The individual dressage at the 2009 FEI European Jumping and Dressage Championships in Windsor, Great Britain was held at Windsor Castle from 25 to 30 August.

The Netherlands's Edward Gal won the gold medal in the Grand Prix Freestyle. Adelinde Cornelissen representing Netherlands won a golden medal the Grand Prix Special and silver in the Grand Prix Freestyle. Laura Bechtolsheimer of Great Britain won a bronze in the Special while Dutch triple Olympic gold medalist Anky van Grunsven won the bronze medal in the Freestyle. In the Grand Prix The Netherlands won the golden team medal, while the Great Britain won the silver medal and Germany bronze.Edward Gal broke the World Record in the Grand Prix Freestyle with scoring for the first time over the 90%. He also broke the World Record in the Grand Prix Special, but Adelinde Cornelissen, who rode her test after Edward broke the WR again.

Competition format

The team and individual dressage competitions used the same results. Dressage had three phases. The first phase was the Grand Prix. Top 30 individuals advanced to the second phase, the Grand Prix Special where the first individual medals were awarded. The last set of medals at the 2013 European Dressage Championships was awarded after the third phase, the Grand Prix Freestyle where top 15 combinations competed, with a maximum of the three best riders per country.Result list

Judges The following judges were appointed to officiate during the European Dressage Championships.

Stephen Clarke (Ground Jury President) Isabelle Judet (Ground Jury Member) Francis Verbeek- van Rooy (Ground Jury Member) Anne Gribbons (Ground Jury Member) Wojtech Markowski (Ground Jury Member) Katrina Wüst (Ground Jury Member) Eric Lette (Ground Jury Member)

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC-0) Date Time RoundWednesday, 25 August 2009 10:00Grand Prix (Day 1)Thursday, 26 August 2009 10:00Grand Prix (Day 2)Friday, 27 August 2009 10:00Grand Prix SpecialSunday, 29 August 2009 20:00Grand Prix Freestyle

Results RiderNationHorseGP scoreRankGPS scoreRankGPF scoreRankEdward GalTotilas 84.085 1 Q 83.042 Q 90.750 Adelinde CornelissenJerich Parzival 80.638 2 Q 84.042 Q 87.350 Laura BechtolsheimerMistral Hojris 76.638 3 Q 80.083 Q 81.750 4Matthias Alexander RathSterntaler-Unicef 75.617 4 Q 75.458 6 Q 77.850 6Victoria Max-TheurerAugustin OLD 74.000 5 Q 75.958 5 Q 79.000 5Anky van GrunsvenSalinero 73.872 6 Q 77.917 4 Q 87.250 Imke Schellekens-BartelsSunrise 73.149 7 Q 74.083 7 Emma HindleLancet 72.936 8 Q 70.750 16 Q 76.050 8Nathalie Zu-Sayn WittgensteinDigby 72.894 9 Q 71.417 14 Q 74.300 11Tinne Vilhelmson-SilfvénFavorit 72.340 10 Q 72.125 12 Q 62.800 15Monica TheodorescuWhisper 128 72.340 10 Q 71.750 13 Q 75.950 9Patrik KittelWatermill Scandic 72.255 12 Q 73.958 8 Q 73.350 13Carl HesterLiebling II 72.085 13 Q 72.250 10 Q 75.900 10Kyra KyrklundMax 72.000 14 Q 73.917 9 Q 76.450 7Susanne LebekPotomac 4 71.277 15 Q 72.250 10 Q 72.450 14Andreas HelgstrandHelenenhof's Carabas 70.809 16 Q 65.083 29 Ellen Schulten-BaumerDonatha S 70.638 17 Q 70.917 15 Peter GmoserContrieau 10 70.170 18 Q 68.833 19 Minna TeldeDon Charlie 1052 69.957 19 Q 69.958 17 Q 73.600 12Juan Manuel Munoz DiazFuego de Cardenas 69.745 20 Q 67.292 24 Anne van OlstExquis Clearwater 69.404 21 Q 67.042 26 Alexandra KorelovaBalagur 69.191 22 Q 69.125 18 Jordi Domingo CollPrestige 69.021 23 Q 65.667 27 Anna MerveldtCoryolano 68.426 24 Q 67.125 25 Christian PlägeRegent 68.085 25 Q 65.375 28 Sune HansenCasmir 68.043 26 Q 68.292 21 Maria EilbergTwo Sox 67.915 27 Q 68.833 19 Katarzyna MilczarekEkwador 67.617 27 Q 67.333 23 Maria ErikssonGalliano 66.936 29 Q 61.708 30 Marcela Krinke-SusmeljCorinth 66.590 29 Q 67.583 22 Jeroen DevroeApollo van het Vijverhof 66.000 31 Carlos PintoPoderoso de Retiro 65.660 32 Pierluigi SangiorgiFlourian 65.617 33 Stefan van IngelgemWithney van 't Genthof 65.489 34 Claudio Castilla RuizJade de MV 65.362 35 Hannes MayrEllis 64.936 36 Jean Philippe SiatTarski van de Zuuthoeve 64.936 36 Iryna LisRedford 2 64.809 38 Svetlana KiseliovaParish 63.872 39 Olga KlimkoHighlight 36 63.532 40 Hubert PerringDiabolo st Maurice 63.362 41 Anna Paprocka-CampanellaPrego 63.106 42 Daniel PintoGalopin de la Font 63.106 43 Susanna BordoneDark Surprise 4 62.894 44 Maria CaetanoDiamant 394 62.894 44 Nikolaus ErdmannDanny Wilde 62.426 46 Michal RapcewiczRandon 62.298 46 Juan Antonio Jiminez CoboPiconero IV 62.043 48 Larisa BushinaKompliment 61.106 49 Yvette TruesdaleHas To Be Fun 60.894 50 Airisa PeneleRavels 60.723 50 Olga MichalikHarmonia 60.596 52 Wim VerwimpMaxwill V 60.426 53 Marc BobletWhitni Star WD 54

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