CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN
RIDING INTO OLYMPIC HISTORY REINS SUPREME IN TOKYO AS TEAM GB CROWN A WINNING WEEK
Charlotte, 36, is all smiles atop Gio, who kept his cool in the Tokyo heat to take his rider into the Olympic record books (top)
‘You only dream of these things happening’
Her equestrian skills were once praised by the Queen. And last week Charlotte Dujardin became Olympic royalty as she rode into the record books to become the most decorated British female competitor of all time, after winning bronze at Tokyo 2020.
The 36-year-old Gloucestershire rider came third in the dressage, taking her total medal haul over three Games to six – three golds, one silver and two bronze – and beating the previous record held by rower Dame Katherine Grainger.