Hannah\u00a0first sat on a horse at 4 months old, at two,\u00a0despite the protests of her\u00a0doctors, \u00a0her mother\u00a0Phyllis decided to teach her\u00a0to ride properly. Joining Pony Club at age 4, Hannah competed against her able bodied\u00a0friends in all disciplines before focusing on dressage at 9 doing Young Riders and Pony classes before being classified in Para-equestrian at the minimum age of 12.\u00a0 She continued to\u00a0 compete in Young Rider classes up to PSG\/CDI-Y level while working on her dream of representing Australia at a Paralympic Games. in 2012 this dream came true with Hannah being the youngest member of the Australian Team\u00a0at the London Paralympics.\u00a0With her new horse Grand Sam,\u00a0Hannah was named as the reserve for the\u00a0WEG 2014 team.<\/p>\n
Hannah now splits her time between\u00a0Equestrian and her new love\u00a0Wheelchair Basketball, being long listed in both sports for the Rio Paralympics next year. She hopes to take Sam to\u00a0the Under 25 Grand Prix tour in the near future.<\/p>\n
Hannah also enjoys\u00a0playing Wheelchair Rugby in her spare time and is about to finish her undergrad in Sport and Exercise\u00a0Science, while working as a public speaker spreading disability awareness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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