Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour (born 2 January 1992) is a Danish Olympic dressage horse rider.[1] Representing Denmark, she competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where she finished 13th in the individual and 6th in the team competition. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, she finished 4th in both the individual and team dressage events.[2][3]
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| Nickname | Cat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 January 1992 Hvalsø, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Equestrian dressage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Kyra Kyrklund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | Rio de Janeiro 2016 Tokyo 2020 Paris 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She also represented Denmark in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, riding the horse Freestyle. She won a silver team medal and placed 5th in the individual freestyle.[4]
Sports career
editDufour started riding at age 5 and joined the Danish national pony dressage team at age 12. She won several medals at the Danish and European junior and young riders championships.[5]
She studied Leisure and Sports Management for a year at University College Zealand.[5]
Olympics results
edit| Year | Event | Result | Rank |
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| 2016 | Individual dressage | 78.143 | 13 |
| 2016 | Team dressage | 74.311 | 6 |
| 2020 | Individual dressage | 87.507 | 4 |
| 2020 | Team dressage | 7540.0 | 4 |
| 2024 | Team dressage | 235.669 | 
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| 2024 | Individual dressage | 88.093 | 5 |
Business interests
editWhile studying, Dufour started Cathrine Dressage, where she trains horses and young riders. She also develops training videos for the platform Cathrine Stream.[6]
Dufour is a brand-ambassador for the Danish bag brand Adax and collaborates with other brands, including Trolle Company,[7] Cavalleria Toscana and Ingdam's.[8]
Personal life
editDufour is married to Rasmine Laudrup, daughter of former professional footballer Brian Laudrup.[9] They live on an equestrian estate in Fredensborg north of Copenhagen.[10]
Horses
edit- Atterupgaards Cassidy
- Eternity
- ADAX'Sauterness
- Perfect Brilliant
- Mount St John Freestyle
References
edit- ^ "Cathrine Dufour". fei.org. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Equestrian - Grand Prix Freestyle - Individual Final Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
- ^ "Equestrian - Grand Prix Special - Team Final Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
- ^ Lushin, Kimberly (30 July 2024). "Denmark Leads Paris Olympic Dressage After Day 1, US Eliminated". The Chronicle of the Horse.
- ^ a b Normann (23 August 2017). "Cathrine vil være verdens bedste dressurrytter: Jeg er en kompromisløs 'sportspsykopat'". dr.dk. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ "I en travl hverdag er fritid luksus". IN. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ "Trolle Riders - Klara Dufour". Trolle Company. Archived from the original on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ "Sponsorryttere". Ingdam's. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ "Rasmine Laudrup og Cathrine Dufour: Sådan går det med bryllupsplanerne" (in Danish). Billed-Bladet. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Cathrine Dufour og Rasmine Laudrup flytter til Fredensborg" (in Danish). Zibrasport. 14 April 2021. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
External links
edit- Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour (and here) at FEI
- Cathrine Dufour official website Archived 2019-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
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