Emma Booth (born 8 June 1991) is an Australian

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. She represented Australia at the

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and the

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Personal

Booth was born on 8 June 1991. She lives in

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. On 7 April 2013, she was involved in a car accident on the way back to

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after a competing in the

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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

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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 expenses fully paid for a year. She called her horse Zidane. In 2011, she moved to Germany to work with international dressage rider Holger Schulze in riding and training his horses. Seven months after her accident in 2013, she returned to riding with the aim of competing in the Paralympics. She uses a whip and voice commands to guide the horse's movements. Her international debut was at the 2014 CPEID3* in

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, England, where she finished fifth twice and sixth. She was a reserve rider for the Australian team at the 2014

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. At the

, she rode Danish-bred horse called Zidane. She finished fifth in the Individual Championship Test Grade II and 13th in the Dressage Individual Team Test Grade II and member of the Australian team that finished ninth in the Team Competition. At the

, she rode Mogelvangs Zidane and finished eighth in the Individual Championship Test Grade II and fifth in the Dressage Individual Team Test Grade II. She was a member of the Australian team together with

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 ...

and

Sharon Jarvis Sharon Jarvis (born 31 October 1978) is an Australian para-equestrian. She represented Australia at the three Summer Paralympics - 2008 Beijing, 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo . Personal Jarvis was born on 31 October 1978. At the age of seven, she ...

that finished 13th in the Team Competition.

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