Paris 2024: Charlotte Dujardin eyes historic seventh Olympic medal after being named in Team GB equestrian squad
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Published 26/06/2024 at 18:51 GMT
Charlotte Dujardin will get a chance to make history in France this summer. The 38-year-old has been named as part of the Great Britain equestrian team for Paris 2024. It means she can attempt to win a seventh medal at the Games, which would make her Team GB's most successful female Olympian of all time. Carl Hester has been picked for his seventh Olympics, alongside Tokyo 2020 champion Ben Maher.
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Charlotte Dujardin is one step closer to becoming Great Britain's most successful female Olympian of all time.
The 38-year-old has been named as part of the Team GB equestrian squad for the Paris 2024 Games this summer.
She is joined in the dressage line-up by Carl Hester, Lottie Fry and Becky Moody.
The show jumping team comprises Ben Maher, Scott Brash, Harry Charles and Joe Stockdale, while Laura Collett, Tom McEwen, Yasmin Ingham and Ros Canter will compete in the eventing.
Dujardin heads to France with six Olympic medals already in her trophy cabinet thanks to a glittering career.
Three of them are gold, having won Individual Dressage titles at London 2012 and Rio 2016, as well as the Team Dressage gong on home soil 12 years ago.
She also won Team Dressage silver in Brazil, accompanied by a pair of bronzes in the same events at Tokyo 2020.
No British woman has won more than her six Olympic medals.
Should she add a seventh in Paris, she will go one ahead of the six collected by now-retired cyclist Laura Trott.
The Palace of Versailles will provide a glorious backdrop for the equestrian events in France.
The action gets underway on July 27 and runs until August 6.
Alongside Dujardin, Maher is attempting to defend his Individual Showjumping title in what will be his fifth Olympics, while Hester is heading to his seventh Games.
Collett and McEwen are also hoping to add to their medal collection in the eventing, after landing the title in Tokyo three years ago.
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