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Australian Paralympic Equestrian Team
Equestrian was first introduced to in the 1984 Summer Paralympics and consisted of 12 events, all of which were mixed. Australia first started participating Equestrian in the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medal Tally Summer Paralympic Games 1996 Atlanta Australia represented by: Women – Susan Haydon, Sharon Konemann, Sue Lee, Margaret Reynolds, Mandy Waalwyk Coach - Mary Longden ; Officials - Manager – – Sally Francis 2000 Sydney Australia represented by:Women - Rosalie Fahey, Sue Haydon, Julie Higgins, Marita Hird, Judy Hogan, Sue-Ellen Lovett, Anne SkinnerCoaches - Carolyn Lieutenant (Head), Gillian Rickard Officials - Judy Cubitt (Chef d'Equipe), Dinah Barron Australia won 2 gold and 2 bronze medals in its second Paralympic competition. It came second to Great Britain in the overall medal tally. Due to the team's results, Head Coach Carolyn Lieutenant won the Australian Coaching Council's Female Coach of the Year award. 2004 Athens Australia represent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Summer Paralympics
The 1984 International Games for the Disabled, canonically the 1984 Summer Paralympics were the seventh Paralympic Games to be held. There were two separate competitions: one in Stoke Mandeville, England, United Kingdom for wheelchair athletes with spinal cord injuries and the other at the Mitchel Athletic Complex and Hofstra University on Long Island, New York, United States for wheelchair and ambulatory athletes with cerebral palsy, amputees, and ''les autres'' he others(conditions as well as blind and visually impaired athletes). Stoke Mandeville had been the location of the Stoke Mandeville Games from 1948 onwards, seen as the precursors to the Paralympic Games, as the 9th International Stoke Mandeville Games in Rome in 1960 are now recognised as the first Summer Paralympics. As with the 1984 Summer Olympics, the Soviet Union and other communist countries except China, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Yugoslavia boycotted the Paralympic Games. The Soviet Union did not part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Bowman (equestrian)
Grace Bowman (born 16 July 1990) is an Australian equestrian. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the equestrian event. She did not medal at the 2012 Games. Personal Bowman was born on 16 July 1990 in Moonta, South Australia. She attended high school in Kadina. As a child, she participated in several sports including netball and basketball. On 13 September 2002, at the age of twelve, she had an accident with a horse that resulted in her spinal cord becoming severed and dislocated. Her mother died following an accident, and her father died of cancer in 2011. she is a student at the University of Adelaide in Adelaide, where she is majoring in psychology. Bowman was featured on ABC's ''Race to London''. Equestrian Bowman is a Grade 1B equestrian competitor. , she practices at Kirby Stud Park, is coached by Megan Jones, an Australian Olympic equestrian, and rides a horse named Rolly. She was one of the first South Australians to ever rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelia White
Amelia White (born 16 February 1992) is an Australian para-equestrian. She represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Personal White was born on 16 February 1992. She was born and raised in Sydney before moving west to a cattle farm during her teenage years. In 2010, she was involved in a near-fatal head-on motor vehicle accident, where her car was hit by another car that was mistakenly on her side of the road. The accident left her with a broken left foot, broken left ankle, compound fractures of the tibia and fibula, shattered left and right knee caps, broken femur, broken hip, broken ribs, broken collarbone, broken wrist, nose and six vertebrae in her spine. She further had internal injuries, resulting in a damaged kidney, hematoma and extensive scarring. The injuries led to "a loss of movement and feeling in my left leg, knee, ankle and foot due to nerve damage, steel plates/pins and issues with tendons" and '"reduced range of motion and feeling in my right wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Davies (equestrian)
Victoria "Vic" Davies (born 21 August 1984) is an Australian para-equestrian. She represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Personal Davies was born on 21 August 1984. At the age of nine, she was diagnosed with the degenerative disease rheumatoid arthritis. Ater two hip replacements, she was able to get back on a horse at the age of 19. She has had 42 operations, multiple joint replacements, fusions, scarred organs, nerve and spinal cord damage. Her 2016 Paralympics campaign was derailed after being diagnosed with a neck condition called basilar invagination. Davies and her husband Michael own a horse stud on the New South Wales South Coast. Equestrian Davies started riding at the age of three and her passion began early through her parents who were heavily involved in breeding and competing horses. She is classified as Grade II rider. Davies was ranked 12th in the world for the 2020 FEI grade II Para equestrian world rankings and shortlisted for the Tokyo Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia At The 2016 Summer Paralympics
Australia competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. Australia repeated its 2012 Summer Paralympics achievement in finishing fifth of the medal tally. Notable achievements at the Games: * Jessica Gallagher became the first Australian Paralympian to win medals at both the Summer Paralympics and Winter Paralympics by winning a bronze medal in cycling. * Kurt Fearnley finished Paralympic his career with 13 medals including a silver and bronze in Rio. His silver medal in the Men's Marathon T52-54 meant he had won medals in this event at four successive Paralympics (2004-2016). *Ellie Cole joined the list of leading Australian Paralympic medallists by winning six medals - 2 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze. Her medal tally at the end of Rio was 6 gold, 4 silver and bronze. *Kieran Modra won a bronze medal in cycling and this meant that he had medalled at six Paralympics. * Samuel Von Einem won Australia first medal in table tennis since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Umback
Katie-Marie Umback (born 20 August 1973) is an Australian para-equestrian. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Personal Umback was born on 20 August 1973. At the age of 32, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. As a result, she underwent several years of chemotherapy and several rounds of autoimmune medications. She is partially numb in 70 per cent of her body and has diminished arm and leg strength. She lives in Bega, New South Wales. Equestrian Umback started with pony clubs at the age of five and moved to dressage at the age of seven. She then moved into eventing but this ceased at the age of 18 after a serious fall on a cross country course which led to her breaking the fifth vertebra in her neck. She then concentrated on dressage. After her treatment for multiple sclerosis, she returned to riding with the goal of competing at the Paralympics. In 2014, as a Grade III rider she competed the CPEDI 3* in Hartpury, England. In the lead up to the 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Martin (equestrian)
Lisa Martin (born 23 May 1972) is an Australian para-equestrian. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Personal Martin was born on 23 May 1972. She grew up in Scone, New South Wales. At the age of 28, a horse riding accident led to her fibula splitting and crushing into the bottom of her foot and a fall six weeks later caused further damage to her leg. After 20 operations in two years, her ankle was fused and her achillies tendon cut, she has less than 15 per cent movement in her ankle joint. She works as a dressage trainer and instructor. Equestrian Martin's heritage is in the equestrian world as she grew up in a family of Australian Stock Horse breeders in Scone. In her youth, she competed in eventing, polocrosse, showjumping and dressage and trained under the guidance of Rozzie and Olympian Heath Ryan. Fourteen years after the accident, she was approached to consider riding in para-equestrian events. Initially, Martin declined the offer to compete agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Booth (equestrian)
Emma Booth (born 8 June 1991) is an Australian Paralympic equestrian. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Personal Booth was born on 8 June 1991. She lives in Langwarrin, Victoria. On 7 April 2013, she was involved in a car accident on the way back to Melbourne after a competing in the Albury Horse Trials with her friend Courtney Fraser. A truck jackknifed and hit two cars. The woman driving one of the cars was killed, as were Fraser's two horses in the float that her car was towing. Both Fraser and Booth suffered near fatal injuries. Besides head, abdominal and leg injuries, Booth's spinal cord was damaged and she was left a paraplegic, from the L2 vertebra. Fraser suffered a fractured knee cap, ribs and sternum. They were treated at Royal Melbourne Hospital. Equestrian Booth's riding career began at a young age with ponies. At the age of eleven, she won a competition on The Saddle Club and the prize was a horse with the expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia At The 2012 Summer Paralympics
Australia competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Games in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. The London Games were the biggest Games with 164 nations participating, 19 more than in the 2008 Beijing Paralympic. Australia has participated at every Summer Paralympic Games and hosted the 2000 Sydney Games. As such, the 2000 Sydney Games, regarded as one of the more successful Games, became a point-of-reference and an inspiration in the development of the 2012 London Games. Australia finished 5th in the final medal count with 85 medals: 32 gold medals, 23 silver medals and 30 bronze medals. * Context The 2012 London Paralympic Games were officially opened on Wednesday 29 August by Queen Elizabeth II at The Olympic Stadium in London. The Games had a record number of participating athletes at 4327, made up of 2736 men and 1501 women. London hosted 503 medal-winning events in 20 different sports. The Paralympians competed under six different impairment gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Oakley (equestrian)
Rob Oakley (born 18 April 1962) is an Australian equestrian. He represented Australia in equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics but did not medal. Personal Oakley was born on 18 April 1962 in Primrose Valley, New South Wales. He has muscular dystrophy. In 2007, he was based in the Australian Capital Territory. In 2012, he lived in Bungendore and had two teenage daughters. Equestrian Oakley is a Grade 1B equestrian competitor. , his coach is Jose Mendez and his groom is Faye Mendez, and he trained in Marulan, New South Wales. He has been involved with horse related sport since he was a teenager, starting in the sport as a way to impress a girl. In 2011 and 2012, he had a scholarship with the ACT Academy of Sport. Initially, before the onset of muscular dystrophy, Oakley played polocrosse. He started doing dressage in 2002. He first represented Australia in 2005. That year, he finished first at the International Derby in the United Kingdom and second at the Hartpury Inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joann Formosa
Joann Formosa, (born 19 February 1961) is an Australian Para-equestrian, who won a gold medal at the 2012 London Paralympics. Personal Joann Helen Formosa was born on 19 February 1961, and is from Broadford in central Victoria. She attended university, where she studied art. Formosa has spinal cord and nerve damage, caused by an accident following an attempt to open a gate while she was riding a horse. She can walk with the aid of crutches, though she is not self-sufficient, and requires assistance from nursing staff at Mitchell Community Health Services. She has severe allergies to substances including horse feed and hay. Equestrian Formosa started competing in equestrian in 1980. Before her accident, she competed in dressage and show jumping events. She helped found Kilmore Adult Riding Club, the first adult pony club in her region. Formosa is a Grade 1B equestrian dressage competitor. As a competitor in this class, she is required to perform a "dressage test invol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Dodd
Hannah Dodd (born 27 April 1992) is an Australian Grade IV equestrian and 1.0 point wheelchair basketball player who represented Australia in equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, coming 11th and 12th in her events. Switching to wheelchair basketball, she made her debut with the national team at the Osaka Cup in February 2015. In 2008, Dodd was the Australian national Grade IV para-equestrian champion. She was runner-up in 2009, and won the Australian national championships again in 2011, along with the Oceania Championships and the National Titles team events. By 2012, she was the top-ranked Australian competitor in her event and class. After the London Paralympics, Dodd took up wheelchair basketball. She started playing for the Sydney University Flames in the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League in 2013, made her debut with the national team at the Osaka Friendship Games in Osaka in February 2015, winning bronze, and was part of the Under 25 team a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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