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Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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Equestrian
at the XVII Paralympic Games
The pictogram for para-equestrian dressage
VenueChâteau de Versailles
Dates3–7 September 2024
No. of events11
Competitors78 from 29 nations
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Equestrian at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
Individual championshipIIIIIIIVV
Individual freestyleIIIIIIIVV
TeamTeam Open

Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France are held at the Château de Versailles. There are eleven gender free events: ten individual events and one mixed team event.[1][2]

Competition format

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Teams are made of three athletes, all of whom are also competing for individual medals. Nations without a team can be represented by one or two individual athlete(s).[3]

The para-dressage competition starts with the Grand Prix Test A, which serves as an individual competition and in which the first individual medals are awarded. The best first 8 (eight) riders from each grade are qualified for the individual Freestyle. The second test, the Grand Prix Test B counts as Team test which serves as team competition where the team medals will be awarded. Only nations with a team can compete in the Grand Prix test B competition. The Freestyle consist of the best 8 (eight) athletes from the Grand Prix Test A competition, where again a string of three medals in each grade will be awarded. Each athlete designs their own test for the Freestyle, which must be set to music and must contain compulsory movements.[4]

Qualification

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There are 78 spots for para-equestrian riders at the Paralympic Games. Teams in each discipline consisted of three horse and rider pairs; any NOC that qualified a team (15 in total) also received 3 entries in the individual competition for that discipline. NOCs that did not qualify teams could earn one or two individual spots in dressage. Teams qualify primarily through specific competitions (World Equestrian Games and continental tournaments), while individuals qualified through ranking. The host nation France automatically reserves a team spot.[4]

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Team slots
2022 FEI World Championships[5] 6–14 August 2022 Denmark Herning 7 highest ranked teams
28 athletes		  Netherlands
 Denmark
 United States
 Great Britain
 Belgium
 Germany
 Italy
2023 FEI European Championships 4–10 September 2023 Germany Riesenbeck 1  Sweden
FEI Para Equestrian Regional Team Ranking Allocation 1 January – 31 December 2023 Africa (1 team quota) —
Americas (1 team quota)  Canada
Asia (1 team quota)  Singapore
Oceania (1 team quota)  Australia
FEI Para Equestrian Team Ranking List Allocation 2 highest ranked teams
8 athletes		  Austria
 Norway
Reallocation of African regional quota  Ireland
Host country allocation 13 September 2017 Peru Lima 4  France
Individual qualification
Para Equestrian Individual Ranking List 1 January – 31 December 2023 — 15  Latvia
 Brazil
 Hong Kong
 Poland
 Finland
 Hungary
 Brazil
 Czech Republic
 Finland
 South Africa
 Slovakia
 Switzerland
 Japan
 Japan
 Poland
Bipartite Commission Invitation Allocation 18 March 2024 — 3

 Greece
 Finland
 Czech Republic

Additional spots 5 August 2024 — 3

 Saudi Arabia
 New Zealand
 Mexico

Total 78

Officials

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Appointment of officials is as follows:[6]

Dressage
  • France Anne Prain (Ground Jury President)
  • United States Kristi Wysocki (Ground Jury Member)
  • Belgium Freddy Leyman (Ground Jury Member)
  • Netherlands Ineke Jansen (Ground Jury Member)
  • Australia Suzanne Cunningham (Ground Jury Member)
  • United Kingdom John Robinson (Ground Jury Member)
  • Italy Katherine Lucheschi (Ground Jury Member)
  • Germany Jan Holger Holtschmit (Technical Delegate)

Events

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Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Classification of events
DATE SESSION EVENT GRADE
2 September 2024 08:00:00 Horse Inspection
3 September 2024 09:00:00 Individual Championship Test Grade III
Individual Championship Test Grade II
Individual Championship Test Grade I
4 September 2024 10:00:00 Individual Championship Test Grade IV
Individual Championship Test Grade V
6 September 2024 09:30:00 Team Test Grade IV
Team Test Grade V
Team Test Grade I
Team Test Grade II
Team Test Grade III
7 September 2024 09:30:00 Individual Freestyle Test Grade III
Individual Freestyle Test Grade IV
Individual Freestyle Test Grade II
Individual Freestyle Test Grade I
Individual Freestyle Test Grade III

Participating nations

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76 athletes from 29 nations competed.

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (France)

RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States5117
2 Netherlands2406
3 Belgium2002
 Latvia2002
5 Germany0336
6 Great Britain0167
7 Italy0112
8 Denmark0101
Totals (8 entries)11111133

Medalists

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Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Individual championship test
details		 Grade I  Rihards Snikus
on King of the Dance (LAT) 		 Roxanne Trunnell
on Fan Tastico H (USA) 		 Sara Morganti
on Mariebelle (ITA)
Individual freestyle test
details 		 Rihards Snikus
on King of the Dance (LAT) 		 Sara Morganti
on Mariebelle (ITA) 		 Mari Durward-Akhurst
on Athene Lindebjerg (GBR)
Individual championship test
details		 Grade II  Fiona Howard
on Diamond Dunes (USA) 		 Katrine Kristensen
on Goerklintgaards Quater (DEN) 		 Georgina Wilson
on Sakura (GBR)
Individual freestyle test
details 		 Fiona Howard
on Diamond Dunes (USA) 		 Georgina Wilson
on Sakura (GBR) 		 Heidemarie Dresing
on Dooloop (GER)
Individual championship test
details		 Grade III  Rebecca Hart
on Floratina (USA) 		 Rixt van der Horst
on Royal Fonq (NED) 		 Natasha Baker
on Dawn Chorus (GBR)
Individual freestyle test
details 		 Rebecca Hart
on Floratina (USA) 		 Rixt van der Horst
on Royal Fonq (NED) 		 Natasha Baker
on Dawn Chorus (GBR)
Individual championship test
details		 Grade IV  Demi Haerkens
on Daula (NED) 		 Sanne Voets
on Demantur (NED) 		 Anna-Lena Niehues
on Quimbaya 6 (GER)
Individual freestyle test
details 		 Demi Haerkens
on Daula (NED) 		 Anna-Lena Niehues
on Quimbaya 6 (GER) 		 Kate Shoemaker
on Vianne (USA)
Individual championship test
details		 Grade V  Michèle George
on Best of 8 (BEL) 		 Regine Mispelkamp
on Highlander Delight's (GER) 		 Sophie Wells
on LJT Egebjerggards Samoa (GBR)
Individual freestyle test
details 		 Michèle George
on Best of 8 (BEL) 		 Regine Mispelkamp
on Highlander Delight's (GER) 		 Sophie Wells
on LJT Egebjerggards Samoa (GBR)
Team
details		 Open  United States
Rebecca Hart
on Floratina
Fiona Howard
on Diamond Dunes
Roxanne Trunnell
on Fan Tastico H 		 Netherlands
Demi Haerkens
on Daula
Rixt van der Horst
on Royal Fonq
Sanne Voets
on Demantur 		 Germany
Heidemarie Dresing
on Dooloop
Regine Mispelkamp
on Highlander Delight's
Anna-Lena Niehues
on Quimbaya 6

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2024 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 18 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Para Equestrian - Paris 2024". Paris 2024. 20 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Paralympic equestrian stars all set to dance on Versailles stage". FEI.org. 2 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Para Dressage Qualification System" (PDF). FEI. 25 March 2024.
  5. ^ "FEI World Championships Herning Denmark 2022". FEI. 20 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Officials" (PDF). Fei.org. 30 August 2023.
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