The individual dressage at the 2019 FEI European Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands was held at Kralingse Bos from 19 to 25 August. [1]
Germany's Isabell Werth won the gold medal in both Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Freestyle, repeating her success from 2017 European Dressage Championship held in Göteborg, Sweden. Dorothee Schneider representing Germany won a silver medal in both Grand Prix Freestyle and Grand Prix Special. Cathrine Dufour of Denmark won a bronze in special, while Germany's Jessica von Bredow-Werndl won a bronze in freestyle, her first individual medal at a major championship.
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 medals at the 2019 European Dressage Championships was awarded after the third phase, the Grand Prix Freestyle where top 15 combinations competed.
The following judges officiate during the European Dressage Championships: [2]
Mariëtte Sanders- van Gansewinkel (Ground Jury President)
Evi Eisenhardt (Ground Jury Member)
Janet Lee Foy (Ground Jury Member)
Clive Halsall (Ground Jury Member)
Susanne Baarup (Ground Jury Member)
Isabelle Judet (Ground Jury Member)
Irina Maknami (Ground Jury Member) Gotthilf Riexinger (Technical Delegate)All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, 19 August 2019 | 09:00 | Grand Prix (Day 1) |
| Tuesday, 20 August 2019 | 08:00 | Grand Prix (Day 2) |
| Thursday, 22 August 2019 | 16:00 | Grand Prix Special |
| Saturday, 24 August 2019 | 15:00 | Grand Prix Freestyle |
| Rider | Nation | Horse | GP score | Rank | GPS score | Rank | GPF score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isabell Werth | Germany | Bella Rose | 85.652 | 1 Q | 86.520 |  Q | 90.875 | |
| Dorothee Schneider | Germany | Showtime FRH | 80.233 | 2 Q | 85.465 |  Q | 90.561 | |
| Sonke Rothenberger | Germany | Cosmo | 79.084 | 3 Q | 78.116 | 6 | ||
| Edward Gal | Netherlands | Glock's Zonik | 78.758 | 4 Q | 77.994 | 8 Q | 84.271 | 6 |
| Daniel Bachmann Andersen | Denmark | Blue Hors Zack | 78.665 | 5 Q | 77.234 | 10 Q | 83.711 | 7 |
| Carl Hester | Great Britain | Hawtins Delicato | 78.323 | 6 Q | 77.508 | 9 Q | 70.732 | 14 |
| Patrik Kittel |  Sweden | Well Done de la Rouche CMF | 78.261 | 7 Q | 77.052 | 11 Q | 82.296 | 8 |
| Cathrine Dufour | Denmark | Atterupsgaard Cassidy | 77.143 | 8 Q | 81.337 |  Q | 87.771 | 4 |
| Jessica von Bredow-Werndl | Germany | Dalera TSF | 76.894 | 9 Q | 78.541 | 4 Q | 89.107 | |
| Gareth Hughes | Great Britain | Classic Briolinca | 76.351 | 10 Q | 78.085 | 7 Q | 80.125 | 10 |
| Judy Reynolds |  Ireland | Vancouver K | 76.351 | 10 Q | 78.252 | 5 Q | 85.589 | 5 |
| Juliette Ramel | Sweden | Buriel K.H. | 76.196 | 12 Q | 76.003 | 12 Q | 74.346 | 13 |
| Emmelie Scholtens | Netherlands | Desperados | 76.087 | 13 Q | 65.365 | 29 | ||
| Therese Nilshagen | Sweden | Dante Weltino OLD | 75.466 | 14 Q | 75.365 | 14 Q | 78.946 | 11 |
| Hans-Peter Minderhoud | Netherlands | Glock's Dream Boy | 75.295 | 15 Q | 75.517 | 13 Q | 81.546 | 9 |
| Beatriz Ferrer-Salat |  Spain | Delgado | 74.363 | 16 Q | EL | 30 | ||
| Charlotte Fry | Great Britain | Dark Legend | 74.317 | 17 Q | 73.815 | 17 | ||
| Antonia Ramel | Sweden | Brother de Jeu | 74.224 | 18 Q | 73.435 | 19 | ||
| Claudio Castilla Ruiz | Spain | Alcaide | 73.214 | 19 Q | 74.407 | 16 Q | 77.861 | 12 |
| Elena Sidneva | Russia | Fuhur 6 | 72.950 | 20 Q | 72.568 | 20 | ||
| Anders Dahl | Denmark | Fidelio van het Bloemhof | 72.733 | 21 Q | 71.869 | 22 | ||
| Henri Ruoste |  Finland | Rossetti | 72.686 | 22 Q | 75.228 | 15 Q | 67.982 | 15 |
| Agnete Kirk Thinggaard | Denmark | Jojo AZ | 72.671 | 23 Q | 72.508 | 21 | ||
| Maria Caetano |  Portugal | Coroado | 72.329 | 24 Q | 71.398 | 23 | ||
| Anne Meulendijks | Netherlands | MDH Avanti | 71.801 | 25 Q | 73.663 | 18 | ||
| Rodrigo Torres | Portugal | Fagoso | 71.786 | 26 Q | 70.957 | 24 | ||
| Morgan Barbancon | France | Sir Donnerhall II OLD | 71.599 | 27 Q | 69.468 | 27 | ||
| Birgit Wientzek Pläge |  Switzerland | Robinvale | 71.584 | 28 Q | 70.684 | 26 | ||
| Laurence Roos |  Belgium | Fil Rouge | 70.466 | 29 Q | 70.174 | 25 | ||
| Florian Bacher |  Austria | Fidertraum | 70.171 | 30 Q | 67.644 | 28 | ||
| Estelle Wettstein | Switzerland | West Side Story OLD | 70.047 | 31 | ||||
| Juan Antonio Jimenez Cobo | Spain | Euclides Mor | 69.969 | 32 | ||||
| Tatyana Kosterina | Russia | Diavolessa V. | 69.720 | 33 | ||||
| Borja Carrascosa | Spain | Ein Traum | 69.705 | 34 | ||||
| Heike Holstein | Ireland | Sambuca | 69.427 | 35 | ||||
| Arnaud Serre | France | Ultrablue de Massa | 69.425 | 36 | ||||
| Karoline Valenta | Austria | Diego | 69.397 | 37 | ||||
| João Miguel Torrao | Portugal | Equador | 68.991 | 38 | ||||
| Belinda Weinbauer | Austria | Fustanella OLD | 68.882 | 39 | ||||
| Sascha Schulz |  Luxembourg | Dragao | 68.773 | 40 | ||||
| Stéphanie Brieussel | France | Amorak | 68.758 | 41 | ||||
| Astrid Neumayer | Austria | Sir Simon | 68.727 | 42 | ||||
| Eyal Zlatin |  Israel | Bonzanjo | 68.463 | 43 | ||||
| Fanny Verliefden | Belgium | Indoctro v/h Steenblok | 68.137 | 44 | ||||
| Libuse Mencke |  Czech Republic | Syrio 2 | 67.873 | 45 | ||||
| Anna Merveldt | Ireland | Esporim | 67.717 | 46 | ||||
| Mikaela Fabricius-Bjerre | Finland | Skovlunds Gamin G | 67.702 | 47 | ||||
| Michael Bugan |  Slovakia | For President | 67.593 | 48 | ||||
| Duarte Nogueira | Portugal | Beirao | 67.531 | 49 | ||||
| Simon Missiaen | Belgium | Charlie | 67.314 | 50 | ||||
| Evgenija Davydova | Russia | Awakening | 67.283 | 51 | ||||
| Terhi Stegars | Finland | Thai Pee | 67.158 | 52 | ||||
| Charlotte Lenherr | Switzerland | Darko of de Niro ZC CH | 66.957 | 53 | ||||
| Dina Ellermann |  Estonia | Donna Anna | 66.661 | 54 | ||||
| Kate Dwyer | Ireland | Snowdon Faberge | 66.180 | 55 | ||||
| Fie Christine Skarsoe | Luxembourg | So Dark | 66.102 | 56 | ||||
| Carla Aeberhard | Switzerland | Delioh von Buchmatt CH | 65.947 | 57 | ||||
| Carrie Schopf |  Armenia | Saumur | 65.450 | 58 | ||||
| Joanne Vaughan |  Georgia | Elmegardens Marquis | 64.907 | 59 | ||||
| Micah Deligdish | Israel | Destiny | 64.736 | 60 | ||||
| Mikaela Soratie | Finland | Dacor | 64.457 | 61 | ||||
| Anita Schmidt |  Hungary | Limitless | 63.012 | 62 | ||||
| Yulia Vinnitskaja | Russia | Samba Pa Ti | 62.516 | 63 | ||||
| Oksana Gusarova |  Ukraine | Enrico | 62.391 | 64 | ||||
| Grete Ayache | Estonia | Farao da Raia | 60.683 | 65 | ||||
| Charlotte Dujardin | Great Britain | Mount st. John Freestyle | EL | 66 | ||||
| Nicolas Wagner | Luxembourg | Quarter Back Junior | EL | 66 | ||||
| Charlotte Chalvignac | France | Lights of Londonderry | EL | 66 | ||||
| Isabel Cool | Belgium | Aranco V | EL | 66 |
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