Charlotte Fry

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

Charlotte Fry
Charlotte Fry and Everdale (2021)
Personal information
Full nameCharlotte Fry
Nickname(s)Lottie
Born (1996-02-11) 11 February 1996
Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Sport
Country United Kingdom
SportEquestrian
Coached byAnne van Olst
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2021 Tokyo Olympics
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team Dressage
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Herning Individual special dressage
Gold medal – first place 2022 Herning Individual freestyle dressage
Silver medal – second place 2022 Herning Team dressage
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 RiesenbeckTeam dressage
Silver medal – second place2021 HagenTeam dressage
Silver medal – second place2023 RiesenbeckIndividual dressage
World Championships for Young Dressage Horses
Gold medal – first place 2018 Ermelo Individual dressage
Gold medal – first place 2021 Verden Individual dressage
U25 European Dressage Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Exloo Individual dressage

Personal story

A daughter of Laura Fry, who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Charlotte Fry started riding at a young age. Aged 14, she started training with Olympic Champion Carl Hester, 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.[1]

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 Exloo, Netherlands, with her horse Dark Legend.[2][3]

Fry competed at the 2019 European Championships in Rotterdam where she placed 4th with the British dressage team. She continues to train in Den Hout, the Netherlands with former Danish Olympian Anne van Olst.[4]

She was selected to represent Great Britain during the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. She won the bronze team medal and ended 13th in the individual competition.[5] A month later she won gold at the World Championships for Young Horses in Verden with the Dutch-bred Kjento.[6]

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
  1. "Charlotte Fry – Van Olst Horses". www.vanolsthorses.com.
  2. Bryan, Polly (26 August 2018). "Meet Charlotte Fry, the British dressage rider everyone is talking about". Horse & Hound.
  3. "A massive success year for young British Charlotte Fry". Horse2Rider.
  4. "Charlotte Fry". FEI. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  5. Buckmann, George (27 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics 2020: Scarborough's Charlotte Fry and Team GB win team dressage bronze". The Scarborough.
  6. "WK Jonge Dressuurpaarden l 5e plek voor Thalia Rockx en Koko Jr. de la Fadenza in finale 6-jarigen, winst naar Charlotte Fry". De Hoefslag (in Dutch).
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