Semmieke Rothenberger continued her family tradition of winning gold medals when she and her pony Deinhard B were crowned dressage champions at the FEI Championships for Ponies in Millstreet. Fourteen-year-old Rothenberger lives near Frankfurt in Germany and has been competing at the European championships since the age of 12. Her brother, Sonke (19), is a previous gold medal winner at pony and young rider levels, while her 21-year-old sister, Sanneke, is a three-time pony gold medal winner, twice a junior medal winner, and is now competing at grand prix level.
Rothenberger scored an impressive 78.341% to win the competition ahead of Lisanne Zoutendijk on Champ of Class for the Netherlands (74.976%), with Alexandra Hellings on Der Kleine Lord (74.756%) in the bronze medal position for Britain.
The three chefs d’équipe of the medal-winning riders were unanimous in their praise for the standard of the organisation at Millstreet.
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From an Irish perspective, it was the first time that an Irish team has competed at the championships under the modern equestrian structures and in that respect it shows a sign of progression in this discipline.
The Irish riders scored as follows: Alana Cazabon Sullivan (Schermers Hof) 65.366% in 40th place, Katie Burns (Caracas II) 63.976% in 44th place, and Linnea Larkin (Goofy) in 45th place.
In the team classification Ireland finished in 11th position overall.
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Semmieke Rothenberger continued her family tradition of winning gold medals when she and her pony Deinhard B were crowned dressage champions at the FEI Championships for Ponies in Millstreet. Fourteen-year-old Rothenberger lives near Frankfurt in Germany and has been competing at the European championships since the age of 12. Her brother, Sonke (19), is a previous gold medal winner at pony and young rider levels, while her 21-year-old sister, Sanneke, is a three-time pony gold medal winner, twice a junior medal winner, and is now competing at grand prix level.
Rothenberger scored an impressive 78.341% to win the competition ahead of Lisanne Zoutendijk on Champ of Class for the Netherlands (74.976%), with Alexandra Hellings on Der Kleine Lord (74.756%) in the bronze medal position for Britain.
The three chefs d’équipe of the medal-winning riders were unanimous in their praise for the standard of the organisation at Millstreet.
From an Irish perspective, it was the first time that an Irish team has competed at the championships under the modern equestrian structures and in that respect it shows a sign of progression in this discipline.
The Irish riders scored as follows: Alana Cazabon Sullivan (Schermers Hof) 65.366% in 40th place, Katie Burns (Caracas II) 63.976% in 44th place, and Linnea Larkin (Goofy) in 45th place.
In the team classification Ireland finished in 11th position overall.
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