Charlotte Fry (born 11 February 1996) is an Olympic, European Championships and World Championships medal-winning British dressage rider.

Personal story

A daughter of Laura Fry, who competed at the

1992 Summer Olympic Games The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

in Barcelona, Charlotte Fry started riding at a young age. Aged 14, she started training with Olympic Champion

Carl Hester Carl Hester (born 29 June 1967 in Cambridgeshire, England) is a British dressage rider competing at Olympic level. As of 8 August 2012 the Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) rank him 12th in the world riding Uthopia. In 2012, Hester f ...

, having weekly lessons from the age of 16. Hester told former Danish Olympiad Anne van Olst about Fry, after which Fry moved to the Netherlands to train with van Olst. Since 2012 she has lived and worked alongside her boyfriend in the Netherlands.

Career

In 2018 Fry became World Champion during the World Championships for Young Horses in Ermelo, riding Glamourdale in the 7-years old division. She also won at the 2018 European Championships for Grand Prix riders under the age of 25 in

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, Netherlands, with her horse Dark Legend. Fry competed at the 2019 European Championships in Rotterdam where she placed 4th with the British dressage team. She continues to train in

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, the Netherlands with former Danish Olympian

Anne van Olst Anne van Olst (born 25 March 1962 in Aalborg, Nordjylland), also known as Anne Koch Jensen, is a Danish dressage rider. She was part of the Bronze winning Danish team at the Olympic games in Beijing 2008 and finished 23rd in the individual dres ...

. She was selected to represent Great Britain during the

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. She won the bronze team medal and ended 13th in the individual competition. A month later she won gold at the World Championships for Young Horses in Verden with the Dutch-bred Kjento. In the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark, Charlotte competed Glamourdale to win Gold in both the Individual Grand Prix Special and the Individual Grand Prix Freestyle. On December 16th, 2022, the pair won the 5th leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup, West Europe League, with a personal best of 90.995% in the Freestyle. she has a total of 71 victories. she is seventh in the FEI World Dressage Ranking

References

External links

Fry's page
at Olympedia.org 1996 births Living people British female equestrians British dressage riders English female equestrians Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Great Britain Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain People from Driffield Sportspeople from Scarborough, North Yorkshire {{DEFAULTSORT:Fry, Charlotte