Equestrian
The only equestrian events held in the Paralympic Games are in the Dressage discipline. Seven British riders competed, in both individual and team events, winning five gold and five silver medals. Lee Pearson won three titles for the third successive Games, and Anne Dunham, at the age of 59, won her first individual Paralympic Games gold medal, having previously won three team golds and been a fiveātime world champion.
Athlete | Horse | Event | Test round | Final round | Total | |||
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Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | |||
Ricky Balshaw | Deacons Giorgi | Ind. champ. test grade Ib | N/A | 64.953 | 5 | |||
Ind. freestyle test grade Ib | N/A | 70.444 | ||||||
Sophie Christiansen | Lambrusco III | Ind. champ. test grade Ia | N/A | 72.800 | ||||
Ind. freestyle test grade Ia | N/A | 76.166 | ||||||
Felicity Coulthard | Roffelaar | Ind. champ. test grade II | N/A | 65.546 | 6 | |||
Ind. freestyle test grade II | N/A | 71.056 | ||||||
Debbie Criddle | Pavaroti | Ind. champ. test grade III | N/A | 68.160 | 5 | |||
Ind. freestyle test grade III | N/A | 73.110 | 4 | |||||
Anne Dunham | Teddy | Ind. champ. test grade Ia | N/A | 73.100 | ||||
Ind. freestyle test grade Ia | N/A | 73.333 | ||||||
Simon Laurens | Ocean Diamond | Ind. champ. test grade III | N/A | 62.88 | 8 | |||
Ind. freestyle test grade III | N/A | 73.499 | ||||||
Lee Pearson | Gentlemen | Ind. champ. test grade Ib | N/A | 73.238 | ||||
Ind. freestyle test grade Ib | N/A | 77.057 | ||||||
Simon Laurens Sophie Christiansen Lee Pearson Anne Dunham |
Ocean Diamond Lambrusco III Gentlemen Teddy |
Overall team | 220.470 69.538 72.000 73.294 75.176 |
1 | 219.138 62.880 72.800 73.238 73.100 |
1 | 439.608 |
Read more about this topic: Great Britain At The 2008 Summer Paralympics