Amelia White

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Amelia White
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Born (1992-02-16) 16 February 1992 (age 29)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportPara-equestrian

Amelia White (born 16 February 1992) is an Australian para-equestrian. She represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[1]

Personal[]

White was born on 16 February 1992.[2] She was born and raised in Sydney before moving west to a cattle farm during her teenage years. In 2010, she was involved in a near-fatal head-on motor vehicle accident, where her car was hit by another car that was mistakenly on her side of the road.[3] The accident led to "a loss of movement and feeling in my left leg, knee, ankle and foot due to nerve damage, steel plates/pins and issues with tendons" and '"reduced range of motion and feeling in my right wrist, which also has some steel pins, reduced mobility in my right shoulder, as well as issues with my spine due to the broken vertebrae". The recovery was extensive, requiring multiple surgeries and rehabilitation.

In 2018, she has completed a bachelor's degree in Law and a bachelor's degree in Criminology, graduating with Honours at University of New England. In 2020, she graduated with a Masters in Law specialising in International Space Law and in 2021, completed a Diploma of Legal Practice with a Distinction+ average. She now works in Germany as a corporate lawyer.

Equestrian[]

White commenced riding at the age of eight. After her motor vehicle accident, she was encouraged to take up para equestrian by Olympian Megan Jones. She is classified as Grade V. Her first para competition was in 2015. She moved to Germany in 2015 and is based at the stable of German dressage rider Helen Langehanenberg.

In February 2021, White and her horse Genius 60, a 10-year-old Dutch warmblood gelding, won the CPEDI3* Dressage freestyle competition at Al Shaqab, Doha with a new personal best of 73.733 percent, after taking second in two other events.[4]

At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she rode Genius to eight in the Individual championship test grade V, sixth in the Dressage individual team test grade V and 13th in the team competition. [5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Moment To Savour As Para-Equestrian Team Named For Tokyo". Paralympics Australia. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Amelia White". Paralympics Australia. Retrieved 11 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "In the stable with Amelia White". Equestrian Life. Retrieved 11 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Going the Extra Mile with Amelia White". FEI website. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Amelia White". 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Official Results. Retrieved 26 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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