Hans Peter Minderhoud

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

Hans Peter Minderhoud

Minderhoud with Nadine at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Equestrian
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Team dressage
World Championships
2010 KentuckyTeam dressage
2014 NormandyTeam dressage
European Championships
2007 La MandriaTeam dressage
2015 AachenTeam dressage
2013 HerningTeam dressage
2019 RotterdamTeam dressage
2011 RotterdamTeam dressage
2015 AachenSpécial dressage
World Cup
2016 GöteborgIndividual dressage

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 won 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 teammates became European Champion in the team competition.[2]

With Johnson he won the KWPN Stallion Championship 2007/08 and he also qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] He qualified for the individual competition as well as the team event with his teammates 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, together 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]

Notable Horses
  • Exquis Nadine - 1995 Chestnut Dutch Warmblood Mare (TCN Partout x Roemer)
    • 2007 European Championships - Team Gold Medal, Individual 14th Place
    • 2008 Beijing Olympics - Team Silver Medal, Individual Fifth Place
    • 2009 FEI World Cup Final - Fourth Place
    • 2010 World Equestrian Games - Team Gold Medal, Individual 22nd Place
    • 2011 FEI World Cup Final - Eighth Place
    • 2011 European Championships - Team Bronze Medal, Individual 14th Place, Individual 11th Place Freestyle
  • Glock's Tango - 2000 Chestnut Dutch Warmblood Stallion (Jazz x Contango)
    • 2012 FEI World Cup Final - Sixth Place
  • Glock's Romanov - 2000 Bay Oldenburg Stallion (Rohdiamant x Grundstein II)
    • 2013 European Championships - Team Silver Medal, Individual 13th Place
  • Glock's Johnson TN - 2002 Bay Dutch Warmblood Stallion (Jazz x Flemmingh)
    • 2014 FEI World Cup Final - Eighth Place
    • 2014 World Equestrian Games - Team Bronze Medal, Individual 11th Place, Individual 14th Place Freestyle
    • 2015 European Championships - Team Gold Medal, Individual Bronze Medal, Individual Fifth Place Freestyle
    • 2016 Rio Olympics - Team Fourth Place, Individual Ninth Place
  • Glock's Flirt - 2001 Chestnut Swiss Warmblood Stallion (Florestan I x Gauguin de Lully)
    • 2015 FEI World Cup Final - Fifth Place
    • 2016 FEI World Cup Final - Gold Medal

References
  1. Athlete biography: Hans Peter Minderhoud, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 12, 2008
  2. Hans Peter Minderhoud results Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, 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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