The 2015

European Dressage Championships The European Dressage Championships are the European championships for the equestrian discipline of dressage. They are held every two years in odd-numbered years. Gold, silver, and bronze medals are awarded in both individual and team competitions ...

was held between August 12 and August 16, 2015 in Aachen,

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. It formed part of the 2015 FEI European Championships; other disciplines included were

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, reining and vaulting. It also served as a

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

qualifier with team quotas in dressage awarded to the best three teams not already qualified nations. The 2015 event was the 27th edition of the

European Dressage Championship The European Dressage Championships are the European championships for the equestrian discipline of dressage. They are held every two years in odd-numbered years. Gold, silver, and bronze medals are awarded in both individual and team competition ...

s. This was the first European Dressage Championships held in Germany since 2005 and the first held in Aachen since 1983. 18 nations were scheduled to compete.

Summary

The host country was

. The

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and

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maintained their domination of the sport. As all three nations had already qualified for the 2016 Games, the quota places went to

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, Sweden and

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. Spain won its first medal since 2005.

Medal summary

Medal Table

Aftermath

The Dutch coach of the dressage team

Wim Ernes Willem Egidius Johannes "Wim" Ernes (2 July 1958 – Schimmert, 1 November 2016) was a Dutch equestrian dressage coach from Schimmert. Ernes was seen as an icon within the Dutch equestrian sport. He was twice the coach of the Dutch national dressag ...

died on 1 November 2016. The gold medal winning dressage team at these championships

Edward Gal Edward Gal (born 4 March 1970 in Rheden) is a Dutch dressage rider. He and the stallion Totilas (nicknamed "Toto"), were triple gold medalists at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games, becoming the first horse-rider partn ...

Hans Peter Minderhoud Hans Peter Minderhoud (born 7 October 1973 in Westkapelle, Zeeland) is a Dutch dressage rider.

Diederik van Silfhout Diederik van Silfhout (born 20 April 1988 in Ede, Netherlands) is a Dutch Olympic dressage rider. Representing the Netherlands, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he placed 4th in the team and 11th in the individual competitions. Van S ...

and

Patrick van der Meer Patrick van der Meer (born 23 March 1971) is a Dutch Olympic dressage rider. Representing the Netherlands, he competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he finished 32nd in the individual competition. He also competed at the 2015 Euro ...

carried his coffin during his funeral on 5 November 2016.

External links

Official web page of the 2015 European Dressage Championship

References

{{reflist European Dressage Championships Dressage Equestrian sports competitions in Germany Sport in Aachen

International sports competitions hosted by Germany