The European Eventing Championship', like most other European Championships, is held every two years. It is a **** eventing competition, the highest level offered, where nations from Europe and Britain compete for both team and individual titles. The Championships began in 1953 have been held at venues across Europe and Britain. There are various championships held in a variety of sports on a European Level: European Eventing Championship eventing European Football Championship (football) European Basketball Championship (basketball) European LC Championships (swimming) European SC Championships (swimming) European Mens Handball Championship (handball) European Womens Handball Championship (handball) Rugby League European Nations... Eventing, is an equestrian event which comprises dressage, cross-country and show-jumping. ...

The 1995 and 1997 European Championships were open to the world, but were reverted back to a European-only competition in 1999.

Format

The Championships offers both team and individual gold, silver, and bronze medals.

Each nation may bring a team of four riders and two individuals. The team riders also compete for the individual gold, silver, and bronze medals. The host nation may bring up to eight individual riders, with a total squad of 12.

The best three scores among the teams—the team with the lowest number of penalty points—receive the gold, silver, and bronze medals. However, a team must have at least three riders completing the competition, or else they will be eliminated. If a team has four riders complete, there is a drop-score in their results. If three riders complete, all three scores are added into the final total for the team.

Beginning in 2005, the European Eventing Championships was held in the short-format, without the phases A, B, and C (roads and tracks, and steeplechase) on speed and endurance day. It included just the dressage, cross-country, and show jumping phases.

The competition begins with a horse inspection to make sure all competing horses are sound before beginning the dressage. Then the nations nominate their four team riders and the order they wish them to compete, before the order of nations is determined. The order of go is especially important on cross country day, when the first competitors have the best footing, but do not know how the course will ride, while the later competitors will know the tricky obstacles on course, but may have to run their horses on torn up or sloppy footing.

Past Winners

Britain's Ginny Elliot is currently the only rider to have won the individual European Champion title three times in succession, in 1885, 1887, and 1889.

1953

Venue: Badminton, Great Britain

Team: Great Britain

Individual: Major Laurence Rook/Starlight (GB)

1954

Venue: Basle, Switzerland

Team: Great Britain

Individual: Bertie Hill/Crispin (GB)

1955

Venue: Windsor, GB

Team: Great Britain

Individual: Major Frank Weldon/Kilbarry (GB)

1957

Venue: Copenhagen, Denmark

Team: Great Britain

Individual: Sheila Willcox/High And Mighty GB)

1959

Venue: Harewood, GB

Team: West Germany

Individual: Major Hans Schwarzenbach/Burnt Trout (SUI)

1962

Venue: Burghley, GB

Team: USSR

Individual: Capt James Templer/M’Lord Connelly (GB)

1965

Venue: Moscow, USSR

Team: USSR

Individual: Marian Babirecki/Volt (POL)

1967

Venue: Punchestown, Ireland

Team: Great Britain

Individual: Major Eddy Boylan/Durlas Eile (IRL)

1969

Venue: Haras du Pin, France

Team: Great Britain

Individual: Mary Gordon Watson/Cornishman V (GB)

1971

Venue: Burghley, GB

Team: Great Britain

Individual: HRH Princess Anne/Doublet (GB) HRH The Princess Royal Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Laurence, formerly Mountbatten-Windsor), styled HRH The Princess Royal (born August 15, 1950), is a member of the British Royal Family. ...

1973

Venue: Kiev, USSR

Team: West Germany

Individual: Alexander Evdokimov/Jeger (USSR)

1975

Venue: Luhmuhlen, W Germany

Team: USSR

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1977

Venue: Burghley, GB

Team: Great Britain

Individual: Lucinda Prior-Palmer (now Green)/George (GB) This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

1979

Venue: Luhmuhlen, W Germany

Team: Ireland

Individual: Nils Hagenson/Monaco (DEN)

1981

Venue: Horsens, Denmark

Team: Great Britain

Individual: Hansueli Schmutz/Oran (SUI)

1983

Venue: Frauenfeld, Switzerland

Team: Sweden

Individual: Rachel Bayliss/Mystic Minstrel (GB)

1985

Venue: Burghley, GB

Team: Great Britain

Individual: Virginia Holgate (now Elliot)/Priceless (GB)

1987

Venue: Luhmuhlen, W Germany

Team: Great Britain

Individual: Virginia Leng (Elliot)/Night Cap ll (GB)

1989

Venue: Burghley, GB

Team: Great Britain

Individual: Virginia Leng (Elliot)/Master Craftsman (GB)

1991

Venue: Punchestown, Ireland

Team: Great Britain

Individual: Ian Stark/Glenburnie (GB) Ian Stark is an equestrian who competes in the sport of eventing. ...

1993

Venue: Achselschwang, Germany

Team: Sweden

Individual: Jean-Lou Bigot/Twist La Beige (FRA)

1995

Venue: Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy

Team: [Open] Great Britain

Individual: Lucy Thompson/Welton Romance (IRL)

1997

Venue: Burghley, GB

Team: [Open] Great Britain

Individual: [ Mark Todd/Broadcast News )NZ)]; Bettina Overesch (Hoy)/Watermill Stream (GER) Mark Todd (born March 1, 1956) is a New Zealand horseman who was voted Rider of the 20th Century by the International Equestrian Federation, (Fédération Equestre Internationale). ...

1999

Venue: Luhmuhlen, Germany

Team: Great Britain

Individual: Pippa Funnell/Supreme Rock (GB) Pippa Funnell MBE, born October 7, 1968, in Crowborough, East Sussex, is a world class equestrian sportswoman. ...

2001

Venue: Pau, France

Team: Great Britain

Individual: Pippa Funnell/Supreme Rock (GB) Pippa Funnell MBE, born October 7, 1968, in Crowborough, East Sussex, is a world class equestrian sportswoman. ...

2003

Venue: Punchestown, Ireland

Team: Great Britain

Individual: Nicolas Touzaint/Galan de Sauvagere (FRA)

2005

Venue: Blenheim, Great Britain