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discipline of show jumping. First held in 1957 in Rotterdam, and on an annual basis, it is held every two years, on the years between

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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

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have won the individual title three times. The

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have won the team title seven times, with

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next on four 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

who uniquely won three consecutive titles. These two apart, only German

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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

Team results

1975 München (FRG) – 6 Teams *1. FRG – (

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, Hartwig Steenken, Sönke Sönksen, Hendrik Snoek) – 35.5 penalties *2. SUI – (Weier, Gabathuler, Candrian, Friedli) – 94.0 *3. FRA – (Rozier, Balanda, Roche, Parot) – 97.0 1977

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(AUT) – 9 Teams *1. NED – ( Wouters, Ebben, Nooren, Heins) – 20.0 penalties *2. GBR – (Ricketts, Johnsey, H. Smith, Broome) – 20.25 *3. FRG – (Koof, Merkel, P. Schockemöhle, Wiltfang) – 36.0 1979

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(NED) – 10 Teams *1. GBR – (Pyrah, Ricketts, Bradley, Broome) – 24.70 penalties *2. FRG – (Johannsmann, Luther, P. Schockemöhle, Wiltfang) – 30.95 *3. IRL – (Roche, Gerry Mullins, Con Power, Macken) – 34.10 1981 München (FRG) – 9 Teams *1. FRG – (Koof, Luther, Wiltfang, P. Schockemöhle) – 11.86 penalties *2. SUI – (Melliger, Gabathuler, T. Fuchs, Candrian) – 21.86 *3. NED – (Hendrix, Ehrens, Nooren, Heins) – 26.35 1983 Hickstead (GBR) – 11 Teams *1. SUI – (Gabathuler, Robbiani, Melliger, T. Fuchs) – 12.19 penalties *2. GBR – ( H. Smith, Broome, J. Whitaker, Pyrah) – 21.89 *3. FRG – (Buchwaldt, Rüping, Wiltfang, P. Schockemöhle) – 24.32 1985

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(FRA) – 8 Teams *1. GBR – ( Skelton, M. Whitaker, Pyrah, J. Whitaker – 21.56 penalties *2. SUI – (Guerdat, Robbiani, Gabathuler, Melliger) – 42.08 *3. FRG – (Sloothaak, Rüping, Luther, P. Schockemöhle) – 44.75 1987

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(SUI) – 8 Teams *1. GBR – ( Skelton, M. Whitaker, Pyrah, J. Whitaker,) – 10.32 penalties *2. FRA – (Ph. Rozier, Durand, Cottier, Robert) – 35.43 *3. SUI – (Guerdat, M. Fuchs, Gabathuler, Melliger) – 45.01 1989

(NED) – 8 Teams *1. GBR – ( Skelton, M. Whitaker, J.Turi, J. Whitaker,) – 20.35 penalties *2. FRA – (Godignon, Ph. Rozier, Robert, Durand) – 33.41 *3. SUI – (Gabathuler, M. Fuchs, Melliger, T. Fuchs) – 35.85 1991

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(FRA) – 11 Teams *1. NED – ( Raymakers,

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, Hendrix, Lansink) – 29.87 penalties *2. GBR – ( Skelton, M. Whitaker, Broome, J. Whitaker,) – 34.16 *3. SUI – (Melliger, M. Fuchs, Letter, T. Fuchs) – 37.39 1993 Gijon (ESP) – 9 Teams *1. SUI – (Melliger, McNaught-Mändli, Lauber, T. Fuchs) – 19.23 penalties *2. GBR – ( Skelton, M. Whitaker, Armstrong, J. Whitaker,) – 21.15 *3. FRA – (Bourdy, Robert, Godignon, Navet) – 29.88 1995

(SUI) – 11 Teams *1. SUI – (Melliger, McNaught, Lauber, M. Fuchs) – 8 penalties *2. GBR – ( Skelton, M. Whitaker, Bradley, J. Whitaker,) – 12 *3. FRA – (H. Godignon, Bonneau, A. Ledermann, R-Y. Bost) – 16 1997

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(GER) – 12 Teams *1. GER – (L. Nieberg, M. Beerbaum, L. Beerbaum, Merschformann) – 15.75 penalties *2. NED – (E. Hendrix, B. Romp, J. Tops, J. Lansink) – 21.61 *3. GBR – ( M. Whitaker, G. Billington, R. Smith, J. Whitaker,) – 34.86 1999 Hickstead (GBR) – 14 Teams *1. GER – (C-O. Nagel, M. Michaels-Beerbaum, M. Ehning, L. Beerbaum) – 24.13 penalties *2. SUI – (L. McNaught, M. Fuchs, B. Mändli, W. Melliger) – 25.91 *3. NED – (E. Hendrix, J. Dubbeldam, J. Tops, J. Lansink) – 29.13 2001

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(NED) – 14 Teams *1. IRL – (Kevin Babington, Jessica Kürten,

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, Dermott Lennon) – 34.04 penalties *2. SWE – (M. Baryard, H. Lundbeck, R-G. Bengtsson, P. Eriksson) – 35.19 *3. GER – (S.Von Rönne, O. Becker, L. Nieberg, L. Beerbaum) – 41.75 2003 Donaueschingen (GER) – 18 Teams *1. GER – (Marcus Ehning, Christian Ahlmann,

, Otto Becker) – 15.15 penalties *2. FRA – ( Michel Robert, Eric Levallois, Michel Hécart, Reynald Angot) – 25.30 *3. SUI – (Beat Mändli, Steve Guerdat, Markus Fuchs, Willi Melliger) – 28.86 2005 San Patrignano (ITA) – 14 Teams *1. GER – (Marcus Ehning, Christian Ahlmann, Marco Kutscher, Meredith M. Beerbaum) – 18 penalties *2. SUI – (Fabio Crotta, Steve Guerdat, Christina Liebherr, Markus Fuchs) – 34.42 *3. NED – ( Gerco Schröder, Leon Thijssen, Jeroen Dubbeldam, Yves Houtackers) – 35.76 2007

(GER) – 18 Teams *1. NED – (Vincent Voorn, Jeroen Dubbeldam, Albert Zoer, Gerco Schröder) – 7.37 penalties *2. GER – (Marcus Ehning, Christian Ahlmann, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum,

) – 9.18 *3. GBR – ( Michael Whitaker, David McPherson,

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, John Whitaker) – 15.43 2009

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(GBR) – 17 Teams *1. SUI – (

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, Steve Guerdat, Clarissa Crotta) – 27.66 penalties *2. ITA – ( Juan-Carlos Garcia,

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) – 31.00 *3. GER – (

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, Carsten-Otto Nagel, Thomas Mühlbauer, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum) – 31.75 2011

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(ESP) – 9 Teams *1. GER – ( Marco Kutscher, Carsten-Otto Nagel, Janne Friederike Meyer,

) – 10.41 penalties *2. FRA – ( Michel Robert, Pénélope Leprevost,

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, Olivier Guillon) – 15.95 *3. GBR – (

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, Guy Williams, Ben Maher, John Whitaker) – 22.46

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Herning (DEN) – 19 Teams *1. GBR – ( Ben Maher, Michael Whitaker, William Funnell, Scott Brash) – 12.18 penalties *2. GER – ( Daniel Deusser, Carsten-Otto Nagel,

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) – 12.77 *3. SWE – ( Jens Fredricson, Angelica Augustsson,

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, Rolf-Göran Bengtsson) – 13.44 2015 Aachen (GER) – 22 Teams *1. NED – (Jeroen Dubbeldam, Maikel van der Vleuten, Jur Vrieling, Gerco Schröder) – 8.82 penalties *2. GER – ( Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Christian Ahlmann,

), Daniel Deusser – 12.40 *3. SUI – (Romain Duguet, Martin Fuchs, Janika Sprunger, Paul Estermann) – 18.23

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Gothenburg (SWE) - 17 Teams *1. IRE - (

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, Bertram Allen, Denis Lynch,

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) - 12.11 penalties *2 SWE - (

, Malin Baryard-Johnsson, Douglas Lindlöw,

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) - 18.21 *3 SUI - ( Nadja Peter Steiner,

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, Martin Fuchs, Steve Guerdat) - 20.15

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(NED) - 15 Teams *1. BEL – (

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) – 12.07 penalties *2. GER - (

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, Daniel Deusser) - 16.22 *3. GBR - ( Ben Maher, Holly Smith, Amanda Derbyshire, Scott Brash) - 21.41 2021 Riesenbeck (GER) - 15 Teams * 1. SUI – ( Elian Baumann, Bryan Balsiger, Martin Fuchs, Steve Guerdat) – 9.47 penalties * 2. GER – ( André Thieme,

, Christian Kukuk, David Will) – 12.77 * 3. BEL – (

, Olivier Philippaerts,

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) – 17.34

References

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