Michèle George
Belgian Paralympic equestrian
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| Born | 2 January 1974 (1974-01-02) (age 50) Ostend, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michèle George (born 2 January 1974 in Ostend) is a Paralympic equestrian of Belgium. She won two gold medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, a gold and one silver at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and another two gold medals at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1][2][3]
Career
A horse-riding accident caused her to have hemiplegia in her left leg.[4]
She competed at the 2009 European Championship, where she finished second. She competed at the 2010 World Equestrian Games, finishing second She competed at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games, winning a gold medal in Individual para-dressage, and freestyle.[5]
References
- ^ "Dressuuramazones Michèle George en Manon Claeys: "Super onthaald". Sporza. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Animal connection leads to Para equestrian double gold for Belgium's Michele George". paralympic.org. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Equestrian - GEORGE Michele - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
- ^ "IPC bio". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- ^ "2014 FEI World Equestrian Games".
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Michèle George.
- Michèle George at FEI
- Michèle George at FEI (alternative link)
- Michèle George at Paralympic.org
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