The individual dressage at the 2015 European Dressage Championships in Aachen, Germany was held at Stade Michel d'Ornano from 12 to 16 August. [1]
Great Britain's Charlotte Dujardin won gold medal in both Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Freestyle, repeating her success from 2013 European Dressage Championship held in Herning, Denmark. Kristina Bröring-Sprehe representing the host nation Germany won a silver medal in both Grand Prix Freestyle and Grand Prix Special. Hans Peter Minderhoud of Netherlands won a bronze in special, his first ever individual championship medal while Spain's Beatriz Ferrer-Salat won a bronze in freestyle, the first medal for Spain since 2005.
The team and individual dressage competitions used the same results. Dressage had three phases. The first phase was the Grand Prix. Top 30 individuals advanced to the second phase, the Grand Prix Special where the first individual medals were awarded. The last set of medalsat the 2015 European Dressage Championships was awarded after the third phase, the Grand Prix Freestyle where top 15 combinations competed.
The following judges were appointed to officiate during the European Dressage Championships. [2]
Katrina Wüst (Ground Jury President)
Eduard de Wolff-van Westerrode (Ground Jury Member)
Anne Gribbons (Ground Jury Member)
Andrew Gardner (Ground Jury Member)
Annette Fransen Iacobaeus (Ground Jury Member)
Jean-Michel Roudier (Ground Jury Member)
Susanne Baarup (Ground Jury Member)
Maja Stukelj (Technical Delegate)All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 12 August 2015 | 09:30 | Grand Prix (Day 1) |
| Thursday, 13 August 2014 | 11:00 | Grand Prix (Day 2) |
| Saturday, 15 August 2014 | 11:00 | Grand Prix Special |
| Sunday, 16 August 2014 | 13:30 | Grand Prix Freestyle |
| Rider | Nation | Horse | GP score | Rank | GPS score | Rank | GPF score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Dujardin | Great Britain | Valegro | 83.029 | 1 Q | 87.577 |  Q | 89.054 | |
| Kristina Bröring-Sprehe | Germany | Desperados | 79.743 | 3 Q | 83.067 |  Q | 88.804 | |
| Beatriz Ferrer-Salat |  Spain | Delgado | 77.186 | 5 Q | 77.395 | 4 Q | 82.714 |  |
| Isabell Werth | Germany | Don Johnson | 74.900 | 13 Q | 75.924 | 7 Q | 82.482 | 4 |
| Hans Peter Minderhoud | Netherlands | Johnson | 77.586 | 4 Q | 79.034 | Q | 82.411 | 5 |
| Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén | Sweden | Don Auriello | 75.157 | 12 Q | 76.148 | 6 Q | 80.643 | 6 |
| Jessica von Bredow-Werndl | Germany | Unee | 75.200 | 10 Q | 74.790 | 8 Q | 80.214 | 7 |
| Carl Hester | Great Britain | Nip Tuck | 75.400 | 9 Q | 77.003 | 5 Q | 79.571 | 8 |
| Diederik van Silfhout | Netherlands | Arlando | 75.814 | 7 Q | 74.426 | 10 Q | 78.696 | 9 |
| Karen Tebar | France | Don Luis | 73.771 | 17 Q | 73.193 | 12 Q | 74.964 | 10 |
| Patrick van der Meer | Netherlands | Uzzo | 72.400 | 19 Q | 73.151 | 13 Q | 74.375 | 11 |
| Morgan Barbançon | Spain | Painted Black | 73.957 | 15 Q | 71.429 | 14 Q | 76.589 | 12 |
| Gonçalo Carvalho |  Portugal | Batuta | 70.557 | 23 Q | 71.148 | 15 Q | 73.375 | 13 |
| Fiona Bigwood | Great Britain | Orthilia | 75.800 | 8 Q | 74.510 | 9 Q | WD | – |
| Anna Kasprzak | Denmark | Donnperignon | 72.986 | 18 Q | 73.473 | 11 Q | WD | – |
| Marcela Krinke-Susmelj |  Switzerland | Molberg | 69.914 | 30 Q | 70.714 | 16 | ||
| Jorinde Verwimp |  Belgium | Tiamo | 71.086 | 22 Q | 70.560 | 17 | ||
| Pierre Volla | France | Badinda Altena | 70.357 | 25 Q | 70.238 | 18 | ||
| Michael Eilberg | Great Britain | Marakov | 69.943 | 29 Q | 69.930 | 19 | ||
| Terhi Stegars |  Finland | Axis | 69.971 | 28 Q | 69.636 | 20 | ||
| Victoria Max-Theurer |  Austria | Blind Date | 75.200 | 10 Q | 69.412 | 21 | ||
| Emilie Nyreröd | Sweden | Miata | 71.829 | 20 Q | 69.384 | 22 | ||
| Jeroen Devroe | Belgium | Eres | 70.486 | 24 Q | 69.160 | 23 | ||
| Trude Hestengen |  Norway | Tobajo Pik Disney | 69.900 | 31 Q | 68.992 | 24 | ||
| Marina Aframeeva |  Russia | Vosk | 70.300 | 26 Q | 68.824 | 25 | ||
| Jose Daniel Martin Dockx | Spain | Grandioso | 71.343 | 21 Q | 68.179 | 26 | ||
| Mikala Münter Gundersen | Denmark | My Lady | 70.229 | 27 Q | 67.997 | 27 | ||
| Inessa Merkulova | Russia | Mister X | 73.800 | 16 Q | 67.003 | 28 | ||
| Edward Gal | Netherlands | Undercover | 82.229 | 2 Q | EL | – | ||
| Patrik Kittel | Sweden | Deja | 74.571 | 14 Q | RET | – | ||
| Matthias Alexander Rath | Germany | Totilas | 75.971 | 6 Q | WD | – | ||
| Daniel Pinto | Portugal | Santurion de Massa | 69.614 | 32 | ||||
| Laurence Vanommeslaghe | Belgium | Avec Plaisir | 69.529 | 33 | ||||
| Judy Reynolds |  Ireland | Vancouver K | 69.486 | 34 | ||||
| Anna-Mengia Aerne | Switzerland | Raffaelo va Bene | 69.443 | 35 | ||||
| Astrid Neumayer | Austria | Rodriguez | 69.386 | 36 | ||||
| Veronique Henschen |  Luxembourg | Fontalero | 69.329 | 37 | ||||
| Fanny Verliefden | Belgium | Annarico | 69.200 | 38 | ||||
| Daniel Bachmann Andersen | Denmark | Loxana | 68.857 | 39 | ||||
| José Antonio Garcia Mena | Spain | Norte Lovera | 68.771 | 40 | ||||
| Minna Telde | Sweden | Santana | 68.714 | 41 | ||||
| Inna Logutenkova |  Ukraine | Don Gregorius | 68.657 | 42 | ||||
| Ludovic Henry | France | After You | 68.629 | 43 | ||||
| Elena Sidneva | Russia | Romeo-Star | 68.443 | 44 | ||||
| Zaneta Skowronska |  Poland | Mystery | 67.600 | 45 | ||||
| Rikke Svane | Denmark | Finckenstein | 67.586 | 46 | ||||
| Filipe Canelas | Portugal | Der Clou | 67.557 | 47 | ||||
| Ekaterina Kharchenko | Russia | Gulliver | 67.257 | 48 | ||||
| Eevamaria Porthan-Broddell | Finland | Solos Lacan | 67.186 | 49 | ||||
| Arnaud Serre | France | Robinson de Lafont | 67.100 | 50 | ||||
| Alexandra Slanec | Austria | Lord of Dream | 66.943 | 51 | ||||
| Caroline Häcki | Switzerland | Rigoletto Royal | 66.929 | 52 | ||||
| Leonardo Tiozzo |  Italy | Randon | 66.514 | 53 | ||||
| Diane Erpelding | Luxembourg | Woltair | 66.271 | 54 | ||||
| Anne Lene Holmen | Norway | Rainbow Dancer | 66.214 | 55 | ||||
| Sascha Schulz | Luxembourg | Wito Corleone | 66.000 | 56 | ||||
| Kristina Böckmann | Finland | Der Kleine Lord | 65.957 | 57 | ||||
| Maksim Kovshov | Ukraine | Flirt | 65.900 | 58 | ||||
| Birgit Wientzek Pläge | Switzerland | For Compliment | 65.200 | 59 | ||||
| Ester Soldi | Italy | Harmonia | 65.029 | 60 | ||||
| Anna Lukasik | Poland | Ganda | 65.000 | 61 | ||||
| Svetlana Kiseliova | Ukraine | Parish | 64.614 | 62 | ||||
| Katarzyna Milczarek | Poland | Dzeko | 64.600 | 63 | ||||
| Fie Christine Skarsoe | Luxembourg | One Night Stand | 64.429 | 64 | ||||
| Emma Kanerva | Finland | Solina | 64.357 | 65 | ||||
| Federica Scolari | Italy | Beldonwelt | 64.114 | 66 | ||||
| Louise Løkken | Norway | Mr Gold | 63.871 | 67 | ||||
| Dina Ellermann |  Estonia | Akvarel | 63.800 | 68 | ||||
| Maria Caetano | Portugal | Xiripiti | 63.786 | 69 | ||||
| Micol Rustignoli | Italy | Corallo Nero | 63.729 | 70 | ||||
| Evelyn Haim-Swarovski | Austria | Dorina | 63.157 | 71 | ||||
| Alisa Kovan'ko | Ukraine | Stallone | EL | – |
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