Hans Peter Minderhoud

Hans Peter Minderhoud
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Equestrian
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Team dressage
World Championships
2010 Kentucky Team dressage
2014 Normandy Team dressage
European Championships
2007 La Mandria Team dressage
2015 Aachen Team dressage
2013 Herning Team dressage
2011 Rotterdam Team dressage
2015 Aachen Spécial dressage
Dressage World Cup
2016 Göteborg Individual dressage

Hans Peter Minderhoud (born October 7, 1973 in Westkapelle, Zeeland) is a Dutch dressage rider.[1]

Minderhoud won the VSN Cup in 2004 with his horse Gameboy and also succeeded in the Pavo Cup with Sandreo and Florencio.[2] At the 2004 World Championships for 5-year old horses he won the World title in Verden with Florencio.[2] In the 2004/05 Stallion Competition he won the L-Class with Sandreo and the Z-Class with Rhodium. He won his second World title at the 2005 World Championships for 6-year old horses with Florencio. Later that year he and Uptown won the Pavo Cup as well.[2]

In the 2005/06 Stallion Competition he retained his titles in the L and Z-Class, and also added the M-Class to his list. With Rubels he won the 2006 VHO Trophy. Besides that he succeeded in the Future Stallion Tournament with Florencio and the Pavo Cup with Ucelli T.[2] In the 2007 Future Stallion Tournament he retained his title with Ucelli T, but also managed to win the silver medal with EXQUIS Rubiloh in the same event.[2] He succeeded again at the Pavo Cup, this time with Vivaldi. At the 2007 European Championships in Turin he and his team mates became European Champion in the team competition.[2]

With Johnson he managed to win the KWPN Stallion Championship 2007/08 and he also managed to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] He qualified for the individual competition as well as the team event with his team mates Anky van Grunsven and Imke Bartels.[2] In personal life, Minderhoud has a relationship with teammate Edward Gal.[3]

He also competed at the 2015 European Dressage Championships in Aachen where he won a gold medal in team dressage. The Dutch national dressage coach Wim Ernes died on 1 November 2016 due to a brain tumor. Minderhoud , toghether with the other gold medal winners Patrick van der Meer, Edward Gal and Diederik van Silfhout, carried his coffin during the funeral on 5 November 2016.[4]

External links

References

  1. Athlete biography: Hans Peter Minderhoud, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 12, 2008
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hans Peter Minderhoud results, hanspeterminderhoud.nl, ret: Aug 12, 2008
  3. "Edward Gal and Hans Peter Minderhoud, One Track Minds". Eurodressage.com. 10 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  4. "Gouden EK-team gaat de kist van overleden Ernes dragen - Sportnieuws". 2 November 2016.
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