Roxanne Trunnell (born April 26, 1985) is an American

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. She won a three medals at the

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including a gold medal at

in the individual championship test grade I and individual freestyle test grade I events and a bronze medal in the team open event. Trunnell was infected with the

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which caused a stroke and confined her to a wheelchair

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Roxanne Trunnell at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Trunnell, Roxanne 1985 births Living people American female equestrians American dressage riders Paralympic equestrians for the United States Paralympic gold medalists for the United States Paralympic medalists in equestrian Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Richland, Washington 21st-century American women 20th-century American women