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Sophie was awarded an mbe in.
Sophie paralympic equestrian. She was born two months premature and later diagnosed with cerebral palsy, which affects her. Sophie christiansen cbe, equestrian, has competed in four successive paralympics from athens 2004 to rio 2016 games winning 8 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medals. Individual paralympic gold medallist sophie wells obe is an outstanding athlete in the spectacular and technically demanding equestrian sport of dressage.
We speak to para equestrian champion sophie christiansen about living with cerebral palsy and competing in para dressage ahead of the tokyo 2020 paralympic games. 8 time paralympic equestrian gold medalist, woman in tech and disability campaigner. The former european and world.
This year’s paralympic games at tokyo, which ended on sunday (sept 5) saw 10 singaporean athletes give their all to do us proud. But now, at 24, she has just won three glorious gold medals at the. Even when you’re one of the biggest names in para dressage, sometimes you still have to claw your way back to the top.
When sophie christiansen was born, premature and with cerebral palsy, she was not expected to survive.