Rosalie Fahey
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Rosalie Fahey is a Paralympic Equestrian competitor from Australia. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the Mixed Dressage - Championship grade I event.[1]
Personal
Games|url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/625295/Sydney_Paralympics.pdf|website=Australian Media Guide|accessdate=11 October 2015}}</ref> From a young age Fahey loved horses and at the age of 11 she began riding and then went on to join the Pony Club in Adelaide.[2] Since the age of twelve Fahey has had Crohn's disease and after multiple surgeries developed muscle myopathy which resulted in her being in a wheelchair for a time.[3] She has been a dancer, teacher and musician playing twelve instruments.[4] Fahey was inspired to represent Australia in equestrian after being told of a relative, John Fahey, who represented Australia in show jumping at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics.[3]
Sporting career
In 2000, at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Fahey won bronze in the mixed dressage championship grade 1 and competed in the mixed dressage freestyle grade 1 and team open.[1] She competed in the 2003 World Para-Dressage Cup in Belgium, placing seventh.[4] In 2008 she sustained severe spinal injuries as a result of a show jumping accident.[2][4] Fahey went on to win silver in the Canadian FEI 3* in 2010.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Australian Riding Team". Prydes. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Rosalie Fahey". Tuggeranong Adult Riding Club. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Rosalie Fahey". Jindera Equestrian Association. Retrieved 11 October 2015.