The FEI European Show Jumping Championships is the European Championship for the equestrian discipline of show jumping. First held in 1957 in Rotterdam, and on an annual basis, it is held every two years, in the years between Olympic Games 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 Paul Schockemöhle have won the individual title three times. The Federal Republic of Germany have won the team title seven times, with Great Britain and Switzerland next on five team wins.
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 Paul Schockemöhle who uniquely won three consecutive titles. These two apart, only German Ludger Beerbaum 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.
1975 Munich (FRG) – 6 Teams
1977 Vienna (AUT) – 9 Teams
1979 Rotterdam (NED) – 10 Teams
1981 Munich (FRG) – 9 Teams
1983 Hickstead (GBR) – 11 Teams
1985 Dinard (FRA) – 8 Teams
1987 St. Gallen (SUI) – 8 Teams
1989 Rotterdam (NED) – 8 Teams
1991 La Baule (FRA) – 11 Teams
1993 Gijon (ESP) – 9 Teams
1995 St. Gallen (SUI) – 11 Teams
1997 Mannheim (GER) – 12 Teams
1999 Hickstead (GBR) – 14 Teams
2001 Arnhem (NED) – 14 Teams
2003 Donaueschingen (GER) – 18 Teams
2005 San Patrignano (ITA) – 14 Teams
2007 Mannheim (GER) – 18 Teams
2015 Aachen (GER) – 22 Teams
2017 Gothenburg (SWE) - 17 Teams
2019 Rotterdam (NED) - 15 Teams
2021 Riesenbeck (GER) - 15 Teams
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