Hannah Dodd
 2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Dodd | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australia |
| Born | 27 February 1992 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Equestrian |
Hannah Dodd (born 27 February 1992) is an Australian equestrian. She has been selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in equestrian.
Personal
Dodd was born on 27 February 1992, and is from Arcadia, New South Wales.[1] She has sacral agenesis, a specific type of spina bifida,[1][2][3][4][5] and is missing four vertebrae in her back.[4] When she was about a year old, her kidneys started failing.[4] She has two older brothers who ride horses.[1][5] She can walk with the aide of a caliper, and also uses a wheelchair.[5] As of 2012, she is a horse riding teacher and student[1][5] at the University of Western Sydney where she is majoring in sports and exercise science.[5]
Equestrian
Dodd is Grade 4 equestrian competitor,[1][5] coached by Peter Turner.[1] Because of her disability, when she rides her horse, she dislocates several bones every time,[4][5] though as a result of anti-doping rules, she has had to find alternative ways of coping with pain associated with riding.[5]
Dodd has been around horses since she was four months old.[1][3][5] She was able to ride on her own, before she learned to walk, by the time she was two years old.[1][3][5] The sport gave her a degree of independence.[5] She started competing in 2005.[1] She first represented Australia in 2006.[1] In 2008, she won the Australian national championships.[1] She finished in first at the March 2009 interschools cup at St Ives Showground.[2] Her horse, Lucifer’s Dream, was injured in 2009.[2] In 2009, she finished second at the Australian national championships.[1] In 2009 and 2010, she searched for a horse to assist her in getting through Paralympic qualification.[2][3] In 2011, she won the Australian national championships.[1] In 2011, she won the Oceania Championships and National Titles team events.[1] In 2012, she was the top ranked Australian competitor in her event and class.[5] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in equestrian with her horse Waikiwi .[1][6][7] The Games were her first[1] and she was the youngest Australian equestrian competitor.[6] A fund raiser was organised by Arcadia, New South Wales residents to help defray the costs Dodd required to pay in order to compete in London.[6] Her own costs and the costs of her horse were covered by Australian Paralympic Committee and Equestrian Australia but funds were required for her coach.[6] She did not medal at the 2012 Games.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 "Hannah Dodd". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Priestley, Andrew. "Hannah needs another horse in a hurry". North Shore Times. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Murray, Therese. "Galston's Hannah Dodd needs a ride to London Paralympics". Hills Shire Times. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 by Lawrence Machado. "Hannah's bravery shines through the pain for Australia". Rouse Hill Times. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 Portelli, Emily (6 June 2012). "Para TROOPER". The Weekly Times (Melbourne, Australia). p. H14. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Community push to help local Paralympian". Hornsby & Upper North Shore Advocate. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
- ↑ Iain Hyndman (2012-07-17). "Worldwide lands London spot". Wanganuichronicle.co.nz. Retrieved 2012-07-25.