Michèle George (born 2 January 1974 in

Ostend Ostend ( nl, Oostende, ; french: link=no, Ostende ; german: link=no, Ostende ; vls, Ostende) is a coastal city and municipality, located in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerk ...

) is a Paralympic equestrian of Belgium. She won two gold medals at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

, a gold and one silver at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

, and another two gold medals 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 ...

Career

A horse-riding accident caused her to have

hemiplegia Hemiparesis, or unilateral paresis, is weakness of one entire side of the body ('' hemi-'' means "half"). Hemiplegia is, in its most severe form, complete paralysis of half of the body. Hemiparesis and hemiplegia can be caused by different medic ...

in her left leg. She competed at the 2009 European Championship, where she finished second. She competed at the 2010 World Equestrian Games, finishing second She competed at the

2014 FEI World Equestrian Games The 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games were held in the region of Normandy, France. It was the seventh edition of the Games, which are held every four years and run by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI). For team even ...

, winning a gold medal in Individual para-dressage, and freestyle.

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* 1974 births Living people Belgian female equestrians Paralympic equestrians for Belgium Paralympic gold medalists for Belgium Paralympic silver medalists for Belgium Paralympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Ostend {{Paralympic-medalist-stub