The Team
Equestrian Team GBR competes across a number of disciplines and has enjoyed great success on the World and European Stage, winning many medals over the years. In the 8 years from 2000 to 2007 Team GBR has won:
- 78 medals across Dressage, Eventing and Show Jumping at Youth Level
- 53 medals in Para-Equestrian Dressage
- 18 senior medals in the Olympic Sports
- 3 medals in Driving
The Olympic Disciplines
The Olympic Games includes three equestrian disciplines; Dressage, Eventing and Show Jumping and the Paralympic Games features Para-Equestrian Dressage. Team GBR is regarded as being one of the best in the world at both Eventing and Para-Equestrian Dressage, with the two sports winning 10 medals in Athens between them!
Youth Teams
The three Olympic disciplines also compete in Pony, Junior and Young Rider competitions at European Championships each year. Our Youth Teams are extremely successful; Great Britain currently has 3 European Champions; holds the team title in 5 competitions at this level and won 15 medals across the three disciplines in 2007.
The Non-Olympic Disciplines
Team GBR competes outside the Olympic arena in 4 other internationally recognised disciplines: Driving, Endurance, Reining and Vaulting. These disciplines compete at both European and World Level and we currently have the World Single Horse Driving Champion in this country.
2007 was a Great year for Team GBR – read all the news and view our medal success on this website. We will also keep you posted as the teams make plans for 2008.