WORTON-BASED Paralympic heroine Anne Dunham MBE has been included in the Great Britain para-dressage squad for the FEI European Championships in France in September.
Five-time Paralympic gold medallist Dunham, 66, has been included with horse LJT Lucas Normark for the event in Deauville from September 17-20.
She joins Natasha Baker, Sophie Christiansen, Lee Pearson and Sophie Wells in the line-up.
Chef d’Equipe for the team David Hunter said: "The five that have been selected truly deserve to be representing Great Britain at the forthcoming European Championships.
"It’s as strong a squad as ever and it’s great to see some new horses coming through to make their senior team debuts, whilst it’s exciting to have new combinations stepping up to the mark in our two reserves. Congratulations to those athletes selected and good luck, and commiserations for those not selected on this occasion.”
All riders compete as individuals at the Championships. A team of four riders will be announced before the start of the competition to contest the team event -the results of the rider competing as an individual will not have any weighting on the overall team score.
Great Britain’s para-equestrian dressage team are the current and undefeated European, World and Paralympic champions.
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