Charlotte Dujardin is the daughter of Jane Dujardin and Ian Dujardin. There isn’t much information about her parents on the internet however, To finance their hobby, their mother Jane Dujardin bought and sold ponies for her daughters to ride to enable them to continue riding.
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Encouraged by her trainer Debbie Thomas, Dujardin shifted her focus to dressage, using an inheritance from her grandmother to buy a horse. In 2007, after seeking employment with renowned trainer Carl Hester, she received some coaching and was soon offered a job at his yard in Newent, Gloucestershire. This marked the beginning of a fruitful partnership.
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Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro were selected to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. They set a new Olympic Record of 83.784% in the first round and went on to win gold in the team dressage event.
Two days later, they won individual gold with a score of 90.089%, performing in a medley of iconic British music. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Dujardin and Valegro repeated their success, winning double individual gold medals and setting a new Olympic dressage score of 93.857% in the Grand Prix Freestyle.
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