# 2021 European Dressage Championships

The 2021 FEI European Dressage Championships was held in Hagen, Germany, from 7 to 12 September 2021. Budapest in Hungary was supposed to organise the European Championships but withdrew after the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games to 2021. First, the FEI announced there will be no European Championships for Dressage, but after several riders, trainers, owners and the European Equestrian Federation (EEF) insisted on a European Championship, Hagen volunteered to organise it. The European Championships for show-jumping will be also held in Germany, at the show location of Olympic gold-medalist Ludger Beerbaum in Riesenbeck.
The FEI decided to allocate the European Championships for Grand Prix riders under the age of 25 as well to Hagen. It is for the first time since the introduction of this European Championship that this championship will be combined with the Championship for the seniors. In 2016, Hagen also organised the first edition of the U25 European Championships.

## Ground Jury

The Ground Jury during the 2021 European Dressage Championships is nominated as follows;
* Henning Lehrmann (Ground Jury President)
* Mariëtte Sanders (Ground Jury Member)
* Isobel Wessels (Ground Jury Member)
* Maria Colliander (Ground Jury Member)
* Thomas Lang (Ground Jury Member)
* Isabelle Judet (Ground Jury Member)
* Susanne Baarup (Ground Jury Member)
* Jacques van Daele (FEI Technical Delegate)
Ground jury panel for the U25:
* Evi Eisenhardt (Ground Jury President)
* Hans-Christian Matthiesen (Ground Jury Member)
* Irina Maknami (Ground Jury Member)
* Clive Halsall (Ground Jury Member)
* Francis Verbeek (Ground Jury Member)

## Medalists
### Dressage seniors

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Freestyle dressage Details | Jessica von Bredow-Werndl on Dalera BB TSF Germany | Cathrine Dufour on Bohemian Denmark | Charlotte Dujardin on Gio Great Britain |
| Special dressage Details | Jessica von Bredow-Werndl on Dalera BB TSF Germany | Isabell Werth on Weihegold OLD Germany | Cathrine Dufour on Bohemian Denmark |
| Team | Germany Jessica von Bredow-Werndl on TSF Dalera BB Dorothee Schneider on Faustus Helen Langehanenberg on Annabelle Isabell Werth on Weihegold OLD | Great Britain Charlotte Dujardin on Gio Charlotte Fry on Everdale Carl Hester on En Vogue Gareth Hughes on Sintano van Olympia Hof | Denmark Cathrine Dufour on Bohemian Daniel Bachmann Andersen on Marshall-Bell Nanna Skodborg Merrald on Orthilia Charlotte Heering on Bufranco |

### Dressage Grand Prix Under 25

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Grand Prix 16-25 dressage | Raphael Netz on Elastico Germany | Semmieke Rothenberger on Flanell Germany | Jessica Poelman on Chocolate Cookie RDP Netherlands |
| Freestyle 16-25 dressage | Semmieke Rothenberger on Flanell Germany | Raphael Netz on Elastico Germany | Jessica Poelman on Chocolate Cookie RDP Netherlands |
| Team | Germany Raphael Netz on Elastico Semmieke Rothenberger on Flanell Ann-Kathrin Lindner on FBW Sunfire Ellen Richter on Vinay NRW | Netherlands Jessica Poelman on Chocolate Cookie RDP Febe van Zwambagt on Edson Jasmien de Koeyer on Esperanza Devenda Dijkstra on Hero | Sweden Lina Dolk on Languedoc Jennifer Lindvall on Midt West Casino Elin Mattsson on Beckham Nathalie Wahlund on Cerano Gold |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany* | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |