Double Olympic dressage champion Charlotte Dujardin suspended for one year after horse-whipping controversy
Double Olympic dressage champion Charlotte Dujardin suspended for one year after horse-whipping controversy
Charlotte Dujardin, a three-time Olympic dressage gold medallist, has been handed a one-year ban and a fine of 10,000 Swiss Francs (£8,886) for excessively whipping a horse.
The British rider’s international suspension, imposed by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, has been backdated to July this year.
The incident that led to the ban came to light when footage from a four-year-old training session showed Dujardin repeatedly whipping a student’s horse. As a result, Dujardin withdrew from the Paris Games this summer.
The 39-year-old Dujardin won gold at the 2012 London Olympics in team and individual dressage and won another individual gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. She took bronze in team and individual at the Tokyo Games in 2021 and a silver in the team event in Rio.
