Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour

Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour (born 2 January 1992) is a Danish Olympic dressage horse rider.[1] Representing Denmark, she competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where she finished 13th in the individual and 6th in the team competition. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, she finished 4th in both the individual and team dressage events.[2][3]

Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour
Cathrine Dufour and Bohemian (2021)
Personal information
Nickname(s)Cat
Born (1992-01-02) 2 January 1992
Hvalsø, Denmark
Sport
Country Denmark
SportEquestrian dressage
Coached byPrincess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg,
Kyra Kyrklund
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalsdressage 2016 adn 2020
Highest world ranking2
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  Denmark
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 HerningTeam dressage
Silver medal – second place2022 HerningIndividual special dressage
Silver medal – second place 2022 Herning Individual freestyle dressage
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 GothenburgTeam dressage
Silver medal – second place2021 HagenFreestyle dressage
Bronze medal – third place2017 GothenburgSpecial dressage
Bronze medal – third place2017 GothenburgFreestyle dressage
Bronze medal – third place2019 RotterdamSpecial dressage
Bronze medal – third place2021 HagenTeam dressage
Bronze medal – third place2021 HagenSpecial dressage
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2022 LeipzigIndividual dressage

Sports career

Dufour started riding at age 5 and joined the Danish national pony dressage team at age 12. She has won several medals at the Danish and European junior and young riders championships.[4]

She has studied Leisure Management, Sports Management for a year at University College Zealand.[4]

Olympics Results
Year Event Result Rank
2016 Individual dressage 78.143 13
2016 Team dressage 74.311 6
2020 Individual dressage 87.507 4
2020 Team dressage 7540.0 4

Business Interests

While studying Cathrine started up her own company Cathrine Dressage, through which she trains young riders and educates horses. She also develops training videos for the platform Cathrine Stream.[5]

Cathrine Dufour is a brand-ambassador for the Danish bag brand Adax and collaborates with several other brands, including Trolle Company,[6] Cavalleria Toscana and Ingdam's.[7]

Personal life

Dufour is married to Rasmine Laudrup, daughter of former professional footballer Brian Laudrup.[8] They live on an equestrian estate in Fredensborg north of Copenhagen.[9]

Horses
  • Atterupgaards Cassidy
  • Eternity
  • ADAX'Sauterness
  • Perfect Brilliant



References
  1. "Cathrine Dufour". fei.org. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  2. "Equestrian - Grand Prix Freestyle - Individual Final Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  3. "Equestrian - Grand Prix Special - Team Final Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  4. Normann (23 August 2017). "Cathrine vil være verdens bedste dressurrytter: Jeg er en kompromisløs 'sportspsykopat'". dr.dk. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  5. "I en travl hverdag er fritid luksus". IN. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  6. "Trolle Riders - Klara Dufour". Trolle Company. Archived from the original on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  7. "Sponsorryttere". Ingdam's. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  8. "Rasmine Laudrup og Cathrine Dufour: Sådan går det med bryllupsplanerne" (in Danish). Billed-Bladet. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  9. "Cathrine Dufour og Rasmine Laudrup flytter til Fredensborg" (in Danish). Zibrasport. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2022.


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