Equestrian – Individual freestyle test, grade IV at the XVII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Palais de Versailles | ||||||||||||
Date | 7 September 2024 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 8 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 83.840 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Individual championship | I | II | III | IV | V |
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Individual freestyle | I | II | III | IV | V |
Team | Team Open | ||||
The individual freestyle test, grade IV, para-equestrian dressage event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics was contested on the afternoon of 7 September 2024 at the Palace of Versailles, Paris. [1] [2]
The competition was assessed by a ground jury composed of five judges placed at locations designated E, H, C, M, and B. Each judge rated the competitors' performances with a percentage score across two areas - technique and artistry. The ten scores from the jury were then averaged to determine a rider's total percentage score.
Judge at E | Suzanne Cunningham ( Australia) |
Judge at H | Katherine Lucheschi ( Italy) |
Judge at C | Ineke Jansen ( Netherlands), jury president |
Judge at M | Freddy Leyman ( Belgium) |
Judge at B | John Robinson ( Great Britain) |
Grade IV [3] riders are described by the IPC as " athletes [that] have a severe impairment or deficiency of both arms or a moderate impairment of all four limbs or short stature." [4] .
Riders performed one test apiece. Unlike the Championship test, riders and horses are marked on both technical ('Tech.') and artistic criteria ('Art.'). All five marks in both categories are then averaged for the final score. As with all freestyle finals, 8 Riders started the event. [5] [6] [7]
Rank | Rider Horse | Nationality | Section | E | H | C | M | B | Avg | Result |
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Demi Haerkens on Daula | Netherlands | 83.03 | 81.55 | 85.45 | 87.63 | 81.55 | 83.84 | |||
Tech. | 81.25 | 79.50 | 82.50 | 82.25 | 79.50 | 81.00 | ||||
Art. | 84.80 | 83.60 | 88.40 | 93.00 | 83.60 | 86.68 | ||||
Anna-Lena Niehues on Quimbaya 6 | Germany | 81.25 | 79.25 | 80.10 | 85.50 | 78.40 | 80.90 | |||
Tech. | 78.50 | 75.50 | 77.00 | 80.00 | 75.00 | 77.20 | ||||
Art. | 84.00 | 83.00 | 83.20 | 91.00 | 81.80 | 84.60 | ||||
Kate Shoemaker on Vianne | United States | 80.18 | 82.13 | 81.28 | 79.25 | 78.03 | 80.17 | |||
Tech. | 77.75 | 79.25 | 76.75 | 75.50 | 74.25 | 76.70 | ||||
Art. | 82.60 | 85.00 | 85.80 | 83.00 | 81.80 | 83.64 | ||||
4 | Sanne Voets on Demantur | Netherlands | 81.10 | 82.45 | 82.58 | 75.38 | 77.90 | 79.88 | ||
Tech. | 78.00 | 78.50 | 77.75 | 73.75 | 73.00 | 76.20 | ||||
Art. | 84.20 | 86.40 | 87.40 | 77.00 | 82.80 | 83.56 | ||||
5 | Vladimir Vinchon on Pegase Mayenne | France | 76.98 | 76.73 | 75.13 | 74.88 | 77.45 | 76.23 | ||
Tech. | 73.75 | 73.25 | 69.25 | 73.75 | 72.50 | 72.50 | ||||
Art. | 80.20 | 80.20 | 81.00 | 76.00 | 82.40 | 79.96 | ||||
6 | Manon Claeys on Katharina Sollenburg | Belgium | 78.63 | 75.90 | 73.73 | 75.00 | 76.73 | 76.00 | ||
Tech. | 78.25 | 73.00 | 72.25 | 72.00 | 74.25 | 73.95 | ||||
Art. | 79.00 | 78.80 | 75.20 | 78.00 | 79.20 | 78.04 | ||||
7 | Alexia Pittier on Sultan 768 | France | 79.18 | 75.28 | 73.08 | 74.88 | 76.58 | 75.80 | ||
Tech. | 76.75 | 71.75 | 69.75 | 71.75 | 72.75 | 72.55 | ||||
Art. | 81.60 | 78.80 | 76.40 | 78.00 | 80.40 | 79.04 | ||||
8 | Louise Etzner Jakobsson on Goldstrike B.J. | Sweden | 73.33 | 72.08 | 74.88 | 73.00 | 74.58 | 73.57 | ||
Tech. | 69.25 | 68.75 | 70.75 | 71.00 | 69.75 | 69.90 | ||||
Art. | 77.40 | 75.40 | 79.00 | 75.00 | 79.40 | 77.24 |
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