21 August 2022

European Champions are crowned in Kisbér-Ászár

95 competitors from 17 nations battled it out during four days in six classes in the sixth edition of the FEI Driving European Championships for Youth in Kisbér-Ászár, Hungary. Lisa Maria Tischer was the only driver who managed to renew her gold medal in the U25 single pony class. In all other classes, new European Champions were crowned.

Children

Home driver Bertold Juhász won the gold medal after the eighth place in the dressage and the fifth place in the marathon. Daniel Pineda Andic was on gold before the cones but had one unfortunate knockdown which dropped him to the silver medal. Italy’s Bice Castelli took home the bronze medal.

1. Bertold Juhász 2. Daniel Pineda Andic 3. Bice Castelli
Photo: Amy Mundell

Junior P1

Francesca Consolini led the standings after dressage and marathon, but dropped to bronze after two knock downs in the cones course. Dutch driver Renate Provoost, winner of the silver medal in 2021, started with the second place in dressage and maintained this position after the marathon. She kept her head cool in the cones and came out with one ball behind her name, which brought her the gold medal. Title defender Kris Rohrssen started off on the 11^th place in dressage and climbed to silver after the third place in the marathon and just one fault in the cones.

1. Renate Provoost 2. Kris Rohrssen 3. Francesca Consolini
Photo: Amy Mundell

Junior P2

Péter Juhász, elder brother of Bertold Juhász, won the dressage, finished second in the marathon, stayed clear in the cones and was able to take the second gold medal for the Juhász family home. Germany’s Max Andrew and Lea Schröder finished on silver and bronze.

1. Péter Juhász 2. Max Andrew 3. Lea Schröder
Photo: Amy Mundell

U25 P1

Lisa Maria Tischer renewed her gold medal in this class after a fantastic competition in which she won both the dressage and the marathon and she drove a clear cones course. Dutch driver Brent Janssen, who won silver at the 2021 World Championships, won silver, while the bronze medal was won by his compatriot Lisanne van Meerten.

1. Lisa Maria Tischer 2. Brent Janssen 3. Lisanne van Meerten
Photo: Amy Mundell

U25 P2

Individual driver for the Netherlands Jorn van Olst won gold with his pony pair, just ahead of Maria Buchwald from Denmark. Defending European Champion Anouk de Haas finished on bronze.

1. Jorn van Olst 2. Maria Buchwald 3. Anouk de Haas
Photo: Amy Mundell

U25 H1

Germany’s Ciara Schubert was crowned the new European Champion in the U25 single horse class. Sweden’s Linnea Kristiansen won the dressage, finished on the eighth place in the marathon and had the gold medal within her reach, but she collapsed under the pressure and won silver. Natalie Bader from Switzerland was the proud winner of the bronze medal.

1. Ciara Schubert 2. Linnea Kristiansen 3. Natalie Bader
Photo: Amy Mundell

Teams

The Dutch team only joined the European Championships last edition where they took home the silver medal. The ‘Oranjes’ brought a strong delegation of young talented drivers to Kisbér. The Dutch took the lead after the dressage and did not give this away during the other phases and were crowned European champion for the first time in the Youth driving history. Team Germany finished on silver and host nation Hungary won bronze after a strong battle with Sweden.

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1. the Netherlands 2. Germany 3. Hungary
Photo: Amy Mundell

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