Victoria Davies (equestrian)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 August 1984 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Para-equestrian |
Victoria "Vic" Davies (born 21 August 1984) is an Australian para-equestrian. She represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[1][2]
Personal
[edit]Davies was born on 21 August 1984.[1] At the age of nine, she was diagnosed with the degenerative disease rheumatoid arthritis. After two hip replacements, she was able to get back on a horse at the age of 19. She has had 42 operations, multiple joint replacements, fusions, scarred organs, nerve and spinal cord damage.[1] Her 2016 Paralympics campaign was derailed after being diagnosed with a neck condition called basilar invagination.[1]
Davies and her husband Michael own a horse stud on the New South Wales South Coast.[1]
Equestrian
[edit]Davies started riding at the age of three and her passion began early through her parents who were heavily involved in breeding and competing horses.[3] She is classified as Grade II rider. Davies was ranked 12th in the world for the 2020 FEI grade II Para equestrian world rankings and shortlisted for the Tokyo Paralympic Games.[3]
In 2021, Davies dominated Sydney International Three-day Para-dressage Event with her Lusitano stallion Celere (a 14-year-old imported lusitano buckskin stallion) and were named the Grade II winner of the Freestyle competition.[3]
At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, she rode Celere to ninth in Individual championship test grade II.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Victoria Davies". Paralympics Australia. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Moment To Savour As Para-Equestrian Team Named For Tokyo". Paralympics Australia. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ a b c Ward, Courtney (26 May 2021). "Victoria Davies dominates Sydney International dressage event to close in on maiden Paralympics berth". South Coast Register. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Victoria Davies". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Victoria Davies (and here) at FEI
- Victoria Davies at the International Paralympic Committee
- Victoria Davies at Paralympics Australia
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 April 2022)
