Category: Vaulting

Excitement is mounting as the FEI Vaulting World Championship for Seniors, alongside the FEI European Championship for Juniors and Young Vaulters, returns to Switzerland for the first time since it was hosted in Bulle in 1986. The event, set to kick off in Bern on July 17th, promises fierce competition and showcases the pinnacle of Vaulting excellence, with the world’s best vaulters competing for glory. FEI Vaulting World Championship for Seniors Germany’s female competitors present a formidable challenge, led by 2023 European Champion Kathrin Meyer, who aims for her first…

The FEI Vaulting World Cup™ final, Basel (SUI), culminated in an exceptional morning of extraordinary Vaulting talent today. There were twists, turns and top marks on display as Germany kept hold of the Male and Female titles. Kathrin Meyer and Jannik Heiland retained their crowns whilst Pas de Deux, Rebecca Greggio and Davide Zanella put their fashion foot forward to prevent a triple German success and return home to Italy with their first FEI Vaulting World Cup™ win.  Mens Competition The Men kicked off the final, Theo Gardies posting a…

The 12th FEI Vaulting World Cup final ™ opened in spectacular fashion in the St Jakobshalle in snowy Basel (SUI).  Germany flew into the lead in both individual events and only narrowly missed out on the Pas de Deux overnight top spot. The Italian pair, Rebecca Greggio and Davide Zanella hold it for now.  With one of the best line-ups for an FEI Vaulting World Cup™ final ever, there was much anticipation ahead of the first-round Technical test.  Switzerland’s Nadja Büttiker set the bar high.   Opening the show can…

More Competitive, More Inclusive FEI World Cup™ Finals Ahead in Omaha, By Catie Staszak While Omaha will host its second FEI World Cup™ Finals in April, there will be plenty of firsts for the venue as, among other things, it will open its doors to a third FEI Discipline, Vaulting. The discipline joins Omaha’s lineup in 2023, the result of a reformatted qualification system established for the sport after the 2019 season, which greatly increased the number of qualifying events and consequently, participating athletes. What was once a winter qualifying…

Written by Joanne Eccles It was goosebumps galore today in the finals of the Mustang FEI Vaulting World Championships 2022 in Herning (DEN). Double gold for France in the Individual categories and a repeat success for the team from Germany matching their 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games™ gold medal in the squad competition. Things started to heat up as Kimberly Palmer entered the Boxen arena. Her portrayal of Tonya Harding earned a score of 8.701 and an overall fifth place finish for the USA native. With tensions running high, Averill…

Training tougher than competition for Ukraine’s Equestrian Vaulting girls There is no easy way to prepare for an international competition. But five young equestrian Vaulters have needed to dig extra deep for grit and determination as they trained for their first-ever international competition. Polina Shovkova (14), sisters Katya (14) and Jenya (11) Panasenko, Sonia Shulga (14) and Marta Lopaienko (15) became the first team to ever represent Ukraine in international Vaulting when they participated in the one star competition in Kaposvár (HUN) from 20 to 22 May. The team’s participation…

Written by Joanne Eccles MBE FEI Vaulting World Cup™ Final 2022 Leipzig (GER) Under the lights of the Leipziger Messe the 2022 FEI Vaulting World Cup Champions were crowned. No one could keep French Manon Moutinho from the female title whilst Lorenzo Lupacchini took his chance to bring home the glory for Italy. Janika Derks and Johannes Kay gave a spine-tingling ultimate performance to win the Pas de Deux. After a great start in the Technical Test the trio of Manon Moutinho, FRA, Corrine Bosshard and Saitiri pulled out a show-stopping…

FEI Vaulting World Cup Final French favourites storm ahead Written by  Joanne Eccles MBE The 10th edition of the FEI Vaulting World Cup Final started in spectacular style with French favourites Manon Moutinho and Lambert Leclezio dominating the Individual Female and Male classes with their high difficulty, technical routines proving impossible to beat. Janika Derks and Johannes Kay of Germany, blew the competition away to take the top spot overnight in the Pas de Deux. Derks, vaulting on top of Rockemotion lunged by Nina Vorberg, had to settle for second…

New beginnings. Emotional endings. FEI Vaulting World Cup returns Written by Joanne Eccles After a three-year hiatus, the long-awaited FEI Vaulting World Cup Final will return on the 8th and 9th April 2022 at the Partner Pferd in the Leipziger Messe (GER).  Alongside the FEI Jumping, Dressage & Driving World Cup Finals, it is sure to be a high energy, thrilling spectacle as the World’s elite take to the stage. World champions and previous medalists will come together to battle it out for glory as FEI Vaulting returns with a…

FEI Vaulting World Championships 2021 Vaulting favourites reign supreme By Hannah Eccles Legends reigned supreme in the FEI Vaulting World Championships  2021, Budapest (HUN) as competition made a successful return to the world stage, with Lambert Leclezio defending his World title for France, Jasmin Lindner (AUT) reclaiming the female individual gold medal and Germany proving dominant in the Pas de Deux, Squad and Nations Team categories. After its triumphant debut at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ in 2018, The Nations Team event once again returned to great acclaim, delivering the…

FEI World Cup™ Vaulting: Germany lights up Leipzig By Hannah Eccles The last FEI World Cup™ Vaulting series qualifier before next month’s Final exceeded all expectations last night in Leipzig (GER) with audiences at the Partner Pferde treated to a dramatic showdown with stand-out performances and home-nation athletes winning all three disciplines. World number one Kristina Boe led throughout the competition with two commanding freestyles. In the male category, Daniel Kaiser came back from second in the first round to win with a masterful display, and Torben Jacobs and Theresa-Sophie…

FEI World Cup Vaulting 2016/17, the countdown begins – who will be triumphant? By Hannah Eccles This week the thrilling FEI World Cup Vaulting 2016/17 season gets underway, as vaulters compete at two different stations, Madrid (ESP) and Paris (FRA), for the all-important points to qualify for the final in Dortmund (GER), March 2017. The event, which has proved to be an overwhelming success, returns with this promising to be its best year yet.  Many of the stars of this summer’s FEI World Vaulting Championships in Le Mans (FRA) are taking…

Vaulting News FEI World Cup™ Vaulting Final 2015/2016 – Preview Vaulting Final  – Dortmund set to deliver fascinating FEI World Cup™ Vaulting Final – By Louise Parkes  The stage is set for a fascinating series of contests when the FEI World Cup™ Vaulting 2015/2016 Final gets underway in Dortmund (GER) tomorrow, Thursday 3 March. This is the sixth season of World Cup competition in this discipline which has grown a big audience in recent years, and which continues to attract top athletes whose courage, skill and determination are tested to…