Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan was held at the Tokyo Equestrian Park. There were eleven gender free events taking place: ten individual events and one mixed team event.

Equestrian
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Equestrian pictogram of the
2020 Summer Paralympics
VenueTokyo Equestrian Park
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Dates25–30 August 2021
Competitors78 in 11 events

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[1][2]

Qualification

Qualification was held from 1 January 2018 to 31 January 2020.[3]

  • An NPC is allowed to have a maximum of four qualification slots:
    • One eligible team of four athletes and minimum of three or maximum of four per individual events can contest.
    • At least one athlete must be eligible to be in sport classes grade I, grade II or grade III.
Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified[4]
Team slots
2018 FEI World Equestrian Games[5]11–23 September 2018United States Tryon3 top ranked teams
12 athletes		 Netherlands (NED)
 Great Britain (GBR)
 Germany (GER)
FEI Para Equestrian Team Ranking List Allocation[6]1 January 2019 – 31 January 2020-7 highest ranked teams
28 athletes		 United States (USA)
 Austria (AUT)
 Belgium (BEL)
 Denmark (DEN)
 Italy (ITA)
 Sweden (SWE)
 RPC (RUS)
Para Equestrian Regional Team Ranking Allocation- Africa (1 team quota)—
Americas (1 team quota) Canada (CAN)
Asia (1 team quota) Singapore (SGP)
Oceania (1 team quota) Australia (AUS)
Individual qualification
Para Equestrian Individual Ranking List Allocation
Regional Distribution		1 January 2019 – 31 January 2020—13 Brazil (BRA)
 Brazil (BRA)
 Hong Kong (HKG)
 Hong Kong (HKG)
 New Zealand (NZL)
 New Zealand (NZL)
 South Africa (RSA)
 South Africa (RSA)
 Finland (FIN)
 Latvia (LAT)
 Norway (NOR)
 Mexico (MEX)
 Saudi Arabia (KSA)
Bipartite Invitation Allocation16 March 2020—3 Finland (FIN)
 France (FRA)
 Hong Kong (HKG)
Host Country Allocation7 September 2013Argentina Buenos Aires4 Japan (JPN)
Reallocation——6 Czech Republic (CZE)
 France (FRA)
 Ireland (IRL)
 Switzerland (SUI)
 Poland (POL)
 Portugal (POR)
Total78

Officials

Appointment of officials is as follows:[7]

Dressage
  • Germany Marco Orsini (Ground Jury President)
  • Netherlands Jeannette Wolfs (Ground Jury Member)
  • France Anne Prain (Ground Jury Member) - replaced Hong Kong Alison Pauline King
  • Norway Kjell Myhre (Ground Jury Member)
  • Italy Katherine Lucheschi (Ground Jury Member)
  • Belgium Marc Urban (Ground Jury Member) - replaced Australia Suzanne Cunningham
  • United Kingdom Sarah Leitch (Ground Jury Member)
  • Netherlands Hanneke Gerritsen (Technical Delegate)

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain (GBR)3328
2 Netherlands (NED)2226
3 Belgium (BEL)2024
4 United States (USA)2013
5 Denmark (DEN)2002
6 Austria (AUT)0202
 Latvia (LAT)0202
8 Brazil (BRA)0101
 Sweden (SWE)0101
10 Italy (ITA)0022
11 Germany (GER)0011
 Norway (NOR)0011
Totals (12 entries)11111133

Medalists
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Individual championship test
 I  Roxanne Trunnell
on Dolton (USA)		  Rihards Snikus
on King of the Dance (LAT)		  Sara Morganti
on Royal Delight (ITA)
Individual freestyle test
  Roxanne Trunnell
on Dolton (USA)		  Rihards Snikus
on King of the Dance (LAT)		  Sara Morganti
on Royal Delight (ITA)
Individual championship test
 II  Lee Pearson
on Breezer (GBR)		  Pepo Puch
on Sailor's Blue (AUT)		  Georgia Wilson
on Sakura (GBR)
Individual freestyle test
  Lee Pearson
on Breezer (GBR)		  Pepo Puch
on Sailor's Blue (AUT)		  Georgia Wilson
on Sakura (GBR)
Individual championship test
 III  Tobias Jorgensen
on Jolene Hill (DEN)		  Natasha Baker
on Keystone Dawn Chorus (GBR)		  Rixt van der Horst
on Findsley (NED)
Individual freestyle test
  Tobias Jorgensen
on Jolene Hill (DEN)		  Natasha Baker
on Keystone Dawn Chorus (GBR)		  Ann Cathrin Lübbe
on La Costa Majlund (NOR)
Individual championship test
 IV  Sanne Voets
on Demantur (NED)		  Rodolpho Riskalla
on Don Henrico (BRA)		  Manon Claeys
on San Dior 2 (BEL)
Individual freestyle test
  Sanne Voets
on Demantur (NED)		  Louise Etzner Jakobsson
on Goldstrike B.J. (SWE)		  Manon Claeys
on San Dior 2 (BEL)
Individual championship test
 V  Michèle George
on Best of 8 (BEL)		  Sophie Wells
on Don Cara M (GBR)		  Frank Hosmar
on Alphaville (NED)
Individual freestyle test
  Michèle George
on Best of 8 (BEL)		  Frank Hosmar
on Alphaville (NED)		  Regine Mispelkamp
on Highlander Delights (GER)
Team test to music
 Open  Great Britain
Lee Pearson
on Breezer
Natasha Baker
on Keystone Dawn Chorus
Sophie Wells
on Don Cara M		  Netherlands
Frank Hosmar
on Alphaville
Sanne Voets
on Demantur
Rixt van der Horst
on Findsley		  United States
Roxanne Trunnell
on Dolton
Rebecca Hart
on El Corona Texel
Kate Shoemaker
on Solitaer 40

See also

References
  1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 24 March 2020.
  2. "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.
  3. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 12 April 2021.
  4. "Equestrian Qualified Berths" (PDF). Fédération Equestre Internationale. 30 April 2020.
  5. "Official Results - Tryon 2018". Fédération Equestre Internationale. 10 November 2018.
  6. "Equestrian Qualified Nations" (PDF). Fédération Equestre Internationale. 27 February 2020.
  7. "2020 TOKYO PARALYMPIC GAMES – APPOINTMENT OF OFFICIALS" (PDF). Fédération Equestre Internationale. 27 February 2020.
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