Georgia Wilson (born 2 October 1995) is a British equestrian, who won bronze in the individual championship test grade II and individual freestyle test grade II events at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

. She also won the individual championship grade II event at the

2019 FEI European Championships The 2019 FEI European Championships was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from 19 to 25 August 2019. Competitions was held in three disciplines; jumping, dressage and para-dressage. Medalists Dressage Jumping Medals table References ...

Early life

Wilson is from

Abergele Abergele (; ; ) is a market town and community, situated on the north coast of Wales between the holiday resorts of Colwyn Bay and Rhyl, in Conwy County Borough and in the historic county of Denbighshire. Its northern suburb of Pensarn lies on ...

, Wales. She started riding aged two as her mother was advised it would help with her balance as she has

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sensa ...

. She attended

Rydal Penrhos Rydal Penrhos School is an independent day school in Colwyn Bay, North Wales. It is the only Methodist school in the independent sector in Wales. It is located on multiple sites around the town with a site in the neighbouring village of Rhos-on-S ...

in Colwyn Bay.

Career

Wilson started training in

Clwyd Clwyd () is a preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east corner of the country; it is named after the River Clwyd, which runs through the area. To the north lies the Irish Sea, with the English ceremonial counties of Cheshire to th ...

, Wales, and she is trained by fellow British

dressage Dressage ( or ; a French term, most commonly translated to mean "training") is a form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an art sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery. As an equestrian sport defined b ...

competitor

Sophie Wells Sophie Wells (born 5 May 1990) is a British para-equestrian who won three medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, and 2 Golds and 1 Silver at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, and most recently Team Gold & Individual Silver at the 2020 Tokyo Paralymp ...

. She competed at the

2018 FEI World Equestrian Games The 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games were held in Mill Spring, North Carolina, U.S. at the Tryon International Equestrian Center, from September 11 to September 23, 2018. It was the eighth edition of the games, which are held every four years ...

. In January 2019, Wilson was one of six para-dressage competitors given National Lottery funding for the period from 2019 to 2021. That year, she competed

, her first European Championships, on horse ''Midnight''. At the Championships, Wilson won the individual freestyle grade II event, and also came second in the individual championship test grade II event and team events. In September 2020, Wilson started competing with horse ''Sakura'', also known as ''Suki''. Wilson was not initially selected for the delayed

; instead, she was the team's reserve. On 12 August 2021, she was called up to the British Paralympic equestrian team, replacing

Sophie Christiansen Sophie Margaret Christiansen, CBE (born 14 November 1987) is an English equestrian who has competed in four successive Paralympic Games. In 2012 and 2016 she gained three gold medals at the Paralympics.Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

, and the first major championship event for ''Sakura''. At the Games, Wilson won bronze medals in the individual championship test grade II and individual freestyle test grade II events. At one point in the individual championship event, Wilson was winning the event, and her individual championship medal was the first for a Welsh person at the Games. Her individual test score of 72.765 was only just behind Austria's

Pepo Puch Josef "Pepo" Puch (born 10 January 1966 in Graz) is an Austrian-Croatian equestrian. He started in equestrian at fifteen. Puch competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for Croatia in the individual eventing with horse Banville D'Ivoy. He finished 6 ...

, who finished second in the event.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Georgia 1995 births Living people British female equestrians British dressage riders Paralympic equestrians for Great Britain Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain Paralympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Cerebral Palsy category Paralympic competitors 21st-century British women People from Abergele Sportspeople from Conwy County Borough People educated at Rydal Penrhos