Individual dressage at the 2005 European Dressage Championships
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The individual dressage at the 2005 European Dressage Championships in Hagen, Germany was held at Hof Kasselmann from 29 to 31 July 2005.[1]
The Netherlands's Anky van Grunsven won Grand Prix, the Grand Prix Special and the Grand. Prix Freestyle and was crowned as overall European Champion. Hubertus Schmidt representing Germany won a silver medal, becoming second in the Grand Prix, second in the Grand Prix Special and third in the Grand Prix Freestyle. Jan Brink of Sweden won a bronze medal overall. after becoming third in the Grand Prix, fifth in the Grand Prix Special and second in the Grand Prix Freestyle.[2] Germany won the golden team medal, The Netherlands won silver and Spain and Sweden won bronze with an ex-aequo result.[3]
The team and individual dressage competitions used the same results. Dressage had three phases. The first phase was the Grand Prix. Top 25 individuals advanced to the second phase, the Grand Prix Special which was part of the individual overall ranking. The set of medals at the 2005 European Dressage Championships was awarded after the third phase, the Grand Prix Freestyle where the top 15 combinations competed, with a maximum of the three best riders per country.[1]
