Adelinde Cornelissen

Adelinde Cornelissen

Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Equestrian
Medal record Equestrian Representing  Netherlands Olympic Games 2012 London Individual dressage 2012 London Team dressage World Championships 2010 Kentucky Team Dressage 2014 Normandy Team dressage 2014 Normandy Freestyle dressage European Championships 2009 Windsor Spécial Dressage 2009 Windsor Team Dressage 2011 Rotterdam Spécial Dressage 2011 Rotterdam Freestyle Dressage 2009 Windsor Freestyle Dressage 2013 Herning Team Dressage 2011 Rotterdam Team Dressage 2013 Herning Spécial Dressage 2013 Herning Freestyle Dressage World Cup 2011 Leipzig Individual dressage 2012 Den Bosch Individual dressage 2010 Den Bosch Individual dressage 2013 Gothenburg Individual dressage

Adelinde Cornelissen (born July 8, 1979 in Beilen, Drenthe) is a Dutch dressage rider.

As a junior, Cornelissen won three national Dutch titles; twice with Ayesha and once with Mr. Pride. In 2004, she won her first senior title at national level when she won the Z2-class with Parzival. In that same year she became national champion in the Reserve Championships in the ZZ-light-class with, followed by the same title in the ZZ-heavy-class title in 2005, both times on Parzival. In 2007, she and Parzival won the Dutch national championship in the heavy-class and she won two silver medals, at International Grand Prix meetings in Falsterbo and Herentals. In Falsterbo she finished second in the Grand Prix Spécial, while in she won the GPS in Herentals. During the Grand Prix in Rotterdam she and her teammates won the gold medal in the Nations competition, she came third in the Grand Prix Spécial. She won another GPS bronze medal in Arnhem.

In 2008, she became the champion in the Reserve Championships again, this time in the ZZ-heavy-class. She also became national champion at the Dutch Championships that year. Cornelissen and Parzival went on to win the International Grand Prix of Indoor Brabant, while they became second in the Grand Prix Spécial. At the Grand Prix meeting in Aachen, they became second in both the Grand Prix as well as the GPS.

Cornelissen was selected to represent the Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as a reserve. The original team consisted of Anky van Grunsven, Imke Bartels and Hans Peter Minderhoud.

At the 2009 European Dressage Championship she won with Parzival team and individual (Grand Prix Spécial) gold and in the Grand Prix Freestyle she won the silver medal. At the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games Cornelissen was eliminated in the Grand Prix due to blood being visible in Parzival's mouth as a result of Parzival having bitten his tongue.

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