Carl Hester

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Carl Hester
MBE
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Hester at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1967-06-29) 29 June 1967 (age 57)
Sark, Channel Islands
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team – Dressage
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Kentucky Team dressage
Silver medal – second place 2014 Normandy Team dressage
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Rotterdam Team dressage
Silver medal – second place 2009 Windsor Team dressage
Silver medal – second place 2011 Rotterdam Special dressage
Silver medal – second place 2011 Rotterdam Freestyle dressage
Silver medal – second place 2015 Aachen Team dressage
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Herning Team dressage

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

References

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