# Individual dressage at the 2011 European Dressage Championships

The individual dressage at the 2011 European Dressage Championships in Rotterdam, The Netherlands was held at Kralingen-Crooswijk from August 17 and August 21, 2011.
The Netherlands's Adelinde Cornelissen won the gold medal in the Grand Prix Special and the Grand Prix Freestyle. Carl Hester representing Great Britain won a silver medal the Grand Prix Special and silver in the Grand Prix Freestyle. Laura Bechtolsheimer of Great Britain won a bronze in the Special and Patrik Kittel of Sweden won bronze in the Freestyle. In the Grand Prix Great Britain won the golden team medal, while Germany won the silver medal and The Netherlands bronze.

## 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 2011 European Dressage Championships was awarded after the third phase, the Grand Prix Freestyle where top 15 combinations competed, with a maximum of the three best riders per country.

## Judges

The European Dressage Championships was assessed by seven judges.
* Ghislain Fouarge (Ground Jury President)
* Mary Seefried (Ground Jury Member)
* Evi Eisenhardt (Ground Jury Member)
* Maribel Alonso de Quinzanos (Ground Jury Member)
* Wojtek Markowski (Ground Jury Member)
* Stephen Clarke (Ground Jury Member)
* Jean-Michel Roudier (Ground Jury Member)
* Gary Rockwell (Reserve judge)

## Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday, 17 August 2011 | 09:30 | Grand Prix (Day 1) |
| Thursday, 18 August 2011 | 09:30 | Grand Prix (Day 2) |
| Saturday, 20 August 2011 | 12:30 | Grand Prix Special |
| Sunday, 21 August 2011 | 13:00 | Grand Prix Freestyle |

## Results

| Rider | Nation | Horse | GP score | Rank | GPS score | Rank | GPF score | Rank |
| Carl Hester | Great Britain | Uthopia | 82.568 | 1 Q | 81.682 | Q | 84.179 | |
| Adelinde Cornelissen | Netherlands | Parzival | 81.155 | 2 Q | 82.113 | Q | 88.839 | |
| Matthias Alexander Rath | Germany | Totilas | 79.453 | 3 Q | 77.039 | 4 Q | 81.696 | 5 |
| Charlotte Dujardin | Great Britain | Valegro | 78.830 | 4 Q | 76.548 | 6 Q | 79.357 | 9 |
| Laura Bechtolsheimer | Great Britain | Mistral Hojris | 77.280 | 5 Q | 79.256 | Q | 83.018 | 4 |
| Patrik Kittel | Sweden | Watermill Scandic | 76.474 | 6 Q | 76.771 | 5 Q | 83.429 | |
| Isabell Werth | Germany | El Santo NRW | 75.213 | 7 Q | 76.533 | 7 Q | 80.536 | 7 |
| Juan Manuel Munoz Diaz | Spain | Fuego de Cardenas | 73.404 | 8 Q | 73.155 | 11 Q | 80.982 | 6 |
| Victoria Max-Theurer | Austria | Augustin OLD | 72.812 | 9 Q | 68.899 | 20 | | |
| Valentina Truppa | Italy | Eremo Del Castegno | 72.143 | 10 Q | 70.193 | 16 Q | 73.054 | 13 |
| Christoph Koschel | Germany | Donnperignon | 71.444 | 10 Q | 73.750 | 10 | | |
| Nathalie Zu-Sayn Wittgenstein | Denmark | Digby | 71.383 | 12 Q | 75.060 | 9 Q | 78.804 | 10 |
| Siril Helljesen | Norway | Dorina | 71.261 | 13 Q | 68.036 | 23 | | |
| Helen Langehanenberg | Germany | Damon Hill NRW | 71.079 | 14 Q | 75.283 | 8 Q | 80.446 | 8 |
| Hans-Peter Minderhoud | Netherlands | Exquis Nadine | 70.912 | 15 Q | 70.997 | 14 Q | 76.589 | 11 |
| Sander Marijnissen | Netherlands | Moedwill | 70.578 | 16 Q | 69.792 | 17 | | |
| Edward Gal | Netherlands | Sisther de Jeu | 70.517 | 17 Q | 69.211 | 18 | | |
| Emile Faurie | Great Britain | Elmegardens Marquis | 70.426 | 18 Q | 68.557 | 21 | | |
| Jordi Domingo Coll | Spain | Prestige | 70.334 | 19 Q | 69.167 | 19 | | |
| Emma Kanerva | Finland | Sini Spirit | 70.198 | 20 Q | EL | 30 | | |
| Lisbeth Seierskilde | Denmark | Jonstrupgaardens Raneur | 69.970 | 21 Q | 70.551 | 15 Q | 72.268 | 14 |
| Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven | Sweden | Favourit | 69.939 | 22 Q | 71.771 | 12 Q | 70.500 | 15 |
| Beata Stremler | Poland | Martini | 69.650 | 23 Q | 71.637 | 13 Q | 74.446 | 12 |
| Jeroen Devroe | Belgium | Apollo van het Vijverhof | 69.559 | 24 Q | 67.143 | 26 | | |
| Gonçalo Carvalho | Portugal | Rubi | 69.362 | 25 Q | 66.979 | 27 | | |
| Katarzyna Milczarek | Poland | Ekwador | 68.967 | 26 Q | 68.482 | 22 | | |
| Anne van Olst | Denmark | Clearwater | 68.632 | 27 Q | 65.997 | 29 | | |
| Mikaela Lindh | Finland | Skovlunds Más Guapo | 68.450 | 27 Q | 67.247 | 24 | | |
| Terhi Stegars | Finland | Axis TSF | 68.131 | 29 Q | 67.217 | 25 | | |
| Rose Mathisen | Sweden | Bocelli 1044 | 68.024 | 30 Q | 66.786 | 28 | | |
| Michal Rapcewicz | Poland | Randon | 67.888 | 31 | | | | |
| Beatriz Ferrer-Salat | Spain | Faberge | 67.842 | 32 | | | | |
| Philippe Jorissen | Belgium | Le Beau | 67.751 | 33 | | | | |
| Sune Hansen | Denmark | Romanov | 67.660 | 34 | | | | |
| Peter Gmoser | Austria | Cointreau | 67.492 | 35 | | | | |
| Maria Caetano | Portugal | Xiripiti | 67.173 | 36 | | | | |
| Claudio Castilla Ruiz | Spain | Jade de MV | 66.900 | 37 | | | | |
| Cecilia Dorselius | Sweden | Lennox | 66.763 | 38 | | | | |
| Marcela Krinke-Susmelj | Switzerland | Smeyers Molberg | 66.550 | 39 | | | | |
| Renate Voglsang | Austria | Fabriano 58 | 66.474 | 40 | | | | |
| Lillann Jebsen | Norway | Pro-Set | 66.292 | 41 | | | | |
| Susanna Bordone | Italy | Dark Surprise | 66.246 | 42 | | | | |
| Anna Merveldt | Ireland | Coryolano | 66.231 | 43 | | | | |
| Hans Staub | Switzerland | Warbeau | 66.216 | 44 | | | | |
| Elisabeth Eversfield-Koch | Switzerland | Rokono N | 66.155 | 45 | | | | |
| Anne-Sophie Serre | France | Le Guerrier | 65.152 | 46 | | | | |
| Robert Acs | Hungary | Weinzauber 2 | 65.061 | 47 | | | | |
| Tatyana Makarova | Russia | Fatinitza | 65.030 | 48 | | | | |
| Arnaud Serre | France | Helio II | 65.030 | 48 | | | | |
| Claudia Fassaert | Belgium | Donnerfee | 64.818 | 50 | | | | |
| Markus Graf | Switzerland | Ronaldo II | 64.696 | 51 | | | | |
| Luis Principe | Portugal | World Performance Washington | 64.620 | 52 | | | | |
| Sergey Puzko | Ukraine | Komlipment | 64.590 | 53 | | | | |
| Cathrine Rasmussen | Norway | Orlando III | 63.906 | 54 | | | | |
| Tatiana Dorofeeva | Russia | Khorovod | 63.450 | 55 | | | | |
| Sebastien Duperdu | France | Passe Partout | 63.374 | 56 | | | | |
| Judy Reynolds | Ireland | Remember 143 | 62.614 | 57 | | | | |
| Johan Zagers | Belgium | Question de Liberte | 62.584 | 58 | | | | |
| Ester Soldi | Italy | Harmonia | 61.292 | 59 | | | | |
| Gaston Chelius | Luxembourg | Flamenco R | 61.261 | 60 | | | | |
| Grete Ayache | Estonia | O.Hot Chocolate | 60.380 | 61 | | | | |
| Camilla Kalseth | Norway | Carte d´Or | 60.243 | 62 | | | | |
| Alexandra Malmström | Finland | MD Waterford | 59.681 | 63 | | | | |
| Yulia Vinnitskaja | Russia | Vodevil | 55.699 | 64 | | | | |
| Catherine Henriquet | France | Paradieszauber | WD | 65 | | | | |