Hans Peter Minderhoud

Hans Peter Francois Minderhoud (born 7 October 1973 in Westkapelle, Zeeland) is a Dutch dressage rider.

Minderhoud won the VSN Cup in 2004 with his horse Gameboy and also succeeded in the Pavo Cup with Sandreo and Florencio. At the 2004 World Championships for 5-year-old horses, he won the World title in Verden with Florencio.

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.

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