10 Facts About Carl Hester

In 2012, Hester formed part of the Great Britain Dressage team that won gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Carl Hester lived on the Channel Island of Sark from the age of four, and was educated at Elizabeth College in Guernsey.

Carl Hester next rode for Dr Wilfried 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.

Carl Hester became the youngest British rider ever to compete in an Olympic Games.

Carl Hester 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.

Carl Hester too moved to buy his own yard at Oaklebrook Mill, near Newent, Gloucestershire.

In 2011 Carl 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.

Carl Hester won individual silver medals in the Grand Prix Freestyle and Grand Prix Special.

In 2012, Carl 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.

Carl Hester was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to equestrianism.