# Individual dressage at the 2021 European Dressage Championships

The individual dressage at the 2021 European Dressage Championships in Hagen, germany was held at Hof Kasselmann from 7 to 12 September.
Germany's Jessica von Bredow-Werndl won the gold medal in both Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Freestyle, repeating her success after the Olympic Games. Title defender Isabell Werth representing Germany won a silver medal in the Grand Prix Special. Cathrine Dufour of Denmark won a bronze in special.

## 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 2021 European Dressage Championships was awarded after the third phase, the Grand Prix Freestyle where top 15 combinations competed.

## Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Tuesday, 7 September 2021 | 08:30 | Grand Prix (Day 1) |
| Wednesday, 8 September 2021 | 08:30 | Grand Prix (Day 2) |
| Thursday, 9 September 2021 | 17:00 | Grand Prix Special |
| Saturday, 11 September 2021 | 13:15 | Grand Prix Freestyle |

## Results

| Rider | Nation | Horse | GP score | Rank | GPS score | Rank | GPF score | Rank |
| Jessica von Bredow-Werndl | Germany | Dalera BB TSF | 84.099 | 1 Q | 84.271 | Q | 91.021 | |
| Isabell Werth | Germany | Weihegold OLD | 79.860 | 2 Q | 81.702 | Q | 84.896 | 4 |
| Charlotte Dujardin | Great Britain | Gio | 79.829 | 3 Q | 79.787 | 4 Q | 87.246 | |
| Cathrine Dufour | Denmark | Bohemian | 79.721 | 4 Q | 81.079 | Q | 88.436 | |
| Charlotte Fry | Great Britain | Everdale | 77.671 | 5 Q | 78.146 | 5 Q | 84.721 | 5 |
| Henri Ruoste | Finland | Hawtins Delicato | 77.314 | 6 Q | 74.894 | 13 Q | 82.600 | 6 |
| Therese Nilshagen | Sweden | Dante Weltino OLD | 76.941 | 7 Q | 76.869 | 8 Q | 81.325 | 8 |
| Daniel Bachmann Andersen | Denmark | Marshall-Bell | 76.366 | 8 Q | 75.638 | 10 Q | 82.050 | 7 |
| Juliette Ramel | Sweden | Buriel K.H. | 76.196 | 9 Q | 76.900 | 7 Q | 80.175 | 9 |
| Nanna Skodborg Merrald | Denmark | Orthilia | 75.078 | 10 Q | 74.909 | 12 Q | 78.904 | 12 |
| Dorothee Schneider | Germany | Faustus | 74.985 | 11 Q | 74.802 | 14 | | |
| Carl Hester | Great Britain | En Vogue | 74.845 | 12 Q | 77.310 | 6 Q | 78.375 | 13 |
| Hans-Peter Minderhoud | Netherlands | Dream Boy | 74.503 | 13 Q | 73.632 | 16 | | |
| Gareth Hughes | Great Britain | Sintano van Hof Olympia | 74.394 | 14 Q | 73.723 | 15 | | |
| Dinja van Liere | Netherlands | Haute Couture | 74.208 | 15 Q | 75.699 | 9 Q | 79.668 | 10 |
| Helen Langehanenberg | Germany | Annabelle | 73.960 | 16 Q | 75.228 | 11 Q | 77.214 | 14 |
| Beatriz Ferrer-Salat | Spain | Elegance | 73.898 | 17 Q | 71.748 | 20 | | |
| Victoria Max-Theurer | Austria | Abbeglen FRH | 73.106 | 18 Q | 71.672 | 22 | | |
| Nicolas Wagner | Luxembourg | Quater Back Junior | 73.090 | 19 Q | 70.243 | 25 | | |
| José Antonio Garcia Mena | Spain | Divina Royal | 72.671 | 20 Q | 72.842 | 17 Q | 79.361 | 11 |
| Marlies van Baalen | Netherlands | Go Legend | 72.531 | 21 Q | 69.377 | 26 | | |
| Florian Bacher | Austria | Fidertraum OLD | 72.516 | 22 Q | 71.687 | 21 | | |
| Adelinde Cornelissen | Netherlands | Governor-STR | 72.484 | 23 Q | 72.143 | 18 Q | ELI | 15 |
| Jeanna Hogberg | Sweden | Lorenzo | 72.252 | 24 Q | 71.976 | 19 | | |
| Morgan Barbançon | France | Sir Donnerhall II | 71.941 | 25 Q | 71.109 | 23 | | |
| Emma Kanerva | Finland | Greek Air | 71.304 | 26 Q | 65.319 | 30 | | |
| Estelle Wettstein | Switzerland | Quaterboy | 71.087 | 27 Q | 69.027 | 27 | | |
| Charlotte Heering | Denmark | Bufranco | 70.699 | 28 Q | 71.018 | 24 | | |
| Anikó Losonczy | Hungary | Dior S | 70.046 | 29 Q | 68.343 | 28 | | |
| Mikaela Soratie | Finland | Hot Casanova | 70.016 | 30 Q | 66.854 | 29 | | |
| Inessa Merkulova | Russia | Mister X | 69.969 | 31 | | | | |
| Carla Aeberhard | Switzerland | Delioh von Buchmatt CH | 69.581 | 32 | | | | |
| Martim Meneres | Portugal | Equador | 69.581 | 33 | | | | |
| Carlos Pinto | Portugal | La Gesse Sultao Menezes | 69.518 | 34 | | | | |
| Filipe Canelas | Portugal | Fortuna | 69.425 | 35 | | | | |
| Juan Antonio Jimenez Cobo | Spain | Euclides Mor | 69.410 | 36 | | | | |
| Christian Schumach | Austria | Te Quiro SF | 69.099 | 37 | | | | |
| Stella Hagelstam | Finland | Sangraal | 69.006 | 38 | | | | |
| Severo Jurado Lopez | Spain | Fendi T | 68.944 | 39 | | | | |
| Marie Emilie Bretenoux | France | Quartz of Jazz | 68.665 | 40 | | | | |
| Duarte Nogueira | Portugal | Beirao | 68.634 | 41 | | | | |
| Csaba Szokola | Hungary | Enying | 68.587 | 42 | | | | |
| Larissa Pauluis | Belgium | First-Step Valentin | 68.509 | 43 | | | | |
| Jacob Noerby Soerensen | Sweden | Moegelbjergs Romeo | 68.431 | 44 | | | | |
| Alexandre Ayache | France | Zo What | 68.354 | 45 | | | | |
| Anna Merveldt | Ireland | Esporim | 68.338 | 46 | | | | |
| Thibault Vandenberghe | Belgium | Santiago Song | 68.168 | 47 | | | | |
| Maria Shuvalova | Russia | Ilyumzhinov Famous Cross | 67.982 | 48 | | | | |
| Astrid Neumayer | Austria | Zap Zap | 67.841 | 49 | | | | |
| Michael Bugan | Slovakia | For President | 67.811 | 50 | | | | |
| Elena Fernandez | Switzerland | Sueno II | 67.671 | 51 | | | | |
| Jonas Elvebakk | Norway | Citta | 67.531 | 52 | | | | |
| Birgit Wientzek Pläge | Switzerland | Hot Secret | 67.205 | 53 | | | | |
| Marina Aframeeva | Russia | Upgrade | 67.127 | 54 | | | | |
| Katarzyna Milczarek | Poland | Guapo | 66.925 | 55 | | | | |
| Ellen Birgitte Farbrot | Norway | Tailormade Red Rebel | 66.724 | 56 | | | | |
| Alisa Glinka | Moldova | Aachen | 66.258 | 57 | | | | |
| Justina Vanagaite | Lithuania | Nabab | 66.227 | 58 | | | | |
| Maxime Collard | France | Cupido PB | 65.326 | 59 | | | | |
| Zaneta Skowronska | Poland | Romantic P | 65.264 | 60 | | | | |
| Aleksandra Maksakova | Russia | Bojengels | 65.202 | 61 | | | | |
| Alexa Fairchild | Belgium | Dabanos d'O4 | 65.047 | 62 | | | | |
| Carolyn Mellor | Ireland | Gouverneur M | 64.395 | 63 | | | | |
| Domien Michiels | Belgium | Intermezzo van het Meerdaalhof | 64.115 | 64 | | | | |
| Valentina Truppa | Italy | Ranieri | 62.360 | 65 | | | | |
| Nikolett Szalay | Hungary | Willy De Hit | 62.298 | 66 | | | | |
| Roberto Brenna | Italy | Diamant | 61.522 | 67 | | | | |
| Sergey Puzko | Ukraine | Ser Diamant | 59.984 | 68 | | | | |
| Tatiana Miloserdova | Italy | Florento Fortuna | 59.938 | 69 | | | | |
| Nausica Maroni | Italy | Embajador SG | WD | - | | | | |
| Anna Dyachenko | Ukraine | Poseydon | WD | - | | | | |

### Team ranking

| Country | Total | Rank |
| Germany | 238.944 | |
| Great Britain | 232.345 | |
| Denmark | 231.165 | |
| Sweden | 225.389 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 221.242 | 5 |
| Finland | 218.634 | 6 |
| Spain | 215.979 | 7 |
| Austria | 214.721 | 8 |
| France | 208.960 | 9 |
| Portugal | 208.524 | 10 |
| Switzerland | 208.339 | 11 |
| Russia | 205.078 | 12 |
| Belgium | 201.724 | 13 |
| Hungary | 200.931 | 14 |
| Italy | 183.820 | 15 |