Equestrian events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Equestrian events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan were 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
Venue	Tokyo Equestrian Park Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Dates	25–30 August 2021
Competitors	78 in 11 events
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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 qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified[4]
Team slots
2018 FEI World Equestrian Games[5]	11–23 September 2018	Tryon	3 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 Allocation	16 March 2020	—	3	Finland (FIN)  France (FRA)  Hong Kong (HKG)
Host Country Allocation	7 September 2013	Buenos Aires	4	Japan (JPN)
Reallocation	—	—	6	Czech Republic (CZE)  France (FRA)  Ireland (IRL)  Switzerland (SUI)  Poland (POL)  Portugal (POR)
Total			78

Officials

Appointment of officials is as follows:^[7]

Dressage

• Marco Orsini (Ground Jury President)
• Jeannette Wolfs (Ground Jury Member)
• Anne Prain (Ground Jury Member) - replaced Alison Pauline King
• Kjell Myhre (Ground Jury Member)
• Katherine Lucheschi (Ground Jury Member)
• Marc Urban (Ground Jury Member) - replaced Suzanne Cunningham
• Sarah Leitch (Ground Jury Member)
• Hanneke Gerritsen (Technical Delegate)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	3	3	2	8
2	Netherlands (NED)	2	2	2	6
3	Belgium (BEL)	2	0	2	4
4	United States (USA)	2	0	1	3
5	Denmark (DEN)	2	0	0	2
6	Austria (AUT)	0	2	0	2
	Latvia (LAT)	0	2	0	2
8	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
10	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
11	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		11	11	11	33

Medalists

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

• Equestrian events at the 2020 Summer Olympics