2004 Summer Paralympics / Riding

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At the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, medals in dressage were awarded in nine events at the Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Center .

Classes

The equestrian competitions were divided into the following four levels of disability:

  • Grade 1: Mainly wheelchair users with poor body balance and / or impairment of both arms and legs, or without body balance and good arm functionality, or moderate body balance and significant damage to both arms and legs.
  • Grade 2: Mainly wheelchair users, but also severely physically handicapped people with limited trunk control and good to moderate arm control or one-sided damage.
  • Grade 3: Able to walk without assistance, wheelchairs may be required for longer distances. Minor unilateral disability, or minor disability of both arms and legs, or significant impairment of arm functionality. Total blindness or mental retardation.
  • Grade 4: Disability in one or two extremities, or visual impairment.

competition

Men and women present their horses in joint competitions .

For each degree of disability there are individual competitions in dressage , once a compulsory (championship task) and once the separately rated music freestyle. There is also the team competition, in which four riders can compete. If there are four riders, one of them is responsible for the deletion.

German team

As the high favorite, Hannelore Brenner had to forego a start in duty, as her mare Fabiola had to be withdrawn from the competition due to an inflammation of the dermis . She did the freestyle on Roquefort , the horse of her teammate Bianca Vogel . Although she hardly had time to adjust to the animal, she achieved second place with it. The team also came in second.

Medal table

rank nation  gold   silver bronze total 
1 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 5 0 3 8th
2 NorwayNorway Norway 2 0 0 2
SwedenSweden Sweden 2 0 0 2
4th GermanyGermany Germany 0 4th 1 5
5 South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 0 2 0 2
6th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 0 1 2 3
7th AustraliaAustralia Australia 0 1 1 2
8th United StatesUnited States United States 0 1 0 1
9 CanadaCanada Canada 0 0 2 2
10 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 0 0 1 1

Medalist

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Single compulsory grade 1 GBR Lee Pearson
on Blue Circle Boy 		FROM Jan Pike
on Dr Doolittle 		GBR Sophie Christiansen
on Hotstuff
Single compulsory grade 2 SWE Irene Slaettengren
on Larino 		NED Joop Stokkel
on Pegasus 		NED Gert Bolmer
on Lodewijk

GBR Nic Tustain
on Prince Heinrich

Single compulsory grade 3 GBR Deborah Criddle
on Figaro IX 		GER Bianca Vogel
on Roquefort 16 		GER Bettina Eistel
on Aaron
Single compulsory grade 4 NOR Ann Cathrin Lübbe
on Zanko 		RSA Philippa Johnson
on Burgmans Benedict 		CAN Karen Brain
on Dasskara
Individual freestyle grade 1 GBR Lee Pearson
on Blue Circle Boy 		USA Lynn Seidemann
on Phoenix B 		FROM Jan Pike
on Dr Doolittle
Individual freestyle grade 2 SWE Irene Slaettengren
on Larino 		GER Hannelore Brenner
on Roquefort 16 		GBR Nic Tustain
on Prince Heinrich
Individual freestyle grade 3 GBR Deborah Criddle
on Figaro IX 		GER Bettina Eistel
on Aaron 		BEL Bert Vermeir
on Den Eik Heino
Individual freestyle grade 4 NOR Ann Cathrin Lübbe
on Zanko 		RSA Philippa Johnson
on Burgmans Benedict 		CAN Karen Brain
on Dasskara
team United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Deborah Criddle / Figaro IX
Anne Dunham / Olret
Lee Pearson / Blue Circle Boy
Nic Tustain / Prinz Heinrich 		GermanyGermany Germany
Bettina Eistel / Aaron
Britta Näpel / Loverboy 9
Bianca Vogel / Roquefort 16 		NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Gert Bolmer / Lodewijk
Joop Stokkel / Pegasus
Sjerstin Vermeulen / Jeffrey STV

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