The Balve Optimum is a tournament between horse riders ( CSI/CDI) in

Balve Balve is a town in the Märkischer Kreis district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in ''Hönnetal'', a narrow valley created by the river Hönne, which is near the Sorpe Dam, formerly part of Balve, and at the north end of the Sauer ...

. It is placed at

Wocklum, the home of

Dieter von Landsberg-Velen Dieter or dieter may refer to: * A person committed to dieting People Dieter is a German given name (), a short form of Dietrich, from ''theod+ric'' "people ruler", see Theodoric. Given name *Dieter Althaus (born 1958), German politician * ...

. The aligner are the ''Turniergemeinschaft Balve GmbH'' with its managing director Rosalie von Landsberg-Velen and the ''Reiterverein Balve'' with its chairman count Landsberg-Velen.

History

The first riders tournament was organized in the year 1947.

German championship 2008

The winner of the German championship 2008 is: ;Horse jumping *

Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (born 26 December 1969) is an American-born German equestrian who competes at the international level in show jumping. Career She grew up riding ponies and had a successful career as a Young Rider, both in equitati ...

*Eva Bitter ;Dressage *

Isabell Werth Isabell Werth (born 21 July 1969 in Issum) is a German equestrian and world champion in dressage who competed in the Olympics six times (1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2016, 2020) ...

*Matthias Alexander Rath

External links

Reiterverein Balve
{{in lang, de Balve Show jumping events Dressage events Sport in North Rhine-Westphalia Westphalia culture