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U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team presented by Deloitte for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) Tryon 2018
The U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team presented by Deloitte, consisting of Rebecca Hart, Annie Peavy, Kate Shoemaker and Roxanne Trunnell, arrives at the World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 with veteran experience. Hart, Peavy and Trunnell have represented the U.S. at previous Paralympic Games and WEGs. Shoemaker will make her WEG debut in Tryon. As the youngest discipline in the WEG, the U.S. has been working to grow para-equestrian sport.
Laureen Johnson
Laureen K. Johnson is originally from Chicago and now lives in New Jersey. She is a graduate of the Washington School for Secretaries and Business Administration in Washington D.C. and joined US Equestrian in 1999 and currently serves as the Director of Para-Equestrian and Vaulting. Since 2015, Johnson has served as team leader for the U.S. Vaulting Team at the 2015 and 2017 FEI World Championships for Juniors and the 2016 FEI World Championships for Seniors. She also served as team leader for the U.S. Para-Dressage Team at the 2016 Paralympic Games.
Rebecca Hart
Rebecca Hart is a three-time Paralympian (Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio de Janerio 2016), three-time FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) team member (Tryon 2018, Normandy 2014, and Lexington 2010) and seven-time USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Champion (2015, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, and 2006). She and El Corona Texel, Rowan O’Reilly’s nine-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, were the first U.S. para-equestrian dressage combination to medal at a world championship. As a member of the FEI WEG Tryon 2018 U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team presented by Deloitte, she earned the U.S. their first-ever para-dressage medal at a WEG, winning bronze in the FEI Grade III Individual Test and then a silver medal in the FEI Grade III Freestyle.
Annie Peavy
Annie Peavy is a Rio 2016 Paralympian and member of the U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team presented by Deloitte for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) Tryon 2018. She was also an FEI WEG Normandy 2014 competitor and the 2017 USEF Para Equestrian Dressage National Champion. Additionally, she was the 2015 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage Reserve National Champion in the High Performance division.
Kate Shoemaker
Kate Shoemaker earned her first world championship medal as a member of the U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) Tryon 2018, earning bronze in the FEI Grade IV Freestyle. Her additional accomplishments include being named as the FEI WEG Normandy 2014 alternate; the 2015 USEF CPEDI1* Para-Equestrian Dressage National Champion; and the Adequan®/FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North team, individual, and freestyle gold medalist.