2016 Summer Paralympics / Riding

Riding at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
information
venue	Rio de Janeiro
Competition venue	Olympic Equestrian Center
Nations	29
Athletes	78
date	11-16 September 2016
decisions	11
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In dressage for riders with disabilities (para-dressage) medals were awarded in eleven decisions at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro .

Competition classes

Four competition classes (degrees) are distinguished in equestrian sports for the disabled:

• Grade I: Riders whose limbs are only functional to a limited extent or who have limited ability to balance. In addition, riders with poor trunk balance. Grade I is divided into:
  • Grade Ia: Severely disabled riders, mostly only step exercises.
  • Grade Ib: Step-trot tasks are required here.
• Grade II, for riders with severe mobility impairments (leg functions and / or trunk balance), but partially good arm functions. Step and trot tasks, in the freestyle optional individual canter lessons.
• Grade III, for riders with disabilities of two limbs, blind riders and riders with a high leg amputation on one side. All gaits of the horse are required, comparable to tasks of classes A to L in regular sport.
• Grade IV, for riders with visual impairments or limitations in one or two limbs. The tasks correspond to those of classes L to M in regular sport.

→ Main article : Equestrian sports for the disabled

Competitions and schedule

Between 11 and 16 September 2016, found competitions of Para-Dressage instead, the decisions were made in the second half of the day of September 13. Was the venue already for the equestrian competitions of the 2007 Pan American Games and 2016 Summer Olympics used Reitstadion Deodoro (Olympic Equestrian Center) .

At the Paralympic equestrian competitions, exclusively dressage competitions, 76 riders started with their horses. The starting field for para-dressage comprised 29 nations, 14 of which had a team of at least three riders. As usual in equestrian sports, men and women compete together in a competition.

With eleven decisions, the program was identical to that of the 2012 Summer Paralympics .

Equestrian competitions and schedule
	August September
Competitions	11.	12.	13.	14th	15th	16.
team
Grade Ia
Grade Ib
Grade II
Grade III
Grade IV

The blue fields represent days with exams, the gold fields the day of the respective decision.

Decisions and results

Team ranking

The teams consisted of up to four riders per nation, with the three best results being included in the evaluation. The team evaluation included the team test and the championship test of all competition classes.

The team from Great Britain won by a clear 20 percentage points. The German team achieved the silver medal even though three of the four riders were taking part in the Paralympic Games for the first time.

Bottom line

space	country	Riders and horses	percent
			Team test	Championship test	total
1	Great Britain				453,306
		Sophie Wells (Grade IV) Valerius	74,405	74.857	149.262
		Natasha Baker (Grade II) Cabral	71.882	73,400	(145,282)
		Sophie Christiansen (Grade Ia) Athene Lindebjerg	77.522	78.217	155.739
		Anne Dunham (Grade Ia) Lucas Normark	73,957	74,348	148,305
2	Germany				433,321
		Carolin Schnarre (Grade IV) Del Rusch	65.833	69.905	(135,738)
		Alina Rosenberg (Grade Ib) Nea's Daboun	73.160	70.966	144.126
		Steffen Zeibig (Grade II) Feel Good	71.529	70.057	141.586
		Elke Philipp (Grade Ia) Regaliz	73.913	73.696	147,609
3	Netherlands				430.353
		Frank Hosmar (Grade IV) Alphaville	72.381	72,452	144.833
		Nicole the Dulk (Grade Ib) Wallace	70.640	71.103	(141,743)
		Rixt van der Horst (Grade II) Caraat	71.353	70.743	142.096
		Demi Vermeulen (Grade II) Burberry	71.824	71,600	143.424
4th	Denmark				428.229
		Annika Lykke Dalskov Risum (Grade III) Aros a Fenris	70.132	70.122	140.254
		Susanne Sunesen (Grade III) Que Faire	70.158	72.171	142.329
		Stinna Kaastrup (Grade Ib) Smarties	71.680	73.966	145.646
		Caroline Nielsen (Grade II) Leon	68,412	69.057	(137,469)
5	Belgium				422.834
		Ciska Vermeulen (Grade IV) Rohmeo	69.476	68,000	137.476
		Michèle George (Grade IV) FBW Rainman	75.286	74.333	149.619
		Barbara Minneci (Grade II) Barilla	67.471	66.714	(134,185)
		Eveline van Looveren (Grade Ia) Excellent	68.174	67.565	135.739
6th	Norway				422.375
		Ann Cathrin Lübbe (Grade III) Donatello	72.237	72.878	145.115
		Heidi Loeken (Grade IV) Armano	64.238	62,333	(126,571)
		Birgitte Reitan (Grade Ia) Steffi Graf	68.391	68.130	136.521
		Jens Lasse Dokkan (Grade Ia) Cypres	70.652	70.087	140.739
7th	Brazil				418.693
		Rodolpho Riskalla (Grade III) Warenne	66.737	68,366	(135,103)
		Marcos Alves (Grade Ib) Vladimir	66.840	68.897	135.737
		Vera Lucia Mazzilli (Grade Ia) Ballantine	68.913	67.130	136.043
		Sergio Oliva (Grade Ia) Coco Chanel	73.087	73.826	146.913
8th	Austria				418.610
		Pepo Puch (Grade Ib) Fontainenoir	74.160	75.103	149.263
		Thomas Haller (Grade II) Pushkin	62.676	withdrawn	(62,676)
		Michael Martin Knauder (Grade Ia) Contessa	67.913	68,087	136,000
		Julia Sciancalepore (Grade Ia) Pommery	67.043	66,304	133,347
9	Australia				415,367
10	France				412.154
11	Italy				411.669
12	United States				409,439
13	Canada				404.926
14th	Singapore				401,952

Individual ratings: championship test

The individual evaluation was carried out separately from the team evaluation. Two sets of medals were awarded per competition class, the first of which in the championship tests. These competitions were held from September 13th (second half of the day) to September 15, 2016.

Grade Ia

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	GBR Sophie Christiansen	Athena Lindebjerg	78.217%
2	GBR Anne Dunham	Lucas Normark	74.348%
3	BRA Sérgio Oliva	Coco Chanel	73.826%
4th	GER Elke Philipp	Regaliz	73.696%
5	SIN Laurentia Tan	Lord Sherlock	73.522%

Austria started with two riders in grade Ia. Michael Martin Knauder , achieved a result of 68.087 percent with Contessa , he came in 14th place. His compatriot, the 20-year-old Julia Sciancalepore , came in 19th place with her gelding Pommery of the same age with 66.304 percent.

Grade Ib

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	AUT Pepo Puch	Fontainenoir	75.103%
2	GBR Lee Pearson	Zion	74.103%
3	THE Stinna Kaastrup	Smarties	73.966%
4th	NED Nicole the Dulk	Wallace	71.103%
5	DEU Alina Rosenberg	Nea's Daboun	70.966%

Grade II

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	GBR Natasha Baker	Cabral	73.400%
2	NED Demi Vermeulen	Burberry	71,600%
3	NED Rixt van der Horst	Caraat	70.743%
4th	DEU Steffen Zeibig	Feel Good 4	70.057%
5	FROM Emma Booth	Zidane	69.914%

The German Claudia Schmidt reached 11th place on Romeo Royal with 67.314%, the Austrian Thomas Haller on Puschkin withdrew his participation.

Grade III

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	NOR Ann Cathrin Lübbe	Donatello	72.878%
2	THE Susanne Sunesen	Que faire	72.171%
3	SWE Louise Etzner Jakobsson	Zernard	70.341%
4th	NED Sanne Voets	Demantur	70.122%
5	DEN Annika Lykke Dalskov Risum	Aros a Fenris	70.122%

The Swiss Celine van Till achieved 13th place on Amanta with 67.317%.

Grade IV

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	GBR Sophie Wells	Valerius	74.857%
2	BEL Michèle George	FBW Rainman	74.333%
3	NED Frank Hosmar	Alphaville	72.452%
4th	FROM Lisa Martin	First Famous	71.476%
5	DEU Carolin Schnarre	Del Rusch	69.905%

The Swiss Nicole Geiger on Phal de Lafayette withdrew her participation.

Individual ratings: Freestyle

In the freestyle, the second sets of medals were awarded per competition class. In these tests, the riders put together the prescribed lessons of their competition class individually for one test. Even more difficult lessons that are not included in the regular tasks of the competition classes could be incorporated. Only two riders per nation were allowed per freestyle and competition class. All freestyle exams were held on September 16th.

Grade Ia

Eight riders competed in the grade Ia freestyle. In the first four places, the result corresponded to that of the championship test of this competition class. Like four years ago, Sophie Christiansen was also the 2016 Paralympic winner in this free-style competition. In Rio de Janeiro she competed with the 9-year-old black mare Athene Lindebjerg .

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	GBR Sophie Christiansen	Athena Lindebjerg	79.700%
2	GBR Anne Dunham	Lucas Normark	76.050%
3	BRA Sérgio Oliva	Coco Chanel	75.150%
4th	GER Elke Philipp	Regaliz	73,700%,
5	LAT Rihards Snikus	King of the Dance	72.900%

Grade Ib

In grade Ib, the seven best riders of the championship test started in the freestyle. In contrast to the championship test and the 2012 Paralympic Freestyle, Pepo Puch could not win the gold medal. This went to the multiple gold medalist from previous Summer Paralympics, Lee Pearson , who rode the 12-year-old gelding Zion here .

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	GBR Lee Pearson	Zion	77.400%
2	AUT Pepo Puch	Fontainenoir	76.750%
3	THE Stinna Kaastrup	Smarties	74.750%
4th	DEU Alina Rosenberg	Nea's Daboun	72.550%
5	NED Nicole the Dulk	Wallace	72.350%

Grade II

Seven participants competed in the Grade II freestyle. Natasha Baker's lead was less clear than four years ago in London , but with Cabral she again won the gold medal in the Grade II freestyle. Steffen Zeibig secured the bronze medal , this was the only individual medal for the German riders at these summer Paralympics.

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	GBR Natasha Baker	Cabral	77.850%
2	NED Rixt van der Horst	Caraat	76.250%
3	DEU Steffen Zeibig	Feel good	74.350%
4th	NED Demi Vermeulen	Burberry	73.700%
5	DEN Caroline Nielsen	Leon	72.750%

Grade III

In the Grade III freestyle six riders were still at the start. The final result of the freestyle in this competition class differed significantly from the result of the championship test. Sanne Voets from the Netherlands , who barely missed a medal in the championship test, won the gold medal in the freestyle. Here she rode the 8-year-old KWPN gelding Demantur .

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	NED Sanne Voets	Demantur	73.850%
2	NOR Ann Cathrin Lübbe	Donatello	73.800%
3	SWE Louise Etzner Jakobsson	Zernard	73.650%
4th	DEN Annika Lykke Dalskov Risum	Aros a Fenris	73.050%
5	THE Susanne Sunesen	Que faire	72,600%

Grade IV

Six more rider-horse pairs started in the Grade IV freestyle. The gold and silver medal winners of the championship test swapped places in the freestyle. The result of the freestyle was thus a repetition of the result of the freestyle at the 2012 Summer Paralympics: Michèle George won ahead of Sophie Wells and Frank Hosmar, with George and Hosmar each riding the same horses as in London.

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	BEL Michèle George	FBW Rainman	76.300%
2	GBR Sophie Wells	Valerius	76.150%
3	NED Frank Hosmar	Alphaville	74.800%
4th	FROM Lisa Martin	First Famous	72.250%
5	DEU Carolin Schnarre	Del Rusch	69,600%

Medal table

Medal table riding after 2 of 11 decisions
space	country				total
1	Great Britain	1	-	-	1
	Norway	1	-	-	1
3	Belgium	-	1	-	1
	Denmark	-	1	-	1
5	Netherlands	-	-	1	1
	Sweden	-	-	1	1
total		2	2	2	6th

Web links

• Timing and results (English)
• Paralympic Movement website (paralympic.org) (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Competition classes (grades) in para-dressage sport on the website of the German Board of Trustees for Therapeutic Riding
2. ↑ Rio 2016 Paralympic Games: Definite Entries List PARA-EQUESTRIAN DRESSAGE , as of August 31, 2016
3. ↑ Para-dressage schedule at the Paralympics 2016 on the website of the German Equestrian Association
4. ↑ Final result of the team evaluation ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) 
5. ↑ Individual evaluation of the Championshiptest Grade Ia ( memento of the original from September 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. with marks (PDF) 
6. ↑ Individual evaluation of the Championshiptest Grade Ib ( memento of the original from September 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. with marks (PDF) 
7. ↑ Individual evaluation of the Championshiptest Grade II ( memento of the original from September 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. with marks (PDF) 
8. ↑ Individual evaluation of the Championshiptest Grade III ( memento of the original from September 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. with marks (PDF) 
9. ↑ Individual evaluation of the Championshiptest Grade IV ( memento of the original from September 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. with marks (PDF) 
10. ↑ FEI Regulations for Equestrian Events at the Paralympic Games, 2nd Edition, Effective for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games : Article 621, Number 2 "Participation in para-equestrian dressage competitions"
11. ↑ Individual evaluation Freestyle Grade Ia ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) 
12. ↑ Individual evaluation Freestyle Grade Ib ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. with marks (PDF) 
13. ↑ Individual evaluation Freestyle Grade II ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) 
14. ↑ Individual evaluation Freestyle Grade III ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. with marks (PDF) 
15. ↑ Individual evaluation Freestyle Grade IV ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. with marks (PDF)