Carl Hester
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Carl Hester MBE (born 29 June 1967, Sark) is a British dressage rider competing at Olympic level.[1] As of 8 August 2012 the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) rank him 12th in the world riding Uthopia.[2]
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. [3][4]
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.[5] Hester also won individual silver medals in the Grand Prix Freestyle and Grand Prix Special.[6]
As of 8 August 2012 the (FEI) rank him 12th in the world riding Uthopia.[2]
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.[7] The UK dressage team won the gold medal with Hester riding Uthopia.[8]
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.[9][10]
Personal life
Hester is openly gay,[11] and was previously in a relationship with international dressage rider Spencer Wilton.[12][13]
See also
- 2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the United Kingdom
References
- ↑ "Carl Hester: Great Britain & N. Ireland, Equestrian". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ranking / Standing Search". Fédération Equestre Internationale. Retrieved 8 Auugust 2012.
- ↑ "Gloucestershire going for gold at the London 2012 Olympics". www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ↑ "Carl Hester Official Website". Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ↑ "Britain win first-ever European team dressage title". BBC Sport. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ Parkes, Louise (21 August 2011). "FEI European Dressage Championships 2011 – Grand Prix Freestyle". Fédération Equestre Internationale. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ "London 2012: Team GB dressage team announced by BOA". BBC Sport. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ Williams, Ollie (7 August 2012). "Olympics equestrian: 20 gold medals for GB with dressage win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60367. p. 25. 29 December 2012.
- ↑ "2013 New Year's Honours". Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ↑ "23 openly gay and lesbian athletes at 2012 London Summer Olympics". outsports. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ↑ "Man seen in nightclub with Katie Price denies being involved in Peter Andre marriage split because he is gay". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ↑ "Many Dressage Followers Will Be Amazed To Read In The Tabloids That Spencer Wilton Has Been Photographed Out On The Town With Katie". Retrieved 10 August 2012.
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