European Show Jumping Championships

Last updated March 21, 2024

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.

Past winners

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.

Individual results

Individual medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1957	Rotterdam	Hans Günter Winkler on Sonnenglanz	Bernard de Fombelle on Bucéphale	Salvatore Oppes on Pagoro
1958	Aachen	Fritz Thiedemann on Meteor	Piero D'Inzeo on The Rock	Hans Günter Winkler on Halla
1959	Paris	Piero D'Inzeo on Uruguay	Pierre Jonquères d’Oriola on Virtuoso	Fritz Thiedemann on Godewind
1961	Aachen	David Broome on Sunsalve	Piero D'Inzeo on Pioneer	Hans Günter Winkler on Feuerdorn
1962	London	David Barker on Mr Softee	Hans Günter Winkler on Romanus	Piero D'Inzeo on The Rock
1963	Rome	Graziano Mancinelli on Rockette	Alwin Schockemöhle on Freiherr	Harvey Smith on Warpaint
1965	Aachen	Hermann Schridde on Dozent	Nelson Pessoa on Gran Geste	Alwin Schockemöhle on Exakt
1966	Lucerne	Nelson Pessoa on Gran Geste	Frank Chapot on Good Twist	Hugo Miguel Arrambide on Chimbote
1967	Rotterdam	David Broome on Mr Softee	Harvey Smith on Harvester	Alwin Schockemöhle on Pesgö
1969	Hickstead	David Broome on Mr Softee	Alwin Schockemöhle on Donald	Hans Günter Winkler on Enigk
1971	Aachen	Hartwig Steenken on Simona	Harvey Smith on Evan Jones	Paul Weier on Wulf
1973	Hickstead	Paddy McMahon on Penwood Forge Mill	Alwin Schockemöhle on The Robber	Hubert Parot on Tic
1975	Munich	Alwin Schockemöhle on Warwick	Hartwig Steenken on Erle	Sönke Sönksen on Kwept
1977	Vienna	Johan Heins on Saven Valleys	Eddie Macken on Kerrygold	Toon Ebben on Jumbo Design
1979	Rotterdam	Gerd Wiltfang on Roman	Paul Schockemöhle on Deister	Hugo Simon on Gladstone
1981	Munich	Paul Schockemöhle on Deister	Malcolm Pyrah on Anglezarke	Bruno Candrian on Van Gogh
1983	Hickstead	Paul Schockemöhle on Deister	John Whitaker on Ryans Son	Frédéric Cottier on Flambeau C
1985	Dinard	Paul Schockemöhle on Deister	Heidi Robbiani on Jessica V	John Whitaker on Hopscotch
1987	St. Gallen	Pierre Durand Jr. on Jappeloup	John Whitaker on Milton	Nick Skelton on Apollo
1989	Rotterdam	John Whitaker on Milton	Michael Whitaker on Mon Santa	Jos Lansink on Felix
1991	La Baule	Eric Navet on Quito de Baussy	Franke Sloothaak on Walzerkönig	Jos Lansink on Egano
1993	Gijón	Willi Melliger on Quinta	Michel Robert on Miss San Patrignano	Michael Whitaker on Midnight Madness
1995	St. Gallen	Peter Charles on La Ina	Michael Whitaker on Two Step	Willi Melliger on Calvaro V
1997	Mannheim	Ludger Beerbaum on Ratina Z	Hugo Simon on E.T.	Willi Melliger on Calvaro V
1999	Hickstead	Alexandra Ledermann on Rochet M	Markus Fuchs on Tinkas Boy	Lesley McNaught on Dulf
2001	Arnhem	Ludger Beerbaum on Gladdys S	Ludo Philippaerts on Verelst Otterongo	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson on Isovlas Pialotta
2003	Donaueschingen	Christian Ahlmann on Cöster	Ludger Beerbaum on Goldfever	Marcus Ehning on For Pleasure
2005	San Patrignano	Marco Kutscher on Montender	Christina Liebherr on No Mercy	Jeroen Dubbeldam on Nassau
2007	Mannheim	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum on Shutterfly	Jos Lansink on Al-Kaheel Cavalor Cumano	Ludger Beerbaum on Goldfever
2009	Windsor	Kevin Staut on Kraque Boom	Carsten-Otto Nagel on Corradina	Albert Zoer on Okidoki
2011	Madrid	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson on Ninja	Carsten-Otto Nagel on Corradina	Nick Skelton on Carlo
2013	Herning	Roger-Yves Bost on Myrtille Paulois	Ben Maher on Cella	Scott Brash on Sanctos
2015	Aachen	Jeroen Dubbeldam on Zenith	Gregory Wathelet on Conrad	Simon Delestre on Ryan
2017	Gothenburg	Peder Fredricson on All In	Harrie Smolders on Don	Cian O'Connor on Good Luck
2019	Rotterdam	Martin Fuchs on Clooney	Ben Maher on Explosion W	Jos Verlooy on Igor
2021	Riesenbeck	André Thieme on Chakaria	Martin Fuchs on Leone Jei	Peder Fredricson on Catch Me Not
2023	Milan	Steve Guerdat on Dynamix de Belheme	Philipp Weishaupt on Zineday	Julien Epaillard on Dubai du Cedre

Team results

1975 Munich (FRG) – 6 Teams

1. FRG – (Alwin Schockemöhle, Hartwig Steenken, Sönke Sönksen, Hendrik Snoek) – 35.5 penalties
2. SUI – (Weier, Gabathuler, Candrian, Friedli) – 94.0
3. FRA – (Rozier, Balanda, Roche, Parot) – 97.0

1977 Vienna (AUT) – 9 Teams

1. NED – (Wouters, Ebben, Nooren, Heins) – 20.0 penalties
2. GBR – (Ricketts, Johnsey, H. Smith, Broome) – 20.25
3. FRG – (Koof, Merkel, P. Schockemöhle, Wiltfang) – 36.0

1979 Rotterdam (NED) – 10 Teams

1. GBR – (Pyrah, Ricketts, Bradley, Broome) – 24.70 penalties
2. FRG – (Johannsmann, Luther, P. Schockemöhle, Wiltfang) – 30.95
3. IRL – (Roche, Gerry Mullins, Con Power, Macken) – 34.10

1981 Munich (FRG) – 9 Teams

1. FRG – (Koof, Luther, Wiltfang, P. Schockemöhle) – 11.86 penalties
2. SUI – (Melliger, Gabathuler, T. Fuchs, Candrian) – 21.86
3. NED – (Hendrix, Ehrens, Nooren, Heins) – 26.35

1983 Hickstead (GBR) – 11 Teams

1. SUI – (Gabathuler, Robbiani, Melliger, T. Fuchs) – 12.19 penalties
2. GBR – (H. Smith, Broome, J. Whitaker, Pyrah) – 21.89
3. FRG – (Buchwaldt, Rüping, Wiltfang, P. Schockemöhle) – 24.32

1985 Dinard (FRA) – 8 Teams

1. GBR – (Skelton, M. Whitaker, Pyrah, J. Whitaker – 21.56 penalties
2. SUI – (Guerdat, Robbiani, Gabathuler, Melliger) – 42.08
3. FRG – (Sloothaak, Rüping, Luther, P. Schockemöhle) – 44.75

1987 St. Gallen (SUI) – 8 Teams

1. GBR – (Skelton, M. Whitaker, Pyrah, J. Whitaker,) – 10.32 penalties
2. FRA – (Ph. Rozier, Durand, Cottier, Robert) – 35.43
3. SUI – (Guerdat, M. Fuchs, Gabathuler, Melliger) – 45.01

1989 Rotterdam (NED) – 8 Teams

1. GBR – (Skelton, M. Whitaker, J.Turi, J. Whitaker,) – 20.35 penalties
2. FRA – (Godignon, Ph. Rozier, Robert, Durand) – 33.41
3. SUI – (Gabathuler, M. Fuchs, Melliger, T. Fuchs) – 35.85

1991 La Baule (FRA) – 11 Teams

1. NED – (Raymakers, Tops, Hendrix, Lansink) – 29.87 penalties
2. GBR – (Skelton, M. Whitaker, Broome, J. Whitaker,) – 34.16
3. SUI – (Melliger, M. Fuchs, Letter, T. Fuchs) – 37.39

1993 Gijon (ESP) – 9 Teams

1. SUI – (Melliger, McNaught-Mändli, Lauber, T. Fuchs) – 19.23 penalties
2. GBR – (Skelton, M. Whitaker, Armstrong, J. Whitaker,) – 21.15
3. FRA – (Bourdy, Robert, Godignon, Navet) – 29.88

1995 St. Gallen (SUI) – 11 Teams

1. SUI – (Melliger, McNaught, Lauber, M. Fuchs) – 8 penalties
2. GBR – (Skelton, M. Whitaker, Bradley, J. Whitaker,) – 12
3. FRA – (H. Godignon, J-M. Bonneau, A. Ledermann, R-Y. Bost) – 16

1997 Mannheim (GER) – 12 Teams

1. GER – (L. Nieberg, M. Beerbaum, L. Beerbaum, Merschformann) – 15.75 penalties
2. NED – (E. Hendrix, B. Romp, J. Tops, J. Lansink) – 21.61
3. GBR – (M. Whitaker, G. Billington, R. Smith, J. Whitaker,) – 34.86

1999 Hickstead (GBR) – 14 Teams

1. GER – (C-O. Nagel, M. Michaels-Beerbaum, M. Ehning, L. Beerbaum) – 24.13 penalties
2. SUI – (L. McNaught, M. Fuchs, B. Mändli, W. Melliger) – 25.91
3. NED – (E. Hendrix, J. Dubbeldam, J. Tops, J. Lansink) – 29.13

2001 Arnhem (NED) – 14 Teams

1. IRL – (Kevin Babington, Jessica Kürten, Peter Charles, Dermott Lennon) – 34.04 penalties
2. SWE – (M. Baryard, H. Lundbeck, R-G. Bengtsson, P. Eriksson) – 35.19
3. GER – (S.Von Rönne, O. Becker, L. Nieberg, L. Beerbaum) – 41.75

2003 Donaueschingen (GER) – 18 Teams

1. GER – (Marcus Ehning, Christian Ahlmann, Ludger Beerbaum, Otto Becker) – 15.15 penalties
2. FRA – (Michel Robert, Eric Levallois, Michel Hécart, Reynald Angot) – 25.30
3. SUI – (Beat Mändli, Steve Guerdat, Markus Fuchs, Willi Melliger) – 28.86

2005 San Patrignano (ITA) – 14 Teams

1. GER – (Marcus Ehning, Christian Ahlmann, Marco Kutscher, Meredith M. Beerbaum) – 18 penalties
2. SUI – (Fabio Crotta, Steve Guerdat, Christina Liebherr, Markus Fuchs) – 34.42
3. NED – (Gerco Schröder, Leon Thijssen, Jeroen Dubbeldam, Yves Houtackers) – 35.76

2007 Mannheim (GER) – 18 Teams

1. NED – (Vincent Voorn, Jeroen Dubbeldam, Albert Zoer, Gerco Schröder) – 7.37 penalties
2. GER – (Marcus Ehning, Christian Ahlmann, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Ludger Beerbaum) – 9.18
3. GBR – (Michael Whitaker, David McPherson, Ellen Whitaker, John Whitaker) – 15.43

2009 Windsor (GBR) – 17 Teams

1. SUI – (Pius Schwizer, Daniel Etter, Steve Guerdat, Clarissa Crotta) – 27.66 penalties
2. ITA – (Juan-Carlos Garcia, Giuseppe d'Onofrio, Natale Chiaudani, Piergiorgio Bucci) – 31.00
3. GER – (Marcus Ehning, Carsten-Otto Nagel, Thomas Mühlbauer, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum) – 31.75

2011 Madrid (ESP) – 9 Teams

1. GER – (Marco Kutscher, Carsten-Otto Nagel, Janne Friederike Meyer, Ludger Beerbaum) – 10.41 penalties
2. FRA – (Michel Robert, Pénélope Leprevost, Kevin Staut, Olivier Guillon) – 15.95
3. GBR – (Nick Skelton, Guy Williams, Ben Maher, John Whitaker) – 22.46

2013 Herning (DEN) – 19 Teams

1. GBR – (Ben Maher, Michael Whitaker, William Funnell, Scott Brash) – 12.18 penalties
2. GER – (Daniel Deusser, Carsten-Otto Nagel, Christian Ahlmann, Ludger Beerbaum) – 12.77
3. SWE – (Jens Fredricson, Angelica Augustsson, Henrik von Eckermann, Rolf-Göran Bengtsson) – 13.44

2015 Aachen (GER) – 22 Teams

1. NED – (Jeroen Dubbeldam, Maikel van der Vleuten, Jur Vrieling, Gerco Schröder) – 8.82 penalties^[1]
2. GER – (Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Christian Ahlmann, Ludger Beerbaum), Daniel Deusser – 12.40
3. SUI – (Romain Duguet, Martin Fuchs, Janika Sprunger, Paul Estermann) – 18.23

2017 Gothenburg (SWE) - 17 Teams

1. IRE - (Shane Sweetnam, Bertram Allen, Denis Lynch, Cian O'Connor) - 12.11 penalties^[2]
2 SWE - (Henrik von Eckermann, Malin Baryard-Johnsson, Douglas Lindlöw, Peder Fredricson) - 18.21
3 SUI - (Nadja Peter Steiner, Romain Duguet, Martin Fuchs, Steve Guerdat) - 20.15

2019 Rotterdam (NED) - 15 Teams

1. BEL – (Pieter Devos, Jos Verlooy, Jérôme Guery, Gregory Wathelet) – 12.07 penalties^[3]
2. GER - (Simone Blum, Christian Ahlmann, Marcus Ehning, Daniel Deusser) - 16.22
3. GBR - (Ben Maher, Holly Smith, Amanda Derbyshire, Scott Brash) - 21.41

2021 Riesenbeck (GER) - 15 Teams

1. SUI – (Elian Baumann, Bryan Balsiger, Martin Fuchs, Steve Guerdat) – 9.47 penalties^[4]
2. GER – (André Thieme, Marcus Ehning, Christian Kukuk, David Will) – 12.77
3. BEL – (Pieter Devos, Jos Verlooy, Olivier Philippaerts, Nicola Philippaerts) – 17.34

2023 Milan (ITA) - 15 Teams

1. SWE – (Henrik von Eckermann, Wilma Hellström, Jens Fredicson, Rolf-Göran Bengtsson) – 9.51 penalties^[5]
2. IRL - (Michael Duffy, Trevor Breen, Shane Sweetnam, Eoin McMahon) - 18.00
3. AUT - (Gerfried Puck, Katharina Rhomberg, Max Kühner, Alessandra Reich) - 22.77

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References

↑ FEI European Championships (August 11th to 23rd) European Championship Jumping Team Aachen 2015
↑ Longines Timing
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↑ "LONGINES FEI Jumping European Championship 2021 - Team Final". September 3, 2021.
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[1] FEI European Championships (August 11th to 23rd) European Championship Jumping Team Aachen 2015

[2] Longines Timing

[3] Longines Timing

[4] "LONGINES FEI Jumping European Championship 2021 - Team Final". September 3, 2021.

[5] Longines Timing

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