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{{Infobox equestrian championships
|name = 2013 European Para-Dressage Championship
|logo = 
|logo size =
|optional caption = 
|host city = [[Herning]], [[Denmark]] {{flagicon|Denmark}}
|dates = 20–25 August
|events = 11<br /><small>Team, <br />Individual Grades Ia, Ib, II, III and IV<br />Freestyle Grades Ia, Ib, II, III and IV</small>

|level = Senior
|previous = [[2011 European Para-Dressage Championship|2011]]
|next = [[2015 European Para-Dressage Championship|2015]]
}}

The '''2013 [[European Para-Dressage Championship]]''', known for sponsorship reasons as the ''JYSK FEI European Para-Dressage Championship'', was held between August 19 and August 25, 2013 in [[Herning]], [[Denmark]].<ref name=":0">[http://www.fei.org/fei/events/championships/dressage/ped-eu-dressage-2013 Summary of FEI European Para-Dressage Championship]</ref> It formed part of the 2013 [[International Federation for Equestrian Sports|FEI]] European Championships; other disciplines included were Showjumping and [[2013 European Dressage Championship|Dressage]].<ref name=":0"/>

== Competitions ==

=== General ===

Competition was held in eleven events;<ref name=":0"/> the team event involved four horse per nation, while individuals competed across ten graded individual freestyle competitions; the five individual classes, where marks also counted towards team medals, and the freestyle classes.

Competition was dominated by riders from Great Britain, historically the leading nation in the sport. [[Sophie Christiansen]], [[Sophie Wells]] and [[Natasha Baker]] each won three gold medals on their way to taking team gold for Great Britain. [[Austria]]'s [[Pepo Puch]] won two gold medals in the Grade III classifications.<ref>[http://results.scgvisual.com/2013/herning/ 2013 European Championship results]</ref>

== Medals ==

{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2|width=100%}}
|-
|colspan="7" bgcolor=#cccccc| '''Team Events'''
|-
|'''Team Dressage'''<br /><small>[http://results.scgvisual.com/2013/herning/R_Team_Para.pdf Details]</small>
| '''[[Great Britain]] {{flagicon|GBR}}'''<br /><small>[[Sophie Christiansen]]<br />'' riding Janeiro''<br />[[Anne Dunham]] <br />''riding Lucas Normank''<br />[[Natasha Baker]]<br />'' riding Cabral''<br />[[Sophie Wells]]<br />'' riding Valerius''</small> || 453.585
| '''[[Germany]] {{flagicon|GER}}'''<br /><small>Elke Phillipe <br />''riding Regaliz''<br />Britta Napel <br />''riding Aqualina''<br />Angelika Trabert<br />''riding Ariva Avanti'' <br />Hannelore Brenner<br />''riding Women of the World''</small> || 429.066
| '''[[Denmark]] {{flagicon|DEN}}'''<br /><small>Stinna Tange Kaastrup<br />'' riding Steffi Graf''<br />Caroline Cecilie Nielsen<br /> ''riding Leon Eli ''<br />Line Thorning Jørgensen<br />'' riding Di Caprio ''<br />Line Kongensgaard<br />'' riding Laponio''</small> || 422.031
|-
|colspan="7" bgcolor=#cccccc| '''Class Ia'''
|-
|'''Individual Class Ia''' <small>[http://results.scgvisual.com/2013/herning/r36.html Details]</small>
| '''[[Sophie Christiansen]]''' {{flagicon|GBR}}<br /><small>''riding Janeiro''</small> || 76.609%
| [[Anne Dunham]] {{flagicon|GBR}}<br /><small>''riding Lucas Normank''</small> || 75.174%
| [[Sara Morganti]] {{flagicon|ITA}}<br /><small>''riding Royal Delight''</small> || 74.478%
|- 
|'''Freestyle Class Ia''' <small>[http://results.scgvisual.com/2013/herning/r41.html Details]</small>
| '''[[Sophie Christiansen]]''' {{flagicon|GBR}}<br /><small>''riding Janeiro''</small> || 78.100%
| [[Anne Dunham]] {{flagicon|GBR}}<br /><small>''riding Lucas Normank''</small> || 77.350%
| [[Sara Morganti]] {{flagicon|ITA}}<br /><small>''riding Royal Delight''</small> || 76.100%
|-
|colspan="7" bgcolor=#cccccc| '''Class Ib'''
|- 
|'''Individual Class Ib''' 
| '''[[Pepo Puch]]''' {{flagicon|AUT}}<br /><small>''riding Fine Feeling S''</small> || 76.138%
| [[Ricky Balshaw]] {{flagicon|GBR}}<br /><small>''riding Enggaards Solitaire''</small> || 73.586%
| [[Stinna Tange Kaastrup]] {{flagicon|DEN}}<br /><small>''riding Steffi Graf''</small> || 71.862%
|- 
|'''Freestyle Class Ib''' 
| '''[[Pepo Puch]]''' {{flagicon|AUT}}<br /><small>''riding Fine Feeling S''</small> || 79.200%
| [[Ricky Balshaw]] {{flagicon|GBR}}<br /><small>''riding Enggaards Solitaire''</small> || 76.800%
| [[Stinna Tange Kaastrup]] {{flagicon|DEN}}<br /><small>''riding Steffi Graf''</small> || 71.250%
|-
|colspan="7" bgcolor=#cccccc| '''Class II'''
|- 
|'''Individual Class II''' 
| '''[[Natasha Baker]]''' {{flagicon|GBR}}<br /><small>''riding Cabral''</small> || 72.114%
| [[Angelika Trabert]] {{flagicon|GER}}<br /><small>''riding Ariva Avanti''</small> || 71.571%
| Britta Näpel {{flagicon|GER}}<br /><small>''riding Aquilina''</small> || 71.286%
|- 
|'''Freestyle Class II''' 
| '''[[Natasha Baker]]''' {{flagicon|GBR}}<br /><small>''riding Cabral''</small> || 77.650%
| [[Angelika Trabert]] {{flagicon|GER}}<br /><small>''riding Ariva Avanti''</small> || 74.200%
| Britta Näpel {{flagicon|GER}}<br /><small>''riding Aquilina''</small> || 73.350%
|-
|colspan="7" bgcolor=#cccccc| '''Class III'''
|- 
|'''Individual Class III''' 
| '''[[Hannelore Brenner]]''' {{flagicon|GER}}<br /><small>''riding Women of the World''</small> || 72.610%
| [[Sanne Voets]] {{flagicon|NED}}<br /><small>''riding Vedet''</small> || 71.927%
| [[José Letartre]] {{flagicon|FRA}}<br /><small>''riding Warina''</small> || 69.683%
|- 
|'''Freestyle Class III''' 
| '''[[Sanne Voets]]''' {{flagicon|NED}}<br /><small>''riding Vedet''</small> || 76.500%
| [[Hannelore Brenner]] {{flagicon|GER}}<br /><small>''riding Women of the World''</small> || 75.700%
| [[José Letartre]] {{flagicon|FRA}}<br /><small>''riding Warina''</small> || 72.850%
|-
|colspan="7" bgcolor=#cccccc| '''Class IV'''
|- 
|'''Individual Class IV''' 
| '''[[Sophie Wells]]''' {{flagicon|GBR}}<br /><small>''riding Valerius''</small> || 75.643%
| [[Frank Hosmar]] {{flagicon|NED}}<br /><small>''riding Alphaville''</small> || 71.810%
| [[Line Kongensgaard]] {{flagicon|DEN}}<br /><small>''riding Lapanio''</small> || 70.024%
|- 
|'''Freestyle Class IV''' 
| '''[[Sophie Wells]]''' {{flagicon|GBR}}<br /><small>''riding Valerius''</small> || 80.250%
| [[Frank Hosmar]] {{flagicon|NED}}<br /><small>''riding Alphaville''</small> || 76.900%
| [[Line Thorning Jørgensen]] {{flagicon|DEN}}<br /><small>''riding di Caprio''</small> || 72.950%
|}

=== Medal table ===

{| class="wikitable" style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA" width="90%"
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
! width=50 | Place
! width=200 | Nation
! width=50 | {{gold1}}
! width=50 | {{silver2}}
! width=50 | {{bronze3}}
! width=50 | Total
|- align="center" valign="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|1
|align="left"|{{GBR2}}
|style="background:#F7F6A8;"|7
|style="background:#DCE5E5;"|4
|style="background:#FFDAB9;"|0
|11
|- align="center" valign="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|2
|align="left"|{{AUT}}
|style="background:#F7F6A8;"|2
|style="background:#DCE5E5;"|0
|style="background:#FFDAB9;"|0
|2
|- align="center" valign="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|3
|align="left"|{{GER}}
|style="background:#F7F6A8;"|1
|style="background:#DCE5E5;"|4
|style="background:#FFDAB9;"|2
|7
|- align="center" valign="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|4
|align="left"|{{NED}}
|style="background:#F7F6A8;"|1
|style="background:#DCE5E5;"|3
|style="background:#FFDAB9;"|0
|4
|- align="center" valign="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|5
|align="left"|{{DEN}}
|style="background:#F7F6A8;"|0
|style="background:#DCE5E5;"|0
|style="background:#FFDAB9;"|5
|5
|- align="center" valign="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|6
|align="left"|{{ITA}}
|style="background:#F7F6A8;"|0
|style="background:#DCE5E5;"|0
|style="background:#FFDAB9;"|2
|2
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
! colspan=2|Total !! 11 !! 11 !! 11 !! 33
|}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130912052427/http://european-herning.dk/GB/Program.aspx Official web page of the 2013 European Para Dressage Championship]

== References ==
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[[Category:2013 in equestrian sports|Dressage]]
[[Category:Equestrian sports competitions in Denmark]]
[[Category:Sport in Herning]]
[[Category:International sports competitions hosted by Denmark]]
[[Category:2013 in Danish sport]]
[[Category:2013 in disability sport]]
[[Category:European Para-Dressage Championship]]