Equestrian

Equestrianism

Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...

 at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

2008 Summer Paralympics

The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao....

consisted of eleven dressage

Dressage

Dressage is a competitive equestrian sport, defined by the International Equestrian Federation as "the highest expression of horse training." Competitions are held at all levels from amateur to the World Equestrian Games...

 events. The competitions were held in the Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Centre from 7 September to 11 September.

Classfication

Riders were given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows riders to compete against others with a similar level of function.

Equestrian classes were:

• I, for riders with impaired limb function, or poor balance and good upper limb function
• II, for riders with locomotion impairment
• III, for blind riders with moderate locomotion impairment
• IV, for riders with some visual impairment or impaired function in one or two limbs

Events

For each of the events below, medals were contested for one or more of the above classifications. After each classification are given the dates that the event was contested. All events were mixed, meaning that men and women competed together.

• Mixed individual championship
  • Grade Ia
  • Grade Ib
  • Grade II
  • Grade III
  • Grade IV
• Mixed individual freestyle
  • Grade Ia
  • Grade Ib
  • Grade II
  • Grade III
  • Grade IV
• Mixed team

Qualification Slots

• Ref:

  NPC	Numbers	Athletes in Teams
  	1
  	5	4
  	1
  	2
  	1
  	4	4
  	5	4
  	1
  	2
  	4	4
  	1
  	2
  	7	5
  	5	5
  	1
  	1
  	1
  	3
  	1
  	4	4
  	5	5
  	1
  	1
  	1
  	4
  	2
  	1
  	1
  	3
  	5	5
  Total	76	40

Medal table

This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their riders (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee

National Paralympic Committee

National Paralympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee , they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Paralympic Games.The Paralympic Games are a major...

). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

1		5	5	0	10
2		3	1	2	6
3		2	0	0	2
4		1	1	0	2
5		0	3	1	4
6		0	1	2	3
7		0	0	2	2
8		0	0	2	2
8		0	0	2	2
Total		11	11	11	33

Medalists

Laurentia Tan

Laurentia Tan

Laurentia Tan Yen Yi is a United Kingdom-based Singaporean Paralympic equestrienne. Tan developed cerebral palsy and profound deafness after birth, and moved to the United Kingdom with her parents at the age of three. She took up horse riding at age of five years as a form of physiotherapy...

 of Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 won her country's first Paralympic medals, two bronzes, in the individual championship and freestyle grade Ia events.

Individual championship test grade Ia
Individual championship test grade Ib
Individual championship test grade II
Individual championship test grade III
Individual championship test grade IV
Individual freestyle test grade Ia
Individual freestyle test grade Ib
Individual freestyle test grade II
Individual freestyle test grade III
Individual freestyle test grade IV
Overall team	Sophie Christiansen Sophie Christiansen Sophie Margaret Christiansen MBE is a British equestrian who has twice competed in the Paralympic Games.Christiansen was born two months prematurely with cerebral palsy and suffered from other health problems including jaundice, blood poisoning, a heart attack and a collapsed lung...  on Lambrusco III Anne Dunham Anne Dunham (equestrian) Anne Patricia Dunham MBE is a British equestrian who has competed in the Paralympic Games.-Early life and disability:...  on Teddy Lee Pearson Lee Pearson David Lee Pearson, CBE is a nine-times paralympic games gold medallist having represented British para-equestrianism in Sydney, Athens and Beijing. He also has six world-championship and three European titles...  on Gentlemen Simon Laurens Simon Laurens Simon Laurens is a British equestrian who competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, held in Beijing, China....  on Ocean Diamond	Britta Naepel on Cherubin 15 Angelika Trabert on Londria 2 Steffen Zeibig on Waldemar 27 Hannelore Brenner on Women Of The World	Jens Dokkan on Lacour Mariette Garborg on Luthar Ann Cathrin Lubbe on Zanko Sigrid Rui on Nanof

External links

• Official site of the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• http://www.paralympic.org
• FEI:Fédération Equestre Internationale