Catherine started riding at an age of three and has been always passionate about equestrian. She studied Humanities at the Indiana University Bloomington in the United States and started focusing on her professional equestrian career after graduation. She worked six years for Hasse Hoffmann in Denmark and moved later to Germany to train with Herbert Rehbein.[2]
Personal life
Catherine owns a stake in Rasmussengruppen, which is her family business. Her father is Einar Johan Rasmussen, a Norwegian engineer and ship owner. She lives both in Aarhus, Denmark and in her birthplace Kristiansand.[3] She has two children and is fluent in English, Norwegian and Danish.[4]