni del Vivaro	Great Britain Charlotte Bathe on The Cool Customer Kristina Gifford on Midnight Blue William Fox-Pitt on Cosmopolitan Mary King on King William	France on Ramdame Rodolphe Scherer on Urane de Pins Didier Willefert on Seducteur Biolay Jean-Lou Bigot on Twist la Beige	Ireland on Collongues Virginia McGrath on Yellow Earl Eric Smiley on Enterprise on Welton Romance
1997	Burghley	Great Britain Christopher Bartle on Word Perfect II Ian Stark on Arakai Mary King on Rusty William Fox-Pitt on King William	Sweden on Jumping Jet Pack on Master Mind Paula Törnqvist on Monaghan Anna Hermann on Home Run II	France Jean Teulere on Rodosto on Rosendael Marie-Christine Duroy on Summer Song Jean-Lou Bigot on Twist la Beige
1999		Great Britain Kristina Gifford on The Gangster II Jeanette Brakewell on Over To You Ian Stark on Jaybee Pippa Funnell on Supreme Rock	Germany Peter Thomsen on Warren Gorse Herbert Blöcker on Chicol Nele Hagener on Little McMuffin Bodo Battenberg on Sam the Man	Belgium Virginie Caulier on Kiona Kurt Heyndrickx on Archimedes Carl Bouckaert on Welton Molecule Constantin Van Rijckevorsel on Otis
2001	Pau	Great Britain Leslie Law on Shear H2O Jeanette Brakewell on Over To You William Fox-Pitt on Stunning Pippa Funnell on Supreme Rock	France Rodolphe Scherer on Quack Denis Mesples on Vanpire on Baba Au Rhum Didier Courrèges on Debat D'Estruval	Italy on Down Town Brown Andrea Verdina on Donnizetti on Ecu Fabio Magni on Cool'n
2003	Punchestown	Great Britain Jeanette Brakewell on Over To You William Fox-Pitt on Moon Man Leslie Law on Shear l'Eau Pippa Funnell on Walk On Star	France Jean-Luc Force on Crocus Jacob Jean Teulere on Hobby du Mée Arnaud Boiteau on Expo du Moulin Nicolas Touzaint on Galan de Sauvagère	Belgium Karin Donckers on Gormley Carl Bouckaert on Welton Molecule Dolf Desmedt on Bold Action Constantin Van Rijckevorsel on Withcote Nellie
2005	Blenheim	Great Britain Zara Phillips on Toytown William Fox-Pitt on Tamarillo Jeanette Brakewell on Over To You Leslie Law on Shear l'Eau	France Arnaud Boiteau on Expo du Moulin Didier Willefert on Escape Lane Mili on Blakring Mili Nicolas Touzaint on Hidalgo de l'Ile	Germany Frank Ostholt on Air Jordan Hinrich Romeike on Marius on Twinkle Bee Bettina Hoy on Ringwood Cockatoo
2007	Pratoni del Vivaro	Great Britain Oliver Townend on Flint Curtis Daisy Dick on Spring Along Zara Phillips on Toytown Mary King on Call Again Cavalier	France Arnaud Boiteau on Expo du Moulin Didier Dhennin on Ismene du Temple Eric Vigeanel on Coronado Prior Nicolas Touzaint on Galan de Sauvagère	Italy Susanna Bordone on Ava Fabio Magni on Southern King V Roberto Rotatori on Irham de Vaiges Vittoria Panizzon on Rock Model
2009	Fontainebleau	Great Britain Kristina Cook on Miners Frolic William Fox-Pitt on Idalgo du Donjon Nicola Wilson on Opposition Buzz Oliver Townend on Flint Curtis	Italy Roberto Rotatori on Irham de Vaiges Juan Carlos Garcia on Iman du Golfe Stefano Brecciaroli on Oroton Susanna Bordone on Blue Moss	Belgium Karin Donckers on Gazelle de la Brasserie Joris Vanspringel on Bold Action Virginie Caulier on Kilo Constantin Van Rijckevorsel on Our Vintage
2011		Germany Michael Jung on Sam Sandra Auffarth on Opgun Louvo Ingrid Klimke on Butts Abraxxas Andreas Dibowski on Fantasia	France Donatien Schauly on Ocarina du Chanois Nicolas Touzaint on Quirinal de la Bastide on Quirinal de la Bastide on Minos de Petra	Great Britain William Fox-Pitt on Cool Mountain Piggy French on Jakata Nicola Wilson on Opposition Buzz Mary King on Imperial Cavalier
2013	Malmö	Germany Michael Jung on Halunke Ingrid Klimke on Escada Dirk Schrade on Hop and Skip Andreas Dibowski on Butts Avedon	Sweden Niklas Lindbäck on Mister Pooh Ludwig Svennerstål on Shamwari Frida Andersen on Herta Sara Algotsson-Ostholt on Reality	France Nicolas Touzaint on Lesbos Donatien Schauly on Séculaire Karim Laghouag on Punch de l'Esques Astier Nicolas on Piaf de b'Neville
2015	Blair Castle	Germany Michael Jung on Takinou Sandra Auffarth on Opgun Louvo Ingrid Klimke on Hale Bob Dirk Schrade on Hop and Skip	Great Britain Kitty King on Persimmon Pippa Funnell on Sandman Nicola Wilson on One Two Many William Fox-Pitt on Bay My Hero	France Thibaut Vallette on Qing du Briot Mathieu Lemoine on Bart L on Sirocco du Gers Karim Laghouag on Entebbe
	Strzegom	Great Britain Kristina Cook on Billy the Red Nicola Wilson on Bulana Rosalind Canter on Allstar B Oliver Townend on Cooley SRS	Sweden Sara Algotsson-Ostholt on Reality Louise Svensson Jahde on Utah Sun Niklas Lindback on Focus Filiocus Ludvig Svennerstål on Paramount Importance	Italy Pietro Roman on Barraduff on Rubis de Prere Vittoria Panizzon on Chequers Play the Game Arianna Schivo on Quefira de l'Ormeau
	[de]	Germany Ingrid Klimke on Hale Bob Michael Jung on Chipmunk Andreas Dibowski on Corrida Kai Rüder on Colani Sunrise	Great Britain Oliver Townend on Cooley Master Class Piggy French on Quarrycrest Echo Pippa Funnell on Majas Hope Kristina Cook on Billy the Red	Sweden Ludvig Svennerstål on El Kazir Louise Romeike on Waikiki on Golden Midnight Niklas Lindback on Focus Filiocus
	Avenches

All-time medal table (1953–2019)[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	40	25	18	83
2	Germany (GER)	12	15	14	41
3	Soviet Union (Soviet Union)	4	5	1	10
4	France (FRA)	3	9	10	22
5	Ireland (IRL)	3	4	7	14
6	Sweden (SWE)	2	5	5	12
7	Switzerland (SUI)	2	2	1	5
8	Poland (POL)	1	0	1	2
9	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	0	1
10	Italy (ITA)	0	1	3	4
11	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
12	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	3	3
13	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 nations)		68	67	65	200

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