BBC Sports Personality 2014 contender: Charlotte Dujardin

"It is the attention to detail that has won these gold medals." - Carl Hester on Charlotte Dujardin

"Her success has probably been even bigger than the Olympic legacy for British dressage" - Carl Hester on fellow London 2012 Olympic equestrian gold medallist Charlotte Dujardin.

Dujardin is the latest in our series of profiles in the run-up to the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award on 14 December, as we focus on one of the 10 shortlisted contenders each day.

Year in a nutshell

• Made history by winning two gold medals at the World Equestrian Games

• First British equestrian rider to be Olympic, world and European champion at the same time

• Picked up gold in the freestyle and grand prix special, plus a silver in the team event on her horse Valegro

• At Olympia, won the London stage of the dressage World Cup and holds the world record in all three elements of her sport

Charlotte Dujardin won golds in the individual and team dressage at London 2012

The inside track on Charlotte Dujardin

Dujardin's mentor and fellow Great Britain Olympic team dressage gold medallist Carl Hester gives his thoughts on the 29-year-old rider.

"It's a great story for anybody who still holds this image of equestrian sport being elitist - Charlotte was my groom. I started as a groom too - even for those who can't afford riding lessons, it is possible to get on," he said.

"She is as good as any of the top medallists - on a global scale, she holds all of the world records.

"It is the attention to detail that has won these gold medals - the endless days of sitting there and doing it again and again, the repetitions until it becomes a flowing performance.

"People say to me 'the horse does all the work', and I say 'great, that's how it's supposed to look - the elegant passenger'.

"You can imagine the mindset that goes into doing 36 movements of gold medal standard without a mistake. She has to have the commitment and ability not to be bored of the details. You have to be tenacious, and that is what she is.

"She comes across as very bubbly, but doesn't go out that much - her focus and concentration has to be 100%.

"Her success has probably been even bigger than the Olympic legacy. It has had a knock-on effect. Dressage is the fastest growing of the equestrian disciplines.

"Charlotte reckons she was recognised in the supermarket the other day, but I'm not so sure!"

Carl Hester was talking to BBC Sport's Frank Keogh