Charlotte Dujardin is described in the public record as British equestrian and writer (born 1985).
Charlotte Susan Jane Dujardin (born 13 July 1985) is a British dressage rider, equestrian, and writer. A multiple World and Olympic champion, Dujardin has been described as the dominant dressage rider of her era. In 2014 she held the complete set of available individual elite dressage titles: the individual Olympic freestyle, World freestyle and Grand Prix Special, World Cup individual dressage and European freestyle, and Grand Prix Special titles. Dujardin was the first rider to hold this complete set of titles at the same time. Her six Olympic medals are a joint record for a female British Olympian; cyclist Laura Kenny has won more golds. On 23 July 2024, Dujardin pulled out of the 2024 Summer Olympics after a video surfaced of her excessively whipping a horse during training. She was provisionally handed a one-year suspension, which was upheld by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports in December 2024.
Charlotte Dujardin is recorded among the figures by whom equestrian is remembered, and the surviving account of that career is the basis on which the reputation rests.
Equestrian sport is the only Olympic discipline in which men and women compete directly against one another, and the partnership between rider and horse takes years to build.
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