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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1967-01-13)13 January 1967 Totnes, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 September 2012(2012-09-26) (aged 45) Cottingham, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Equestrian | ||||||||||||||
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Laura Fry (13 January 1967 – 26 September 2012) was a British equestrian. She competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1] She died from breast cancer, aged 45.[2]
Early life
Her parents married on May 17 1958 at St George's church in Dittisham.[3] Her father, Antony, was in the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), the son of a Lt-Col from Ipplepen in Devon, originally from Soberton in Hampshire.[4] Her mother was from Dittisham in Devon. A brother was born on October 22 1959.[5] Her grandfather Douglas died on September 28 1982, aged 91.[6]
Laura Shewen, attended Taunton School, with father Lt-Col Tony Shewen, and grew up in Bickenhall in Somerset.[7] Her father was manager of Taunton Racecourse from 1986 to 1997, and died aged 77 in February 2005. Her mother died in March 2023, aged 88.
Personal life
She married Simon Fry of Otford in Surrey, in 1990, and moved there.[8]
Her daughter, Charlotte Fry, is also an equestrian, and won Bronze in the Team Dressage at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[9]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Laura Fry Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Dressage rider and trainer Laura Fry loses battle with cancer". Horse and Hound. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Times Tuesday May 20 1958, page 1
- ^ Times Friday June 18 1926, page 1
- ^ Times Saturday October 24 1959, page 1
- ^ Times Thursday September 30 1982, page 26
- ^ Western Daily Press Wednesday 1 July 1992
- ^ Times January 1990
- ^ "Meet the young British rider everyone's talking about…". Horse & Hound. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
External links
- Laura Fry at Olympedia
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