Medals galore for British vaulters at Euros
British vaulters secured 4 medals at the senior and junior European championships in Austria
Vaulting
The equestrian sport of vaulting could be described as gymnastics using a horse as a mobile platform. The horse is lunged in canter on a circle no smaller than 15 meters diameter, while the athlete performs gymnastic movements on top.
Vaulting has classes for individual male and female competitors, a pa- de-deux class where two competitors perform together with one horse, and a squad class, in which a group of seven athletes perform together with up to three individuals on the horse at any one time.
British vaulting has had success at international level, including when Britain’s Joanne Eccles won medals at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Joanne won gold in the individual female class. The Eccles sisters (Joanne and Hannah) took bronze in the pas de deux class.
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British riders ready for Aachen Nations Cups
British dressage, eventing and showjumping teams will be competing in Nations Cup competitions in Aachen this week
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Tenth British pas de deux title on the trot for vaulting's Eccles sisters
The Eccles first won the pas de deux title in 2002 and have done so every year since
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Britain wins gold at junior European valuting championships
British pair Rebecca Norval and Andrew McLachlan won gold in the pas de deux championship
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Joanne Eccles, British vaulter
Joanne Eccles, born in 1989, is European and British vaulting champion
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Fourth Aachen title for vaulter Joanne Eccles
Joanne won the senior women's class for a fourth time and she and sister Hannah also won the pas de deux
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British vaulters' one, two, three finish in Saumur
Joanne Eccles, Hannah Eccles and Lucy Phillips kept the rest of the field at bay throughout all four rounds of the ladies' class
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Joanne Eccles wins the first FEI vaulting World Cup
Sisters Joanne and Hannah Eccles took the first and second places at the first FEI World Cup Vaulting final in Bordeaux
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Joanne Eccles wins her first vaulting World Cup qualifier
Vaulter Joanne Eccles started her 2011/12 season in high style by winning the FEI World Cup Qualifier in Salzburg
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Joanne Eccles and Ross Foreman reign at British vaulting champs
Joanne Eccles and Ross Foreman retained their individual titles at the British Vaulting Championships 2011 (22-23 October)
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Vaulter Joanne Eccles wins senior female title at Le Mans
The 22-year-old has successfully defended the title she won in 2009
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British vaulters aim for medals at European championships
The vaulters carrying British hopes at the FEI senior and junior European vaulting championships in France have been chosen
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British equestrian vaulting squad named for Europeans
The British vaulting squad for the European Championships has been named.
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Winning start to the season for Team GBR vaulters
Britain's vaulters got their international season off to a cracking start with two wins in Saumur, France (22-25 April)
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Sarah Gemmell becomes second British vaulting judge
Former vaulter Sarah Gemmell has become only the second Brit to be accepted by the FEI to be a vaulting candidate judge
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Vaulting gold winning WH Bentley is half Dales pony
Strange but true — the dam of WH Bentley, the 17.2hh horse that took British vaulter Joanne Eccles to gold at the World Equestrian Games, is a 14.2hh Dales
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Germany leads after WEG team vaulting freestyle; Britain eighth
The British vaulting team remains in eighth place after performing their Latin/Salsa dance freestyle at the World Equestrian Games this evening
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Don’t miss the vaulters on Blue Peter
Watch the British vaulting team live on BBC1
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Eccles sisters take silver at vaulting European Championships
Joanne and Hannah Eccles won Britain’s first pairs vaulting medal with silver at the European Championships in Austria
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Eccles sisters Joanne and Hannah top the world vaulting rankings
Joanne Eccles, who remains unbeaten this year, is ranked the best of 117 vaulters from around the world for 2010 so far, and her sister Hannah sits in second place
