title: Balve Optimum
text: # Balve Optimum
  
  The Balve Optimum is a tournament between horse riders (CSI/CDI) in Balve. It is placed at Balve Wocklum, the home of Dieter von Landsberg-Velen. 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
  * Eva Bitter
  
  ### Dressage
  
  * Isabell Werth
  * Matthias Alexander Rath
  