Charlotte Fry and Everday. © FEI/Liz Gregg
Looking at equestrian sports’ great dynasties…
Equestrianism has a unique place at the top of world sport as the only competitions where men and women participate together on equal terms even at the highest level. Start lists also include teenagers all the way through to senior citizens with a range of 47 years between the oldest and youngest competitors at Tokyo 2020!
Tokyo 2020 also reminded us of the prevalence of generations from the same families reaching the top of our sport. These dynasties have helped to shape the development of the sport since the FEI’s formation back in 1921, with batons and a sense of familiarity passed down through the generations.
Charlotte Fry represented Great Britain in Tokyo some three decades after her late mother, Laura, competed at Barcelona 1992. Coincidentally, both shared a teammate in Olympic Dressage in the form of British star Carl Hester.
Hester mentored Fry during her teens and has been an important influence in her career, especially since Laura passed away in 2012 when Charlotte was just 16.
Hester says: “Laura was an incredible worker and she was brave, I’m sure that is where Lottie gets it from. We all tell Lottie how proud her mum would have been.”
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