Name Carl Hester Role Olympic athlete | Height 1.83 m Weight 81 kg | |
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Born 29 June 1967 (age 56) ( 1967-06-29 ) Sark, Channel Islands Olympic medals Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Team dressage Similar People Charlotte Dujardin, Laura Tomlinson, Edward Gal, Adelinde Cornelissen, Helen Langehanenberg Profiles | ||
The best of the london 2012 olympics carl hester dressage
Carl Hester, (born 29 June 1967, Sark) is a British dressage rider competing at Olympic level. As of 8 August 2012 the Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) rank him 12th in the world riding Uthopia.
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- The best of the london 2012 olympics carl hester dressage
- Carl hester and uthopia kur london olympics 2012
- Early life and career
- 2011 European Dressage Championship
- 2012 Olympics
- Personal life
- References
Carl hester and uthopia kur london olympics 2012
Early life and career
Hester was raised on the Channel Island of Sark, educated at Elizabeth College Guernsey. Aged 19 he applied for a job with horses on the UK mainland at The Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy and on the centre’s skewbald mare, Jolly Dolly, he won the 1985 Young Dressage Rider Championship. Moving to Bourton-on-the-Hill he competed at the first Blenheim Horse Trials and won the Spillers Dressage with Jumping Championship. He next rode for Dr Wilfried Bechtolsheimer (father of Laura Bechtolsheimer) and in 1990 went to the World Championships on Rubelit von Unkenriff, the European Championships in 1991 and in 1992 the Barcelona Olympics on Georgioni. Hester became the youngest British rider ever to compete in an Olympic Games. He next went into a business partnership with Kate Carter at her yard at Stow-on-the-Wold until Carter decided to move for more space. Hester too moved to buy his own yard at Oaklebrook Mill, near Newent, Gloucestershire.
2011 European Dressage Championship
In 2011 Hester riding the horse Uthopia was part of the British team that won the team gold medal at the 2011 European Dressage Championship in Rotterdam. Hester also won individual silver medals in the Grand Prix Freestyle and Grand Prix Special.
As of 8 August 2012 the (FEI) ranked him 12th in the world riding Uthopia.
2012 Olympics
In 2012, Hester was selected with three others to represent the United Kingdom at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the Individual and Team Dressage events. The UK dressage team won the gold medal with Hester riding Uthopia.
In the New Year Honours 2013 Hester was appointed as a Member of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to equestrianism.
Personal life
Hester is openly gay, and was previously in a relationship with international dressage rider Spencer Wilton.