The FEI has appointed the ground jury for the 2026 European Championships for Children and Junior Riders in Olomouc (CZE) on 13 - 19 July 2026.
The event will be hosted at the Olomouc Equestrian Center, which began hosting international dressage competitions in 2022 based on its experience in staging numerous national dressage competitions and international jumping shows.
The venue has hosted a string of CDI's and CDI-W's in the last decade.
For the 2026 Europeans the ground jury includes:
Children
- Thomas Lang (AUT) - president
- Alban Tissot (FRA)
- Gabriela Valerianova (CZE)
- Maarten van der Heijden (NED)
- Knut Danzberg (GER)
The reserve judge is Paula Nysten (FIN)
Junior Riders
- Henning Lehrmann (GER) - president
- Mariette Sanders (NED)
- Christine Prip (DEN)
- Marlena Gruca-Rucinska (POL)
- Frederico Pinteus (POR)
The reserve judge is Mats Eriksson (SWE)
The foreign technical delegate will be Mariano Santos Redondo (ESP), the chief steward is Didier Ferrer (FRA).
Evi Eisenhardt (GER) will be the representative for the Judging Supervisory Panel.
Photo © Astrid Appels
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