Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Equestrian at the XIV Paralympic Games
Paralympic Equestrian
Venue	Greenwich Park
Dates	30 August – 4 September 2012

Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Individual championship	Ia	Ib	II	III	IV
Individual freestyle	Ia	Ib	II	III	IV
Mixed team

Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics consisted of 11 dressage events. The competitions was held in the Greenwich Park from 30 August to 4 September.

Classification

Riders were given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allowed riders to compete against others with a similar level of function.

Equestrian classes were:

• I, for riders with impaired limb function, or poor balance and good upper limb function
• II, for riders with locomotion impairment
• III, for blind riders with moderate locomotion impairment
• IV, for riders with some visual impairment or impaired function in one or two limbs

Events

For each of the events below, medals were contested for one or more of the above classifications. After each classification are given the dates that the event was contested. All events were mixed, meaning that men and women competed together.

• Mixed individual championship
  • Grade Ia
  • Grade Ib
  • Grade II
  • Grade III
  • Grade IV
• Mixed individual freestyle
  • Grade Ia
  • Grade Ib
  • Grade II
  • Grade III
  • Grade IV
• Mixed team

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	5	5	1	11
2	Germany (GER)	2	3	2	7
3	Belgium (BEL)	2	0	0	2
4	Austria (AUT)	1	0	1	2
5	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
6	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	2	3
7	Singapore (SIN)	0	1	1	2
8	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
9	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	2	2
9	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
Total		11	11	11	33

Medal summary

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual championship test grade Ia	Sophie Christiansen Great Britain (GBR)	Helen Kearney Ireland (IRL)	Laurentia Tan Singapore (SIN)
Individual championship test grade Ib	Joann Formosa Australia (AUS)	Lee Pearson Great Britain (GBR)	Pepo Puch Austria (AUT)
Individual championship test grade II	Natasha Baker Great Britain (GBR)	Britta Näpel Germany (GER)	Angelika Trabert Germany (GER)
Individual championship test grade III	Hannelore Brenner Germany (GER)	Deborah Criddle Great Britain (GBR)	Annika Dalskov Denmark (DEN)
Individual championship test grade IV	Michèle George Belgium (BEL)	Sophie Wells Great Britain (GBR)	Frank Hosmar Netherlands (NED)
Individual freestyle test grade Ia	Sophie Christiansen Great Britain (GBR)	Laurentia Tan Singapore (SIN)	Helen Kearney Ireland (IRL)
Individual freestyle test grade Ib	Pepo Puch Austria (AUT)	Katja Karjalainen Finland (FIN)	Lee Pearson Great Britain (GBR)
Individual freestyle test grade II	Natasha Baker Great Britain (GBR)	Britta Näpel Germany (GER)	Angelika Trabert Germany (GER)
Individual freestyle test grade III	Hannelore Brenner Germany (GER)	Deborah Criddle Great Britain (GBR)	Annika Dalskov Denmark (DEN)
Individual freestyle test grade IV	Michèle George Belgium (BEL)	Sophie Wells Great Britain (GBR)	Frank Hosmar Netherlands (NED)
Team	Great Britain (GBR) Lee Pearson Sophie Wells Deborah Criddle Sophie Christiansen	Germany (GER) Angelika Trabert Britta Näpel Steffen Zeibig Hannelore Brenner	Ireland (IRL) Eilish Byrne James Dwyer Geraldine Savage Helen Kearney

External links

• Official website of the 2012 Summer Paralympics
• Official Paralympics website
• FEI:Fédération Equestre Internationale