Sophie Wells
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| Discipline | Para-dressage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 May 1990 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Sophie Wells OBE (born 5 May 1990) is an English para-equestrian. She won four gold, four silver and two bronze medals at the Paralympic Games.[1]
Early life
[change | change source]Sophie Wells was born on 5 May 1990 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.[2] She was born with a birth defect called amniotic band syndrome. Because of that, she was born with less than ten fingers and she cannot move or feel her feet.[3]
Wells started to ride horses at 8, and she started dressage at 12.[2]
Career
[change | change source]In 2008, Wells became the first disabled rider to win an international dressage competition for non-disabled riders.[2][3] She was going to go to the Beijing Paralympic Games, but her horse, Touchdown M, got a tumour in his foot.[3] The horse survived (became healthy again).
In 2012, Wells and the horse Pinocchio went to the London Paralympic Games, where they won a gold and two silver medals.[1][2] In 2016, she won a two gold and a silver medal at the Rio Paralympic Games with the horse Valerius.[1][2] In 2021, at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, Wells and the horse Don Cara M won a gold and a silver medal.[1][2] In 2024, she and the horse LJT Egebjerggards Samoa ("Diana") won two bronze medals at the Paris Paralympic Games.[4]
Personal life
[change | change source]Even though she won ten Paralympic medals in equestrian, Sophie Wells is allergic to horses.[3]
Related pages
[change | change source]- Lee Pearson – another English para-equestrian
- Natasha Baker – another English para-equestrian
- Michèle George – another grade V para-equestrian
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Sophie Wells". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Sophie Wells MBE". British Paralympic Association. Archived from the original on 13 April 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Garrett, Tony (1 September 2012). "13 Questions: Paralympian Sophie Wells, dressage". Ouch!. BBC. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ↑ Williams, Oscar (7 September 2024). "'I'm really proud': Sophie Wells' brilliant Paris 2024 bronze brings her remarkable medal collection to 40". Horse & Hound. Archived from the original on 7 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
Other websites
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- Official website
- Sophie Wells at FEI
- Sophie Wells at FEI (alternative link)
- Sophie Wells at Paralympic.org
- Sophie Wells at the British Paralympic Association
