Hans Peter Minderhoud

Minderhoud with Nadine at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team dressage
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 KentuckyTeam dressage
Bronze medal – third place2014 NormandyTeam dressage
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2007 La MandriaTeam dressage
Gold medal – first place2015 AachenTeam dressage
Silver medal – second place2013 HerningTeam dressage
Silver medal – second place2019 RotterdamTeam dressage
Bronze medal – third place2011 RotterdamTeam dressage
Bronze medal – third place2015 AachenSpécial dressage
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2016 GöteborgIndividual dressage

Hans Peter Minderhoud (born 7 October 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 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
  • 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

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Hans Peter Minderhoud results". hanspeterminderhoud.nl. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 12 August 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" [Golden European Championship team will carry the coffin of deceased Ernes]. Sportnieuws.nl (in Dutch). 2 November 2016.
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