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Laura Bechtolsheimer
Key Facts
Country
Competed in
Date of birth
31 Jan 1985
Height
1.69m
Weight
56kg
Medals
 |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Biography
Competed in: EQUESTRIAN
After helping GB win team gold at the 2011 European Championships, the dressage specialist has high hopes for London
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Hester hopes for dressage legacy
Carl Hester hopes Great Britain's gold medal in the team dressage will have far-reaching consequences for the sport.
7 Aug 12
Dujardin sets new dressage record
3 Aug 12
Charlotte Dujardin moves Great Britain into gold medal position in the dressage by setting a new Olympic record on board Valegro.
Strong start by GB dressage duo
2 Aug 12
Britain's Carl Hester and Laura Bechtolsheimer give Great Britain a strong start in their quest for a first Olympic dressage medal.
GB Olympics dressage team named
22 Jun 12
Three of the world's top five riders are in the London 2012 British dressage team, with Charlotte Dujardin making her Olympic debut.
More Laura Bechtolsheimer stories (6)
| Date | Event | Rank | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Aug | Individual Dressage Grand Prix Freestyle | 3 | 84.339 pts |
| 7 Aug | Individual Dressage Grand Prix Special | 5 | 77.794 pts |
| 7 Aug | Team Dressage Grand Prix Special | 1 | 80.550 pts |
| 1 Jan | Individual Dressage Grand Prix | 7 | 76.839 pts |
| 1 Jan | Team Dressage Grand Prix | 1 | 79.407 pts |
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Head to Head
Laura Bechtolsheimer vs Carl Hester
Laura Bechtolsheimer
One to watch 
London 2012 medals
2
London 2012 appearances
5
London 2012 results (pts)
80.550 Team Dressage
Height
1.69m (5'7")
Weight
56kg
Age
28
Carl Hester
Height
1.83m (6'0")
Weight
81kg
Age
45
Medal Table
| Rank | Athlete |
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
PHELPS Michael
USA
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4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 |
FRANKLIN Missy
USA
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4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |
SCHMITT Allison
USA
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3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 70 |
BECHTOLSHEIMER Laura (selected)
GBR
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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Comment & Analysis
More blogsAs the British team completes a clean sweep of dressage gold medals, BBC Sport asks: what's going on?
Dressage, in which Team GB won an historic Olympic gold medal at London 2012, is struggling to gain respect.