Hans Peter Minderhoud (born 7 October 1973 in Westkapelle, Zeeland) is a Dutch dressage rider.[1]
 Minderhoud with Nadine at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Equestrian | ||
Representing  Netherlands
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Olympic Games
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2008 Beijing | Team dressage |
| World Championships | ||
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2010 Kentucky | Team dressage |
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2014 Normandy | Team dressage |
| European Championshipsv | ||
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2007 La Mandria | Team dressage |
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2015 Aachen | Team dressage |
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2013 Herning | Team dressage |
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2019 Rotterdam | Team dressage |
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2011 Rotterdam | Team dressage |
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2015 Aachen | Spécial dressage |
| World Cup | ||
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2016 Göteborg | Individual 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
edit- 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
- Glock's Dream Boy - 2008 Black Dutch Warmblood Stallion (Vivaldi x Olympic Ferro)
- 2018 World Equestrian Games - Team Fourth lace, Individual 20th Place
- 2019 FEI World Cup Final - Tenth Place
- 2019 European Championships - Team Silver Medal, Individual Thirteenth Place, Individual Ninth Place Freestyle
- 2021 Tokyo Olympics - Team Fifth Place, Individual Twelfth Place
- 2021 European Championships - Team Fifth Place, Individual Sixteenth Place
References
edit- ^ "Athlete biography: Hans Peter Minderhoud". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Hans Peter Minderhoud results". hanspeterminderhoud.nl. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
- ^ "Edward Gal and Hans Peter Minderhoud, One Track Minds". Eurodressage.com. 10 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ "Gouden EK-team gaat de kist van overleden Ernes dragen" [Golden European Championship team will carry the coffin of deceased Ernes]. Sportnieuws.nl (in Dutch). 2 November 2016.
External links
edit- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 December 2008)
- Hans Peter Minderhoud at FEI
- Hans Peter Minderhoud at FEI (alternative link)
- Hans Peter Minderhoud at Olympics.com
- Hans Peter Minderhoud at Olympedia
- Hans Peter Minderhoud at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
