Charlotte Dujardin may turn into Nice Britain’s maximum adorned feminine Olympian of all time, having been decided on as a member of the dressage staff for the Paris Olympics.
Charlotte has received six Olympic dressage medals, 3 of which can be gold. This implies she is equivalent with former bicycle owner Dame Laura Kenny, however profitable a medal of any color in Paris would ship Charlotte to the highest of the listing.
Charlotte’s first medals got here on the London 2012 Olympics, the place she received each staff and person dressage gold medals on Valegro – Britain’s first Olympic medals in dressage.
The pair went directly to effectively shield their person identify and secured a staff dressage silver on the Rio 2016 Olympics. Their gold medal in Rio made Charlotte the primary British lady ever to retain a person Olympic identify. She additionally broke the Olympic freestyle document within the procedure with 93.86%.
With Valegro Charlotte could also be nonetheless the present total global document holder in all 3 exams, reaching a outstanding 87.460% within the grand prix at London CDI-W in 2014, 88.022% within the grand prix particular at Hagen CDI in 2012, and 94.300% within the freestyle at London CDI-W additionally in 2014.
Charlotte competed with out Valegro at an Olympics for the primary time in Tokyo. Using Gio she received person and staff bronze, bringing her general medal rely to 6.
This fulfillment surpassed British rower Dame Katherine Grainger and tennis participant Kathleen McKane Godfree’s information, making Charlotte the then-most adorned British feminine Olympian.
Laura claimed the identify the next week. Charlotte can be having a look to reclaim it and make historical past as she rides at her fourth Olympics in Paris on Carl Hester and Coral Ingham’s 11-year-old gelding Imhotep – her first trip since Valegro to damage the 90% barrier in global festival.
Charlotte Dujardin on Paris Olympics: “We can do our very best”
Britain are robust favourites for a place at the podium, along Germany and Denmark. Imhotep could also be in my opinion one of the most highest horses on the earth and appears to be hitting shape at precisely the precise time.
However he’ll face severe festival for the person medals from teammate Lottie Fry and reigning undisputed global champion Glamourdale, Olympic champions Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and TSF Dalera BB, in addition to Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour on Charlotte’s former trip Mount St John Freestyle.
“The most important thanks to each and every one that has helped alongside the way in which… to the staff at house, my superb and supportive companions, shut family and friends,” Charlotte stated, reflecting on her variety.
“And to everybody who has adopted and joined me in this adventure thus far… I so hope we do you proud. All I will be able to promise is we will be able to do our very best, take a look at our toughest, and whilst there take a second to revel in and respect how fortunate we’re to have our improbable horses in our lives; and so to do what we like such a lot.”
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