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{{Infobox sportsperson
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| name = Charlotte Dujardin
| honorific_suffix = [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]]
| image = Charlotte Dujardin 2012 Olympic Dressage (cropped).JPG
| caption = Dujardin in 2012
| fullname = Charlotte Susan Jane Dujardin<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/580999/new-years-honours-2017-full-list.pdf|date=30 December 2016|access-date=30 December 2016|work=[[Gov.uk]]|publisher=[[Government Digital Service]]|title=New Year's Honours list 2017|page=14}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|07|13}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/125495 |title=Charlotte Dujardin |website=olympedia.org |access-date=23 July 2024}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]], Greater London, England
| height = 1.70 m
| weight = 61&nbsp;kg
| website = 
| country = {{GBR2}}
| sport = [[Equestrianism|Equestrian]] [[dressage]]
| event = 
| collegeteam = 
| club = 
| team = British Dressage Federation
| turnedpro = 2011
| coach = [[Carl Hester]], Ian Cast
| retired = 
| coaching = 
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| highestranking = 1
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|[[Equestrianism|Equestrian]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalOlympics}}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{MedalGold|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Team dressage|Team dressage]]<br/>(with [[Valegro]])}}
{{MedalGold|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage|Individual dressage]]<br/>(with [[Valegro]])}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage|Individual dressage]]<br/>(with [[Valegro]])}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Team dressage|Team dressage]]<br/>(with [[Valegro]])}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]] | [[Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Team dressage]]<br/>(with Gio) }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]] | [[Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Individual dressage]]<br/>(with Gio) }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FEI World Equestrian Games|World Equestrian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2014 FEI World Equestrian Games|2014 Normandy]]|Spécial dressage<br />(with [[Valegro]])}}
{{MedalGold|[[2014 FEI World Equestrian Games|2014 Normandy]]|Freestyle dressage<br />(with [[Valegro]])}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2014 FEI World Equestrian Games|2014 Normandy]]|Team dressage<br />(with [[Valegro]])}}
{{MedalSilver |[[2022 FEI World Championships|2022 Herning]] | Team dressage }}
{{MedalBronze|[[2018 FEI World Equestrian Games|2018 Tryon]]|Spécial dressage<br />(with Mount St John Freestyle)}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2018 FEI World Equestrian Games|2018 Tryon]]|Team dressage<br />(with Mount St John Freestyle)}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Dressage Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 European Dressage Championship|2011 Rotterdam]]|Team dressage<br />(with [[Valegro]])}}
{{MedalGold|[[European Dressage Championships|2013 Herning]]|Spécial dressage<br />(with [[Valegro]])}}
{{MedalGold|[[European Dressage Championships|2013 Herning]]|Freestyle dressage<br />(with [[Valegro]])}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 European Dressage Championships|2015 Aachen]]|Spécial dressage<br />(with [[Valegro]])}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 European Dressage Championships|2015 Aachen]]|Freestyle dressage<br />(with [[Valegro]])}}
{{MedalGold|[[2023 FEI European Dressage Championships|2023 Riesenbeck]]|Team dressage<br />(with Imhotep)}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2015 European Dressage Championships|2015 Aachen]]|Team dressage<br />(with [[Valegro]])}}
{{MedalSilver|[[European Dressage Championships|2021 Hagen]]|Team dressage<br />(with Gio)}}
{{MedalBronze|[[European Dressage Championships|2013 Herning]]|Team dressage<br />(with [[Valegro]])}}
{{MedalBronze|[[European Dressage Championships|2021 Hagen]]|Individual dressage<br />(with Gio)}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2023 FEI European Dressage Championships|2023 Riesenbeck]]|Special dressage<br />(with Imhotep)}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2023 FEI European Dressage Championships|2023 Riesenbeck]]|Freestyle dressage<br />(with Imhotep)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Dressage World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2014 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)|2014 Lyon]]|Individual dressage<br />(with [[Valegro]])}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)|2015 Las Vegas]]|Individual dressage<br />(with [[Valegro]])}}
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'''Charlotte Susan Jane Dujardin''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born 13 July 1985) is a British [[dressage]] rider and [[Equestrianism|equestrian]]. She has been a World and [[Olympic sports|Olympic]] winner many times. She is a powerful dressage rider of her era, She was the first to have a complete set of dressage titles at the same time. She has won six Olympic medals. She also has three [[Medal|gold medals]]. She is tied with [[Bicycle|cyclist]] [[Laura Kenny]] as Britain's female Olympian with many medals. However, Dujardin went out of the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] after being not able to because of [[Cruelty to animals|animal cruelty]].

==Early life==
Charlotte Dujardin was born in [[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]]. She grew up in [[Leighton Buzzard|Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire]]. She started riding horses as a two-year-old.<ref name=GuardDujardin>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/09/olympic-gold-charlotte-dujardin?newsfeed=true|title=Charlotte Dujardin: gold for the woman who could make a donkey dance|author=Lizzy Davies|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=9 August 2012|access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> When she was three, she won second place at her first Pony Club show jumping [[competition]].<ref name=Stand>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/olympics/olympics-sport/london-2012-olympics-i-always-knew-she-would-be-a-star-says-mother-of-dressage-gold-winner-charlotte-dujardin-8026095.html|title=London 2012 Olympics: 'I always knew she would be a star', says mother of dressage gold-winner Charlotte Dujardin|newspaper=[[Evening Standard]]|date=9 August 2012|access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> Later, her mother bought and sold [[Pony|ponies]] for her daughters.<ref name=Indp8025974>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/other-events/equestrian-unlikely-winner-charlotte-dujardin-celebrates-double-gold-8025974.html|title=Equestrian: 'Unlikely winner' Charlotte Dujardin celebrates double gold|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=9 August 2012|access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref>

As a child, Dujardin was [[Diagnosis|diagnosed]] with [[dyslexia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/features/12-things-might-not-know-charlotte-dujardin-467541|title=12 things you might not know about Charlotte Dujardin|first=Gemma|last=Redrup|date=16 December 2014|website=Horse & Hound}}</ref>
She went to Vandyke Upper School in Leighton Buzzard.<ref>{{cite news|title=Double gold medal winner is ex-Vandyke student|url=http://www.leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk/news/local-news/double-gold-medal-winner-is-ex-vandyke-student-1-4153513|newspaper=Leighton Buzzard Observer|access-date=25 August 2012|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402140223/http://www.leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk/news/local-news/double-gold-medal-winner-is-ex-vandyke-student-1-4153513|url-status=dead}}</ref> She later said, "I didn't really go to school that much".<ref name=LB>{{cite web|last=Dunn|first=Matthew|title=Charlotte Dujardin's lost days at school|date=10 August 2012|url=http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/338783/Charlotte-Dujardin-s-lost-days-at-school-|publisher=Express.co.uk|access-date=11 August 2012}}</ref> She left school at 16.<ref name=gb>{{cite web|title=Charlotte Dujardin|url=http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/charlotte-dujardin|website=Teamgb.com|access-date=7 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=ch>{{cite web|title=Charlotte Dujardin |url=http://www.carlhester.co.uk/Home/CarlsTeam/tabid/59/Default.aspx |website=Carlhester.co.uk |access-date=7 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726043306/http://www.carlhester.co.uk/Home/CarlsTeam/tabid/59/Default.aspx |archive-date=26 July 2010 }}</ref>

Dujardin won the ''Horse of the Year Show'' competition four times. was a winner at ''All England Jumping Course at Hickstead'' three times.<ref name=ch/><ref name=2012gb>{{cite news|title=London 2012: Charlotte Dujardin breaks dressage world record|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/17886842|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=7 July 2012}}</ref>

==Career==
Dujardin did [[dressage]] with a horse that she bought.<ref name="Stand" /><ref name="Indp8025974" /> She used an [[inheritance]] from her grandmother to do this.<ref name=Stand/><ref name=Indp8025974/>

In December 2012, Dujardin was riding a horse name Valegro. They won the ''2012 World Cup freestyle event'' held at Olympia. They got a score of 87.875%.<ref name="2012wc">{{cite news|title=Charlotte Dujardin wins World Cup freestyle in Olympia|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/equestrian/20778381|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=19 December 2012}}</ref> On 19 April 2015, in [[Las Vegas]], Dujardin and Valegro won the FEI World Cup. They got a score of 94.169% on the last day of the competition.  This was their fourth World Title. They are the only pair to have ever held four world titles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eventcontent.hippoonline.de/1000/docs/R_06_mark.pdf |title=GBR Dujardin, Charlotte |website=Eventocntent.hippoonline.de |access-date=2016-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://dressagedaily.com/article/charlotte-dujardin-reclaims-world-cup-title-2015-world-cup-finals-las-vegas|title= Horses, Dressage & More|work= Dressage Daily News|access-date= 20 April 2015|archive-date= 30 July 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150730033551/http://dressagedaily.com/article/charlotte-dujardin-reclaims-world-cup-title-2015-world-cup-finals-las-vegas|url-status= dead}}</ref>

In 2019, Dujardin was taken out of the [[Longines FEI European Championships]] after [[blood]] was found on her horse, Mount St John.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Isabell Werth secures Golden medal for team Germany. Ireland for first time ever qualifies Dressage team for Tokyo. |url=https://equnews.com/championships/isabell-werth-secures-golden-medal-for-team-germany-ireland-for-first-time-ever-qualifies-dressage-team-for-tokyo |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=Equnews International |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-20 |title=Dujardin eliminated from European Championships after blood found on her horse |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/uk-sports/2019/08/20/dujardin-eliminated-from-european-championships-after-blood-found-on-her-horse/ |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=www.shropshirestar.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Olympics===
[[File:Gold post box Enfield Charlotte Dujardin.jpg|thumb|The gold post box for Charlotte Dujardin in Enfield.]]
Dujardin and Valegro were picked to represent [[Great Britain]] at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=2012sel>{{cite web|title=London 2012: Dressage riders Bechtolsheimer and Dujardin selected for Team GB|url=http://www.sportsister.com/2012/06/27/london-2012-dressage-riders-bechtolsheimer-and-dujardin-selected-for-team-gb/|website=Sportsister.com|access-date=7 July 2012|archive-date=23 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723072043/http://www.sportsister.com/2012/06/27/london-2012-dressage-riders-bechtolsheimer-and-dujardin-selected-for-team-gb/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 7 August 2012, Charlotte and Valegro were a part of the British team. The team won the gold medal in the team dressage event.<ref name=2012gold>{{cite web|title=Olympics equestrian: 20 gold medals for GB with dressage win|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18902771|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=7 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808195207/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18902771|archive-date=8 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Dujardin and Valegro also won double gold medals for themselves at the 2016 Rio Olympics, making her the first British woman to retain an Olympic title for herself.

On 14 December 2016, Dujardin retired Valegro at age 14 after finishing a freestyle test.

==International Championship results==
[[File:Charlotte Dujardin - Gio - EM Hagen 2021.JPG|thumb|Charlotte Dujardin and ''Gio'' at 2021 European Championships]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="12" align="center" | '''Results'''
|-
! Year
! Event
! Horse
!Score
! Placing
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2011 || rowspan="3" | European Championships || rowspan="3" |Valegro
|78.830%
|{{Gold01}}
|Team
|-
|76.548%
|6th
|Individual Special
|-
|79.357%
|9th
|Individual Freestyle
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012 || rowspan="2" | Olympic Games || rowspan="2" |Valegro
|83.663%
|{{Gold01}}
|Team
|-
|90.089%
|{{Gold01}}
|Individual
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2013 || rowspan="3" |European Championships
| rowspan="3" |Valegro
|85.942%
|{{Bronze03}}
|Team
|-
|85.699%||{{Gold01}}
|Individual Special
|-
|91.250%
|{{Gold01}}
|Individual Freestyle
|-
|2014
|World Cup Final
|Valegro
|92.179%
|{{Gold01}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2014
| rowspan="3" |World Equestrian Games
| rowspan="3" |Valegro
|85.271%
|{{Silver02}}
|Team
|-
|86.120%
|{{Gold01}}
|Individual Special
|-
|92.161%
|{{Gold01}}
|Individual Freestyle
|-
|2015
|World Cup Final
|Valegro
|94.196%
|{{Gold01}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2015
| rowspan="3" |European Championships
| rowspan="3" |Valegro
|83.029%
|{{Silver02}}
|Team
|-
|87.577%
|{{Gold01}}
|Individual Special
|-
|89.054%
|{{Gold01}}
|Individual Freestyle
|-
| rowspan="2" |2016
| rowspan="2" |Olympic Games
| rowspan="2" |Valegro
|85.071%
|{{Silver02}}
|Team
|-
|93.857%
|{{Gold01}}
|Individual
|-
| rowspan="2" |2018
| rowspan="2" |World Equestrian Games
| rowspan="2" |Mount St. John Freestyle
|77.764%
|{{Bronze03}}
|Team
|-
|81.489%
|{{Bronze03}}
|Individual Special
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019
| rowspan="2" |European Championships
| rowspan="2" |Mount St. John Freestyle
| rowspan="2" |EL
|4th
|Team
|-
|66th
|Individual
|-
| rowspan="2" |2021
| rowspan="2" |Olympic Games
| rowspan="2" |Gio
|79.544%
|{{Bronze03}}
|Team
|-
|88.543%
|{{Bronze03}}
|Individual
|-
| rowspan="2" |2021
| rowspan="2" |European Championships
| rowspan="2" |Gio
|79.829%
|{{Silver02}}
|Team
|-
|87.246%
|{{Bronze03}}
|Individual
|}

===Animal cruelty===
On 23 July 2024, Dujardin pulled out of competing at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] in [[Paris]] after a video emerged of her whipping a horse during training over and over.<ref name=":0" /> She whipped the horse around 24 times in one minute.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-07-24 |title=Dujardin out of Olympics over 'whipping horse 24 times like circus elephant' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/charlotte-dujardin-horse-video-rider-olympics-2024-b2584864.html |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> She was shortly taken out from competition.

Dujardin said that she was "deeply ashamed" and the problem "was completely out of character and does not reflect how I train my horses or teach my students".<ref name=":0" />

==Writing and television==
Dujardin let out her [[autobiography]], ''The Girl on the Dancing Horse: Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro'', in  (2018).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/features/book-review-charlotte-dujardin-autobiography-644915|title=Charlotte Dujardin's autobiography: an informal 'chat' with the Olympic champion|first=Polly|last=Bryan|date=24 February 2018|website=Horse & Hound}}</ref> She was on the [[Netflix]] show ''Free Rein''.<ref>[http://ww.horseandhound.co.uk/news/charlotte-dujardin-appear-childrens-tv-show-624430 Charlotte Dujardin to appear in children’s TV show <!-- Bot generated title -->]{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Her then-fiancé Dean Golding wore a shirt that said, "Can we get married now?" after she won the gold medal at the ''Rio Olympics''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charlotte Dujardin hails Valegro after winning gold |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/charlotte-dujardin-hails-valegro-after-winning-gold-1469671 |website=[[The Scotsman]] |access-date=30 January 2023}}</ref> On 6 March 2023, Dujardin gave birth to a daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/charlotte-dujardin-first-child-817810|title= 'Surrounded by immense love': Charlotte Dujardin welcomes first child|publisher=[[Horse and Hound]]|author=Polly Bryan|date=7 March 2023|accessdate=11 September 2023}}</ref>

==Related pages==
* [[Natasha Baker]] – para-dressage rider and equestrian
* [[Hiroshi Hoketsu]] – dressage rider and equestrian
* [[Nicole Uphoff]] – dressage rider and equestrian

==References==
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