{{short description|British equestrian}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Charlotte Fry | image = Charlotte Fry - Everdale - 1 - EM Hagen 2021.JPG | image_size = | caption = Fry and ''Everdale'' in 2021 | birth_name = | fullname = Charlotte Fry | nickname = Lottie | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|2|11}} <!--| birth_place = Otford, Kent, England--> <!--commented out as contradicts text-->| death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | website = | country = {{GBR2}} | sport = Equestrian | event = | collegeteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | coach = Anne van Olst | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = Tokyo 2021<br>Paris 2024 | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Equestrian }} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} center|80px {{MedalBronze | 2020 Tokyo | Team dressage }} {{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|Team dressage}} {{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|Individual dressage}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2022 Herning | Individual special dressage }} {{MedalGold | 2022 Herning | {{nowrap|Individual freestyle dressage}} }} {{MedalSilver | 2022 Herning | Team dressage }} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold|2023 Riesenbeck|Team dressage}} {{MedalSilver|2021 Hagen|Team dressage}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Riesenbeck|Individual dressage}} {{MedalCompetition | Dressage World Cup }} {{MedalGold | 2025 Basel | Individual dressage }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships for Young Dressage Horses }} {{MedalGold | 2018 Ermelo | Individual dressage }} {{MedalGold | 2021 Verden | Individual dressage }} {{MedalCompetition | U25 European Dressage Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2018 Exloo | Individual dressage }} }}
'''Charlotte Fry''' (born 11 February 1996) is an Olympic, European Championships and World Championships medal-winning British dressage rider. As of August 2024, Fry has a total of 90 victories and is currently third in the FEI World Dressage Ranking.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charlotte Fry (10066419) |url=https://www.fei.org/athlete/10066419/FRY-Charlotte |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=FEI.org}}</ref>
== Early life == Born in Scarborough, England to Laura Fry,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=FRY Charlotte |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/charlotte-fry_1970905 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=Olympics.com}}</ref> who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Fry started riding at a young age. At age 14, she started training with Olympic Champion Carl Hester, eventually working for him part-time in exchange for lessons.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Charlotte Fry – Van Olst Horses |url=https://www.vanolsthorses.com/charlotte-fry/ |accessdate=16 February 2021 |website=www.vanolsthorses.com}}</ref> Hester told former Danish Olympian Anne van Olst about Fry, after which Charlotte moved to the Netherlands to train with van Olst. Since 2014, she has lived and worked in Den Hout, Netherlands,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> though she still represents Great Britain in competitions.
==Career== In 2018, at age 22, Fry became World Champion at the World Championships for Young Horses in Ermelo, riding Glamourdale in the 7-years old division. She also won at the 2018 European Championships for Grand Prix riders under the age of 25 in Exloo, Netherlands, with her horse Dark Legend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/features/meet-charlotte-fry-dressage-rider-662834|title=Meet Charlotte Fry, the British dressage rider everyone is talking about|first=Polly|last=Bryan|date=26 August 2018|website=Horse & Hound|accessdate=16 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.horse2rider.com/seneste/latest/2020/1/4/fpq5e8xpq1gwl65axxp4hjumw6d685|title=A massive success year for young British Charlotte Fry|website=Horse2Rider|date=4 January 2020 |accessdate=16 February 2021}}</ref>
Fry competed at the 2019 European Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands where she placed 4th with the British dressage team.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 September 2019 |title=Team Results |url=https://data.fei.org/Result/ResultList.aspx?p=2CA13EE85864661B9C98676D37593C46F76FC22A3D6A5FDB82C6A12FC1F6AC37 |website=FEI Database}}</ref> She continues to train in Den Hout, Netherlands with former Danish Olympian Anne van Olst.<ref>{{cite web|title=Charlotte Fry|url=https://www.fei.org/bios/Person/10066419/FRY_Charlotte|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723214636/https://www.fei.org/bios/Person/10066419/FRY_Charlotte|archive-date=23 July 2021|access-date=23 July 2021|website=FEI}}</ref>
She was selected to represent Great Britain during the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. She won the bronze team medal and ended 13th in the individual competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/sport/other-sport/tokyo-olympics-2020-scarboroughs-charlotte-fry-and-team-gb-win-team-dressage-bronze-3325344|title=Tokyo Olympics 2020: Scarborough's Charlotte Fry and Team GB win team dressage bronze|first=George|last=Buckmann|date=27 July 2021|website=The Scarborough|accessdate=28 August 2021}}</ref> A month later she won gold at the World Championships for Young Horses in Verden, Germany, with the Dutch-bred Kjento.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dehoefslag.nl/nieuws/dressuur/73104/wk-jonge-dressuurpaarden-l-5e-plek-voor-thalia-rockx-en-koko-jr|title=WK Jonge Dressuurpaarden l 5e plek voor Thalia Rockx en Koko Jr. de la Fadenza in finale 6-jarigen, winst naar Charlotte Fry|website=De Hoefslag|date=28 August 2021 |language=nl|accessdate=28 August 2021}}</ref>
In the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark, Charlotte competed with Glamourdale to win Silver in the Grand Prix and Gold in both the Individual Grand Prix Special and the Individual Grand Prix Freestyle.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 August 2022 |title=FEI World Championships Herning - Denmark 2022 |url=https://www.fei.org/events/fei-world-championships-herning-denmark-2022/discipline/dressage |website=FEI}}</ref> On 16 December 2022, the pair won the 5th leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup, West Europe League, with a personal best of 90.995% in the Freestyle.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Western European League 2022-23 |url=https://www.fei.org/series/fei-dressage-world-cup-2022-2023/western-european-league/results |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=FEI}}</ref>
In 2024, Fry was eliminated from the dressage World Cup Final<ref>{{cite web |date=19 April 2024 |title=Kittel and Touchdown are Champions |url=https://www.fei.org/stories/sport/dressage/patrik-kittel-touchdown-world-cup-2024 |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=FEI.org }}</ref> in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia after blood was found around her horses mouth.<ref>{{cite web |date=19 April 2024 |title='Extremely unlucky' says vet after Lottie Fry eliminated at World Cup Finals |url=https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/dressage-world-cup-final-855772 |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=Horse & Hound }}</ref> Vets assessed it as a minor injury that would heal quickly.<ref>{{cite web |date=19 April 2024 |title=Weltcup-Finale: Kein Start für Charlotte Fry/Everdale mit Blut am Maul |url=https://www.reiterrevue.de/news/sport/weltcup-finale-13590801.html |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=Reiterrevue |language=de}}</ref>
At the 2024 Amsterdam Grand Prix, in which she competed with Everdale, Fry was one of several riders whose horses were photographed with a blue tongue,<ref>{{cite web |date=21 March 2024 |title=Patrik Kittel's horse lost oxygen: "The tongue is blue-purple" |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/Xbx2l7 |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=www.aftonbladet.se |language=sv}}</ref> suggesting restriction and heavy handedness had cut off oxygen and blood supply to the tongue.<ref>{{cite web |date=11 April 2024 |title=Professor McGreevy: "The horse feels considerable pain" |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/nQk8od |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=www.aftonbladet.se |language=sv}}</ref> Fry and Everdale would go on to win the event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charlotte Fry and Everdale take victory in FEI Dressage World Cup Grand Prix of Amsterdam |url=https://equnews.com/article/advertorial/charlotte-fry-and-everdale-take-victory-in-fei-dressage-world-cup-grand-prix-of-amsterdam |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=Equnews International }}</ref>
Representing Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, Fry won an individual bronze medal in the Grand Prix Freestyle riding Glamourdale, as well as a team bronze medal in the Team Grand Prix Special.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympic schedule & results: Equestrian |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/equestrian?day=29-july&medalEvents=true |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=Olympics.com}}</ref>
In December 2024, Fry and Glamourdale won the dressage freestyle at the London International Horse Show at the ExCeL, the fifth leg of the Dressage World Cup's Western European League.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fry wins dressage freestyle at London Horse Show |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/equestrian/articles/c20ne28vv5go |website=BBC Sport |access-date=23 December 2024 |date=19 December 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category|Charlotte Fry|position=left}} *[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/142994 Fry's page] at Olympedia.org
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