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United Kingdom Charlotte Dujardin CBE is an elite British dressage rider and triple Olympic Gold Medalist, holding European, World, and all three World Records in the sport of Dressage.
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Charlotte Dujardin was born on July 13, 1985, in Enfield, Greater London, and grew up in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. She began riding at two years old, developing her equestrian skills early. As a child, Dujardin was diagnosed with dyslexia. She attended Vandyke Upper School in Leighton Buzzard, leaving at age 16. She achieved success in early equestrian competitions, winning the Horse of the Year Show four times and the All England Jumping Course at Hickstead on three occasions.
After encouragement from her trainer, Debbie Thomas, Dujardin pursued dressage. In February 2007, she secured a position as a groom at Carl Hester’s yard in Newent, Gloucestershire, where she further developed her skills. In 2011, Hester and co-owner Roly Luard asked Dujardin to train Valegro, a Dutch Warmblood gelding. This partnership led to significant achievements, including a team gold medal at the European Dressage Championship in Rotterdam in 2011. The pair set a new World Record for the Olympic Grand Prix discipline in April 2012 at the FEI World Cup Grand Prix at London Olympia, scoring 88.022%. Dujardin continued to achieve success with Valegro, winning the World Cup freestyle event in 2012 and their fourth consecutive World Title at the FEI World Cup in Las Vegas in 2015, making them the only pair to hold this record.
Dujardin’s Olympic career with Valegro includes two gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics in team and individual dressage. They continued this success at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, winning double individual gold medals, making her the first British woman to retain an individual Olympic title. In 2020 Tokyo Olympics, riding Gio, she secured two bronze medals in team and individual dressage. Valegro was retired in 2016. In 2019, Dujardin was eliminated from the European Championships after blood was found on her horse, Mount St John Freestyle. In July 2024, Dujardin was provisionally suspended and later banned for one year by the FEI due to a video showing her excessively whipping a horse during training, leading to her withdrawal from the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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